Marquez KOd Casamayor

Juan Manuel Marquez (49-4-1, 36 KOs) made a successful move to the lightweight division with an impressive eleventh round KO of Joel Casamayor (36-4-1, 22 KOs) on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Early rounds were close, but by round five Marquez had begun to bust up the face of Casamayor, who was bleeding from the nose and from a cut over the right eye. Marquez punches were much sharper. Marquez floored Casamayor twice in the eleventh and referee Tony Weeks stopped it after the second knockdown. Time was 2:55.