The highly anticipated bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez on July 18 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas is postponed.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s comeback fight is pushed back because he suffered a rib injury during training last week. This was supposed to be his return after a year-long interim retirement. Mayweather officially ended his retirement on May 2 this year when he announced he would fight Marquez. They were scheduled to fight at a catch-weight of 144 pounds, more than Marquez has ever fought and the lightest weight for Mayweather since 2005.
Mayweather expressed his disappointment over the injury that forced him to postpone the welterweight fight. He said he was looking forward to getting back in the ring. The former 5-division champ hasn’t boxed since knocking out Ricky Hatton in December 2007.
Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KOs) said in a statement from his training camp in Mexico that he was also disappointed. Marquez was reported to receive a minimum $4 million payday for the fight.
Mayweather tried to work through the injury but the extent of the injury proves to be really painful for the welterweight boxer. If Mayweather recovers from the rib or cartilage injury, a likely date is Sept. 19, which is the weekend of Mexican Independence Day and a weekend where there is traditionally a major fight involving a Mexican boxer. Marquez is regarded as Mexico’s No. 1 active fighter.
Mayweather knows how dangerous of an opponent Marquez is and he wants to make sure he is in the best shape possible come fight day. It is a big fight awaiting these two. More so because this fight is supposed to determine who is worthy to meet the current pound for pound champ Manny Pacman Pacquiao in the ring.
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