Juan Manuel Marquez is eager to get back in the ring against Juan Diaz, and not just because he has been away from boxing for nearly a year. It's just about the only place he can get away from the nagging dissatisfaction of chasing Manny Pacquiao. Marquez and Diaz will meet Saturday night in a lightweight rematch of their acclaimed February 2009 bout. Diaz was beating Mexico's top fighter until Marquez rallied for a ninth-round stoppage, saving his career and propelling him into a big-money fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. "It's going to be a great fight," Marquez said. "If not the same, even better than the first fight. We have styles that make for a great fight, because we don't back down. We go in and fight, and we don't stop." But Pacquiao still looms in the back of Marquez's mind as he prepares for the final stop before a likely move to the star-studded 140-pound (63.5-kilogram) division.
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