Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez (born August 23, 1973, Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer and the reigning world WBC Super Featherweight defending champion.

Márquez was the WBO number one contender for two years while Naseem Hamed was the WBO featherweight champion. To Hamed's credit, he did offer Márquez a fight in the summer of 2000, but Márquez declined. Márquez ended up getting a title shot against Freddie Norwood for the WBA Featherweight Title. He was knocked down in the fight, but himself scored a knockdown on Norwood yet came up short in a decision loss.
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