For hardcore boxing fans like myself, just the mention of Mexican born fighters conjures up visions of some of some of the toughest, and greatest fighters in boxing history.
Mexico, as a nation, has given birth to the likes of Salvador Sanchez, Ricardo Lopez, Carlos Zarate, Julio Cesar Chavez and more recently, Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera.
Antonio Margarito, Jorge Arce, and Oscar De La Hoya have all suffered set-backs of one form or another in recent times, however; so the pugilistic reputation of that once dominating breed of fighter may now rest solely on the shoulders of Juan Manuel Marquez.
The tough little man from Mexico City takes on one of the very best fighters in the business, Floyd Mayweather Jr, on July 18 in a highly anticipated mega-fight that has been billed as—Number One: Numero Uno.
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Juan Manuel Marquez is Mexico's Great White Hope
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