Lopez-Marquez on Now for Nov 6th

The Sept. 18th WBO featherweight championship fight between undefeated titlist Juan Manuel “JuanMa” Lopez and Rafael Marquez postponed earlier this month due to a Marquez thumb injury has been rescheduled for Saturday, Nov. 6th.

The 12 round championship bout matching Puerto Rico’s unbeaten southpaw “Juanma” Juan Manuel Lopez, 29-0, 26Ko’s and Mexico’s Rafeal Marquez, 39-5, 35Ko’s will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be broadcast live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).

Lopez won the WBO super bantamweight title stopping Jose Alonso September 2006, then went on to run thirteen straight victories twelve by KO over the likes of Giovanni Andrade, Daniel Ponce de Leon, Sergio Manuel Medina, Gerry Penalosa, Olivier Lontchi before going the distance winning a twelve round unanimous decision over Rogers Mtagwa October 2009 at Madison Square Garden.
Juanma” moving up to featherweight returned to the Garden stopping Steven Luevano January 2010. In his last outing Lopez dropped top ranked Bernabe Concepcion twice before stopping him in two this past July.

Marquez, 39-5, 35Ko’s a former IBF bantam weight champion losing back to back wars with Isreal Vasquez March 2008 but haswon his last two inside the distance stopping Francisco Mendoza in three May 2009 then evening things out with Vasquez stopping Magnifico” in three last May.

Tickets for the Top Rank, Inc; PR Best Boxing, Zanfer Promotions and Gary Shaw Productions co-promotion are priced from $50 to $400 and are on sale at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations, select Smith’s Food and Drug Centers or by phone with a major credit card by calling (800) 745-3000. They can also be obtained online at www.mgmgrand.com  and www.ticketmaster.com .