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Juan Manuel Márquez

1973 - Today

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Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez (born August 23, 1973) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2014. He held multiple world championships in four weight classes, from featherweight to light welterweight, including the lineal championship at lightweight. In a career that spanned over twenty years, Márquez was known for being a fast and highly technical boxer who was exceptionally skilled at combinations and counterpunches, yet also willing to engage in slugfests with opponents. He was also credited for his toughness, and never lost a fight by stoppage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Manuel Márquez is the 173rd most popular boxer (down from 161st in 2024), the 364th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 365th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Mexican Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Juan Manuel Márquez ranks 173 out of 496. Before him are Enrique Rodríguez, Janusz Gortat, Benny Paret, Arturo Gatti, Stanislav Stepashkin, and Pernell Whitaker. After him are Ray Mercer, Slobodan Kačar, James Smith, Mustapha Moussa, Bob Foster, and Franco De Piccoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Juan Manuel Márquez ranks 273. Before him are Denis Urubko, Noriaki Asakura, Élodie Bouchez, Samuel Benchetrit, Aitor Karanka, and Róisín Murphy. After him are Virginia Ruano Pascual, Benjamin Biolay, Tony Popovic, Fabián O'Neill, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, and Roberto Orci.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Juan Manuel Márquez ranks 364 out of 729. Before him are Alaska (1963), Juan Ignacio Basaguren (1944), Alfredo Sánchez (1904), Jaime Salazar (1931), Benito Archundia (1966), and Tenoch Huerta (1981). After him are Felipe Olivares (1910), Guillermo Navarro (1955), Humberto Mariles (1913), Ignacio Rodríguez (1956), Antonio Munguía (1942), and Ernesto Cisneros (1940).

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Among BOXERS In Mexico

Among boxers born in Mexico, Juan Manuel Márquez ranks 8. Before him are Canelo Álvarez (1990), Francisco Cabañas (1912), Antonio Roldán (1946), Salvador Sánchez (1959), Alfonso Zamora (1954), and Ricardo López (1966). After him are Fidel Ortiz (1908), Marco Antonio Barrera (1974), Érik Morales (1976), Mario González (1969), Julio César Chávez Jr. (1986), and Israel Vázquez (1977).

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