Marquez, Fedchenko still promoting fight | April 2012

Junior Welterweights, 12 Rounds (Interim WBO Title)
Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO) vs Serhiy Fedchenko (30-1, 13 KO)

Less than 24 hours before the weigh-in, the three-time world champion Juan Manuel Marquez and Sergey Fedchenko where out promoting their champion battle that will take place this Saturday, April 14 in the brand new Arena Ciudad de Mexico and will mark the return of Marquez to his hometown after an 18 year absence. “Its a big responsibility for me to fight in this new arena after an 18 year absence. My first eight professional fights were here in Mexico City, but I never had a championship fight in Mexico and I’m really looking forward to Saturday night,” said Marquez.

Watch the Mexican WBO and the Ring Magazine Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel (Dinamita) Marquez fight against Ukrainian Serhiy (The Professor) Fedchengko on April 2012.

Title: Interim WBO Lightweight
Venue: New Mexico City Arena, Mexico City
Date: April 14, 2012

Marquez believes Fedchenko is a very dangerous opponent .

Three division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6, 39KOs) is taking no chances with his upcoming fight on April 14th in Mexico City. Marquez will face Sergey Fedchenko (30-1, 13KOs) of Ukraine for the vacant interim-WBO 140-pound title.

Marquez was originally scheduled to take on Argentine boxer Cesar Rene Cuenca, who is unbeaten with 42 wins, but only a single knockout on his record. Cuenca fell through and Fedchenko stepped in. Marquez believes Fedchenko is a very dangerous opponent, and certainly more dangerous than Cuenca.

What Arum should do instead of matching Rios against Marquez in July would be to ignore that fight and just throw Rios in with Pacquiao to get torn apart in 2012. Arum can always toss Rios in against Marquez after Rios loses to Pacquiao. Rios could then take another beating and fans would likely forget about him.