Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez

Juan Manuel Marquez is, to me, one of the finest technicians Mexico ever produced. Competing from 1993 to 2014, he claimed world titles across four weight classes from featherweight to light welterweight and earned his Hall of Fame induction in 2020. At only 170 centimeters, his counterpunching reached the level of genuine artistry, and his repeated wars with Manny Pacquiao, capped by that one perfect knockout, remain etched into boxing history. I love fighters who win through precision and intellect rather than raw aggression. Marquez's calculated patience and quiet ruthlessness make him exactly the kind of boxer I find endlessly compelling.

Name (English)

Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez

Name (Japanese)

ファン・マヌエル・マルケス

Reading

ふぁん・まぬえる・まるけす

Born

August 23, 1973 (age 52)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Ox

Origin

Iztapalapa, Mexico

Height

170 cm

Occupation

boxer

Awards & achievements

• WBO World Junior Welterweight Champion
• WBO World Lightweight Champion
• WBO World Featherweight Champion
• 2020 International Boxing Hall of Fame
• WBC World Super Featherweight Champion
• IBF World Featherweight Champion
• WBA World Featherweight Champion
• WBA World Lightweight Champion

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20Manuel%20M%C3%A1rquez
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8C%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B1%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q557497

Tags

• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-19

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.