According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, a rematch of the 2009 fight of the year between Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz is almost fonalized for July 10th in Las Vegas in a bout that will be aired on Pay Per View
“It’s very close,” Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions said. “We are getting everything signed, but we have agreed on terms.” Willie Savannah, Diaz’s manager, told ESPN.com that he had received the proposal from Golden Boy and that their side wants the fight.
“It looks like that is what will happen,” Savannah said. “I told them we would like to have the rematch.”
Marquez, of Mexico, went to Diaz’s hometown of Houston to face him at the Toyota Center in February 2009 in what turned out to be an all-action slugfest, one that Marquez won via ninth-round knockout.
“The first fight was a great fight. These guys are both coming off losses, but they are still great fighters,” said Willie Savannah who is the co-manager of Diaz. “Doing this rematch, which you know is going to be great fight, is the biggest fight for both of them right now.”
One of the pay-per-view undercard bouts for the July 10 card Schaefer said he is working on is a middleweight match between former undisputed junior middleweight champ Winky Wright (51-5-1, 25 KOs) and former junior middleweight titlist Sergio Mora (21-1-1, 5 KOs).
