Former world champion Rafael Marquez has signed a promotional agreement with Golden Boy Promotions according to Dan Rafael of espn.com
“We’d like to give him a comeback fight and see how he does, give him a few fights and then eventually match him with a Leo Santa Cruz or an Abner Mares. Rafael Marquez is a good name and he has always made good fights,” Golden Boy chief executive Richard Schaefer said. “We have some potential fights for him.”
“Rafael is coming off a loss, so we will give him a fight in September and see how he looks and see if he can still compete with one of our young guys,” said Golden Boy matchmaker Eric Gomez. “He wants to fight for a world title again and at his age, he doesn’t want to waste any time. He wants good fights. He wants any one of our top guys at 122 or 126.
“So we will give him a fight, get him cleaned up [from his last loss]. He’s a little long in the tooth but he has a lot of fans and he is still very well liked. He said he still wants to train and being back with Nacho has to be a positive.”
“I will make those four fights with Golden Boy and then say goodbye to boxing, which could happen in 2014,” Marquez told the Record, a Mexican newspaper. “I need another world title. I feel pretty good to continue fighting. People will see the difference in Rafael Marquez. I have to show them that I have a lot left. There are many opponents who could face me — Abner Mares, Leo Santa Cruz, Victor Terrazas.”
