Floyd Mayweather Jr. versus Juan Manuel Marquez

The following are the log of events prior to Mayweather vs. Marquez fight this coming September 19. It is updated regularly and the source of online viewing of the fight will be provided later whenever it is available during the fight. So for the meantime, you can read the following events and happenings during the training and preparation of the match.

09.18.09. Mayweather misses the weight limit having 146 pounds which is 2 pounds heavier than the agreed weight limit of 144 lbs. On the other hand, Marquez only weighs 142 lbs. I think they will financially penalized Mayweather because of this (and no DQ ). How will Marquez will handle this heavy opponent, that’s the question now by different boxing spectators, fans and analysts.

09.18.09. HBO webcast the official weigh-in of the fight. You can watch it right now if you want HERE.

09.15.09. The fight will be aired on ABS-CBN in the Philippines, one hour after the fight at Sept. 20 10AM PHT (Sept. 19, 10PM ET). Actually they are promoting the said fight several weeks already.

09.10.09. Mayweather on the last phase of his training on the other hand Marquez revealed his “secret” on HBO 24/7 regarding his “vitamin” after the training.

09.05.09. Undercard of the event are: Chris John vs. Rocky Juarez, Michael Katsidis vs. Vicente Escobedo and the Zab Judah (which was previously reported to back out but decided later to continue to fight) vs. Antonio Diaz. This is based on HBO Boxing news.

08.29.09. The HBO 24/7 Mayweather vs. Marquez starts airing today and the signal to countdown before the fight.

08.20.09. Officials for the fight were named. Veteran referee Tony Weeks will be the third man in charge of the match. Burt Clements (Nevada), Dave Moretti (Nevada) and William Lerch (Illinois) will be the judges of the 12-round welterweight bout.

08.11.09. Media is asking if what will be of Mayweather after the fight? Will he fight with Ricky Hatton once more? Hatton seems to show interest on fighting Mayweather once more.

08.05.09. Mayweather released a messsage on his twitter account at: http://twitter.com/MAYWEATHERMANIA/ to make some noise on his upcoming fight using the latest social media network. His twit stated:

Marquez says hes goin after my ribs but theres no weakness in MONEY MAY. Only ribs he’ll b diggin n2 will b at Outback after I take him down

07.29.09. Update: The fight was moved to September 19, 2009 at 9PM ET / 6PM PT at MGM Grand Arena, read the details here: Mayweather vs Marquez. On the other hand, HBO will be airing the 24/7 HBO Special of the Mayweather vs. Marquez on July 29 while undercard matches will be listed here later.