All boxersJuan Manuel Márquez
“Dinamita”
Boxing · Retired56-7-1RECORD
40WINS BY KO / TKO
16WINS BY DECISION
64PRO FIGHTS
Profile
| Full name | Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Dinamita |
| Date of birth | 23 Aug 1973 |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Birthplace | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Based in | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Weight classes | Featherweight, Super Featherweight, Lightweight, Light Welterweight, Welterweight |
| Trainers | Ignacio Beristáin |
| Height | 170 cm (5′7″) |
| Reach | 170 cm (67″) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Years active | 1993–2014 |
| Status | Retired |
| Pro debut | 29 May 1993 |
| Last fight | Win vs Mike Alvarado, 17 May 2014 |
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Titles and honours
- Unified WBA and IBF featherweight champion (2003-2004)
- WBC super featherweight champion (2007-2008)
- WBA (Super), WBO and The Ring lightweight champion (2008-2010)
- WBO interim and full light welterweight champion (2012)
- Knocked out Manny Pacquiao in their fourth fight in 2012
Background
A Mexico City native, he won world titles in four weight classes and is best known for his four fights with Manny Pacquiao, the last of which he won by sixth-round knockout in 2012. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2020.
Fight history
64 professional fights. Newest first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Mike Alvarado | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 17 May 2014 | Inglewood, California, USA | Won WBO International welterweight title | |
| Loss | Timothy Bradley | Decision (split) | 12 | 12 Oct 2013 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | For WBO welterweight title | |
| Win | Manny Pacquiao | KO | 6 | 2:59 | 8 Dec 2012 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | |
| Win | Serhiy Fedchenko | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 14 Apr 2012 | Mexico City, Mexico | Won vacant WBO interim junior welterweight title | |
| Loss | Manny Pacquiao | Decision (majority) | 12 | 12 Nov 2011 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | For WBO welterweight title | |
| Win | Likar Ramos Concha | KO | 1 | 1:46 | 16 Jul 2011 | Cancún, Mexico | |
| Win | Michael Katsidis | TKO | 9 | 2:14 | 27 Nov 2010 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Retained WBA (Super), WBO, and The Ring lightweight titles |
| Win | Juan Díaz | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 31 Jul 2010 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Retained WBA (Super), WBO, and The Ring lightweight titles | |
| Loss | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 19 Sep 2009 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | ||
| Win | Juan Díaz | TKO | 9 | 2:40 | 28 Feb 2009 | Houston, Texas, USA | Retained The Ring lightweight title; won vacant WBA (Super) and WBO lightweight titles |
| Win | Joel Casamayor | KO | 11 | 0:55 | 13 Sep 2008 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Won The Ring lightweight title |
| Loss | Manny Pacquiao | Decision (split) | 12 | 15 Mar 2008 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Lost WBC super featherweight title; for vacant The Ring super featherweight title | |
| Win | Rocky Juarez | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 3 Nov 2007 | Tucson, Arizona, USA | Retained WBC super featherweight title | |
| Win | Marco Antonio Barrera | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 17 Mar 2007 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Won WBC super featherweight title | |
| Win | Jimrex Jaca | KO | 9 | 2:48 | 25 Nov 2006 | Hidalgo, Texas, USA | Retained WBO interim featherweight title |
| Win | Terdsak Kokietgym | TKO | 7 | 1:13 | 5 Aug 2006 | Stateline, Nevada, USA | Won WBO interim featherweight title |
| Loss | Chris John | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 4 Mar 2006 | Kutai Kartanegara, Indonesia | For WBA featherweight title | |
| Win | Victor Polo | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 7 May 2005 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Retained WBA (Unified) and IBF featherweight titles | |
| Win | Orlando Salido | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 18 Sep 2004 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Retained WBA (Unified) and IBF featherweight titles | |
| Draw | Manny Pacquiao | Decision (split) | 12 | 8 May 2004 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Retained WBA (Unified) and IBF featherweight titles; for The Ring featherweight title | |
| Win | Derrick Gainer | Technical decision | 7 | 2:37 | 1 Nov 2003 | Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA | Retained IBF featherweight title; won WBA (Unified) featherweight title; Gainer cut from an accidental head clash |
| Win | Marcos Licona | TKO | 9 | 3:00 | 16 Aug 2003 | Montville, Connecticut, USA | |
| Win | Manuel Medina | TKO | 7 | 1:18 | 1 Feb 2003 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Won vacant IBF featherweight title |
| Win | Hector Javier Márquez | TKO | 10 | 0:28 | 21 Jun 2002 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | |
| Win | Robbie Peden | TKO (corner retirement) | 10 | 3:00 | 9 Mar 2002 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Won NABF and vacant USBA featherweight titles |
| Win | Johnny Walker | TKO | 1 | 0:56 | 19 Oct 2001 | Worley, Idaho, USA | |
| Win | Julio Gamboa | TKO | 7 | 3:00 | 19 Aug 2001 | Wendover, Utah, USA | |
| Win | Baby Lorona Jr. | TKO | 2 | 2:50 | 1 Apr 2001 | Reno, Nevada, USA | |
| Win | Sean Fletcher | TKO | 7 | 1:54 | 11 Feb 2001 | Reno, Nevada, USA | |
| Win | Reynante Jamili | KO | 3 | 1:14 | 22 Oct 2000 | Reno, Nevada, USA | |
| Win | Daniel Jiménez | TKO (corner retirement) | 7 | 3:00 | 27 Aug 2000 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | |
| Win | Roque Cassiani | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 20 May 2000 | Stateline, Nevada, USA | Won vacant NABO featherweight title | |
| Win | Remigio Molina | TKO | 8 | 2:01 | 20 Nov 1999 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | |
| Loss | Freddie Norwood | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 11 Sep 1999 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | For WBA featherweight title | |
| Win | Wilfredo Vargas | KO | 2 | 2:02 | 10 May 1999 | Inglewood, California, USA | |
| Win | Jose de Jesus Garcia | KO | 1 | 1:54 | 20 Feb 1999 | Coachella, California, USA | |
| Win | Francisco Arreola | TKO | 3 | 2:24 | 24 Oct 1998 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Retained NABO featherweight title |
| Win | Enrique Jupiter | TKO | 8 | 1:09 | 22 Aug 1998 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Retained NABO featherweight title |
| Win | Juan Gerardo Cabrera | TKO | 4 | 3:00 | 20 Apr 1998 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Retained NABO featherweight title |
| Win | Luis Samudio | TKO | 9 | 2:18 | 16 Mar 1998 | Inglewood, California, USA | |
| Win | Alfred Kotey | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 22 Nov 1997 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Retained NABO featherweight title | |
| Win | Vincent Howard | TKO | 12 | 27 Sep 1997 | Stateline, Nevada, USA | Retained NABO featherweight title | |
| Win | Catalino Becerra | TKO | 7 | 1:37 | 14 Jul 1997 | Inglewood, California, USA | Retained NABO featherweight title |
| Win | Agapito Sánchez | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 21 Apr 1997 | Inglewood, California, USA | Retained NABO featherweight title | |
| Win | Cedric Mingo | TKO (corner retirement) | 10 | 3:00 | 3 Feb 1997 | Anaheim, California, USA | Won vacant NABO featherweight title |
| Win | Rodrigo Valenzuela | KO | 8 | 3:00 | 9 Dec 1996 | Inglewood, California, USA | |
| Win | Darryl Pinckney | Decision (unanimous) | 10 | 19 Oct 1996 | Stateline, Nevada, USA | ||
| Win | Freddy Cruz | Decision (unanimous) | 10 | 8 Jul 1996 | Inglewood, California, USA | ||
| Win | Julio Gervacio | KO | 8 | 0:35 | 29 Apr 1996 | Anaheim, California, USA | |
| Win | Hector Ulises Chong | KO | 4 | 1:42 | 4 Mar 1996 | Inglewood, California, USA | |
| Win | Julian Wheeler | TKO | 10 | 2:55 | 6 Nov 1995 | Inglewood, California, USA | |
| Win | Miguel Rodriguez | TKO | 1 | 2:30 | 25 Sep 1995 | Inglewood, California, USA | |
| Win | Julio Cesar Portillo | KO | 6 | 2:10 | 10 Jul 1995 | Inglewood, California, USA | |
| Win | Julio Sanchez Leon | Decision (unanimous) | 10 | 24 Apr 1995 | Inglewood, California, USA | ||
| Win | Martin Ochoa | TKO | 1 | 30 Jan 1995 | Inglewood, California, USA | ||
| Win | Israel Gonzalez | TKO | 4 | 0:34 | 3 Dec 1994 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | |
| Win | Jose Luis Montes | KO | 2 | 12 Nov 1994 | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Win | Israel Flores | Decision (unanimous) | 4 | 1 Oct 1994 | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Win | Gregorio Silva | TKO | 2 | 27 Aug 1994 | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Win | Roman Poblano | Decision (unanimous) | 6 | 7 May 1994 | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Win | Isaac Cortes | TKO | 5 | 1 Oct 1993 | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Win | Israel Flores | TKO | 2 | 18 Sep 1993 | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Win | Javier Quiroz | TKO | 3 | 26 Jun 1993 | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Loss | Javier Duran | Disqualification | 1 | 29 May 1993 | Mexico City, Mexico |