On February 1, 2003, Manuel Medina (60-12, 28 KOs) and Juan Manuel Márquez (39-2, 31 KOs) battle it out for the vacant IBF featherweight world titles. The vacant IBF featherweight title is also on the line.
Manuel Medina is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 38% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision loss to Johnny Tapia, 9 months and 5 days ago. Juan Manuel Márquez is on a 10-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, with his last fight being a 10th round TKO win over Hector Javier Márquez, 7 months and 11 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 96.2-3.8 in favor of Juan Manuel Márquez. Manuel Medina won't be able to do much against Márquez.
Juan Manuel Márquez stopped Manuel Medina via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Márquez improves his record to 40-2 (32 KOs), while Medina adds a loss to his record at 60-13.