Juan Manuel Marquez Net Worth

What is Juan Manuel Márquez's Net Worth?

Juan Manuel Márquez is a Mexican former professional boxer who has a net worth of $10 million. Regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, Juan Manuel Márquez held multiple world championships in four different weight classes in a career that spanned from 1993 to 2014. Among his most renowned bouts were his four-fight saga with Manny Pacquiao and his two fights with Juan Díaz.

Notable Paydays & Career Earnings

When you total up his most famous fight purses, Juan Manuel Márquez earned a cumulative $22,131,250 in guaranteed pay from those five specific bouts.

This total is heavily weighted by his late-career success. For nearly the first decade of his career, Márquez fought for relatively small sums. His financial trajectory changed drastically once he entered the "elite" pay-per-view tier against opponents like Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The breakdown of that $22.13 million total is as follows:

• Manny Pacquiao IV (2012): $6,000,000
• Timothy Bradley (2013): $6,000,000
• Manny Pacquiao III (2011): $5,000,000
• Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2009): $3,800,000 (including a $600k weight-penalty bonus)
• Manny Pacquiao I (2004): $500,000
• Chris John (2006): $31,250

Important context on his actual wealth: This $22 million figure represents only his guaranteed base purses for those specific fights. It does not include his "backend" earnings—the percentage of Pay-Per-View profits, gate receipts, and international TV rights—which were substantial for his third and fourth fights with Pacquiao. Estimates of his actual total career earnings from boxing range between $40 million and $50 million, especially when factoring in his other 59 professional fights, sponsorships, and his post-career success as a commentator and businessman.

Early Life

Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez was born on August 23, 1973 in Mexico City, Mexico. He grew up in a poor area of the borough Iztacalco, where a number of his friends were lost to gang violence. Inspired by his father, Márquez began boxing at the age of eight. His younger brother, Rafael, also became a professional boxer.

Professional Career, 1993-2005

Following a successful amateur career with a record of 82-4, Márquez turned professional in 1993. He made his debut against Javier Duran, and lost the match via disqualification. After that, Márquez went undefeated for his next 29 fights over six years. During that time, in early 1997, he defeated Cedric Mingo to win the vacant NABO featherweight title. Márquez successfully defended the title seven times. In September of 1999, he suffered his first career loss since his very first bout when Freddie Norwood beat him in a controversial unanimous decision. Márquez bounced back in November to defeat Remigio Molina. The next May, he beat Roque Cassiani to win back the vacant NABO featherweight title. Márquez went on an unbeaten streak over his next 11 fights, and in 2002 he claimed the NABF and vacant USBA featherweight titles.

In early 2003, Márquez won the vacant IBF featherweight title with a TKO victory over Manuel Medina. Toward the end of that year, he successfully defended his IBF title against Derrick Gainer in a bout that also gained him the unified WBA featherweight title. Márquez retained both titles in 2004 in his first career match against Manny Pacquiao, which ended in a controversial split-decision draw. He made subsequent successful title defenses against Orlando Salido in 2004 and Victor Polo in 2005. However, in August of 2005, Márquez was stripped of his titles due to his failure to defend them against various boxers in potential bouts that never drew bids.

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Professional Career, 2006-2014

Márquez attempted to regain the WBA featherweight title in 2006 against Chris John, but he lost to the undefeated boxer in a unanimous decision. Five months later, he won the WBO interim featherweight title in a TKO victory over Terdsak Kokietgym. Márquez successfully defended the title against Jimrex Jaca in November, and in December he was promoted to world champion status when reigning champion Scott Harrison vacated the title. In 2007, Márquez vacated the title himself so he could challenge for the WBC super featherweight title against Marco Antonio Barrera. He ended up beating Barrera to win the title, which he successfully defended against Rocky Juarez toward the end of the year. Márquez would go on to lose the title to Manny Pacquiao in 2008. He then moved up to the lightweight division to face Joel Casamayor for The Ring lightweight title; Márquez ended up winning it after an intense 11-round fight. In early 2009, he retained that title and also won the vacant WBA and WBO lightweight titles with a TKO victory over Juan Díaz. This bout was named Fight of the Year by both The Ring magazine and ESPN.com.

After his memorable win over Díaz, Márquez moved up to the welterweight division and took on the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. In the fight, which sold over a million pay-per-views, Márquez lost to Mayweather by unanimous decision. He subsequently returned to lightweight in 2010 for a rematch against Juan Díaz, whom he again defeated. Márquez successfully defended his lightweight titles at the end of the year against Michael Katsidis. In early 2011, he was stripped of his WBO title as he moved up to the welterweight division. Márquez went on to face Manny Pacquiao for the third time in his career in late 2011; this time, he lost in a controversial majority decision. The next year, he claimed the vacant WBO interim junior welterweight title over Serhiy Fedchenko. Márquez went up against Pacquiao for a fourth and final time in late 2012, and this time he won in a blistering knockout victory. The bout earned Fight of the Year and Knockout of the Year honors from The Ring magazine. In 2013, Márquez claimed the WBO welterweight title by defeating Timothy Bradley, and in 2014 he won the WBO international welterweight title over Mike Alvarado. The latter would be Márquez's final professional bout. He officially retired in August of 2017.

Personal Life

With his wife Erika, Márquez has two sons and a daughter.

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