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Ranking the Best Siblings in Boxing History

All siblings fight. A select few, like the Klitschko brothers, do it inside the ring. They were the very best heavyweights of their time. But were they the greatest siblings of all time?

3. Juan Manuel and Rafael Marquez

Juan Manuel Marquez - Reuters Photo by Reuters

The Marquez family has a thing for quadrilogies.

The “Nacho” Beristain products are responsible for the two greatest four-fight series of the century—and maybe of all time.

Juan Manuel Marquez’s was the most significant, going an official 1-2-1 with icon Manny Pacquiao—the most recent of which was a KO victory for the Mexican in 2012.

Rafael Marquez’s didn’t obtain the mainstream success his brother’s did but it transcended the sport all the same in its violence.

A seven-time defending world bantamweight champion, Rafael jumped up to 122 pounds to take on fellow pound-for-pound claimant Israel Vazquez. The two embarked on a course of punch-drunk madness and laudable courage, fighting three times in the span of one calendar year. The Ring honored them with back-to-back Fight of the Year awards in 2007 and 2008.

Brother Juan Manuel was awarded the same thing in 2009 for his bloody melee with Juan Diaz.

Three years later, he outboxed Serhiy Fedchenko for the WBO super lightweight title, his fourth championship in as many weight classes.

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