company name | UPC Cablecom Holdings GmbH |
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company type | Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung |
foundation | 1994 |
location | Zürich, Switzerland |
key people | Eric Tveter(managing director)Guido Winkelman(CFO) |
area served | Switzerland & Vorarlberg (Austria) |
industry | Communications |
products | Cable television, Telecommunication |
revenue | 1.098 billion CHF (2008) |
parent | Liberty Global EuropeUPC Switzerland Holding B.V. |
homepage | upc-cablecom.ch |
footnotes | }} |
UPC Cablecom Holdings GmbH, trading exclusively under the brand name upc cablecom, is the largest broadband cable operator in Switzerland. Founded 1994 through multiple mergers between smaller companies, it is part of Liberty Global Europe's UPC Broadband division since the end of 2005.
Cablecom operates in Switzerland, including the cities of Zürich, Geneva, Basel, Berne, Lausanne and Winterthur, and Vorarlberg (Austria) serving 1.56 million cable television customers, as well as approximately 250 smaller broadband cable operators.
The lowered hardware prices for new (or changing) customers were compensated by cutting the free-of-charge ''digital tv basic'' package (over 110 TV channels) in half, into a free-of-charge ''Mini'' package (over 50 TV channels) and a chargeable ''Classic'' package, containing more than 60 additional TV channels. Also the former five thematic ''collection'' packages, and the ''HD'' package were folded into the new ''Comfort'' package, and aren't sold individually anymore. Customers opting to keep their existing packages are unaffected by the changes, and get the ''digital tv basic'' (now ''Classic'') free-of-charge, and the individual ''collection'' packages as following described.
; cablecom digital tv basic: consists of approximately 100 television channels free to all customers. The channels differ between the three regional grids, with a focus on carrying channels in the region's main language. The ''Deutschschweiz'' grid contains furthermore 9 Swiss German regional television channels (EPG No. 17–24), of which only one or two are available per region (subgrid). ; cablecom collection: consists of five thematic channel packages, which can be subscribed as single package (CHF 7.50 per month). The complete collection of all five packages is available for CHF 15.00 per month. In the cablecom collection the channels once again differ between the three regional grids, with focus on the region's main language. ; cablecom HD: consists of additional HDTV channels, not included in the basic package. The package is available single (CHF 7.50 per month) or as part of the cablecom collection & HD for CHF 20.00 per month.
Category:Liberty Global Europe Category:Cable television companies Category:Internet service providers of Switzerland
de:UPC Cablecom fr:UPC CablecomThis text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community.
Name | Juan Manuel Márquez |
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Realname | Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez |
Nickname | Dinamita |
Weight | WelterweightLight WelterweightLightweightSuper FeatherweightFeatherweight |
Height | |
Reach | |
Nationality | |
Birth date | August 23, 1973 |
Birth place | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
Style | Orthodox |
Total | 59 |
Wins | 53 |
Ko | 39 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 1 }} |
Currently, Marquez is the WBA, WBO and ''The Ring'' Lightweight World Champion. ''Ring Magazine'' currently rates Márquez as the number four pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
Márquez earned his first bout for a world title on September 11, 1999, when he lost a controversial decision to then-unbeaten WBA featherweight champion Freddie Norwood. Marquez was the aggressor throughout most of the bout but fought tentatively as Norwood was reluctant to engage, and often wrestled with Marquez in the many clinches. Marquez was knocked down in the second round. In the 8th round, Norwood's glove touched the canvas after an exchange, however, it was not ruled a knock down by the referee who was standing opposite to the action. In the 9th round, Marquez scored a knockdown after a two punch combination. HBO Punchstat had Norwood landing 73 out of 290 punches thrown to Marquez's 89 out of 444.
On November 20, 1999, Márquez faced Remigio Molina, and defeated him in eight rounds. In 2000, he defeated former champion Daniel Jimenez, and five fights later, he defeated future champion Robbie Peden in ten rounds, and captured the NABF, and USBA Featherweight titles.
Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Márquez received his second bout for a world title on January 2, 2003, when he defeated five-time featherweight champion Manuel Medina, and captured the vacant IBF Featherweight title. In the 2nd round, Marquez connected with a three-punch combination that floored Medina. The fight was stopped in the 7th round after Marquez knocked Medina down for a second time.
He then defeated Derrick Gainer later in the year in a unification bout to win the WBA Featherweight title and become "Super Champion".
In May 2004, Márquez fought Manny Pacquiao in a controversial bout that was scored a draw. In the first round Márquez was caught cold, as he was knocked down three times by a more lively Pacquiao. However, Márquez showed great heart to recover from the early knockdowns, and at the end of a very close second round it was clear that this would be a long night for Pacquiao. Márquez was able to counterpunch effectively, winning the middle rounds and effectively countering Pacquiao in closely fought later rounds; however, the fight was ultimately ruled a draw. Many fans who were startled at Márquez surviving the first round saw Márquez take control of the fight thereafter, only to be denied the win on the judges' scorecards. The final scores were 115-110 for Márquez, 115-110 for Pacquiao, and 113-113. One of the judges (who scored the bout 113-113) later admitted to making an error on the scorecards, because he had scored the first round as "10-7" in favor of Pacquiao instead of the standard "10-6" for a three-knockdown round.
On September 18, 2004, Márquez defeated future champion Orlando Salido. In 2005, Márquez was stripped of his WBA, and IBF Featherweight titles, for his inability to defend it against various boxers after potential bouts failed to draw a bid. In 2006, Márquez attempted to regain a title, coming up short in a controversial decision loss to undefeated Indonesian boxer Chris John for the WBA Featherweight championship title. The disputed decision led to the Ring Magazine's removal of Márquez from its pound-for-pound top 10 list.
In late 2006, Márquez captured the WBO Interim Featherweight title defeating Thai boxer Terdsak Jandaeng, and defending it against Filipino boxer Jimrex Jaca with a nine round knockout in Hidalgo, Texas. Márquez was promoted to world champion status in December 2006 when previous champion Scott Harrison vacated the title. Márquez vacated the Featherweight title the following year to challenge WBC Super Featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera.
On November 29, 2007, Márquez announced that he would defend his championship title against Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, whom he fought to a controversial draw in 2004. On March 15, 2008, Juan Manuel Márquez lost his Super Featherweight Championship to Manny Pacquiao via split decision. Márquez suffered a knockdown in the third round that proved to be the difference in the decision as the remaining rounds were scored dead even. Compubox scoring had Juan Manuel Márquez landing 42/201 (21%) more jabs to Pacquiao's 43/314 (14%) jabs, it also had Márquez scoring 130/310 (42%) more power punches to Pacquiao's 114/305 (37%) power punches. Richard Schaefer, Golden Boy Promotions CEO, offered a $6 million guarantee to Pacquiao for a rematch. Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum, said, “I’m not saying they’ll never fight again, but you have to let it bake for a while”. Pacquiao said: "I don't think so, this business is over" as he plans to move up to the lightweight division.
Márquez moved up to the Lightweight division in order to fight the lineal Ring lightweight champion Joel Casamayor on the weekend leading up to Mexican Independence Day at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas. On September 13, 2008, he defeated Casamayor in the 11th round after two knockdowns, and captured his sixth world title in three different weight classes. In the first four rounds of the bout, Márquez continually walked into counter punches from Casamayor. It took Márquez until the fifth round to be able to find the range with his right hand. By the fifth round, a cut over Casamayor's right eye was opened from a clash of heads. Rounds five, six, seven, and eight were rounds where Márquez landed straight punches from the outside, but he was also struck by Casamayor whenever he lunged forward. Two minutes into the eleventh round, Casamayor was knocked down by a right punch as he pulled away from an intense exchange. Casamayor was able to get on his feet, but it was clear he was still shakey from the knockdown. As soon as the action was allowed to resume, Márquez went in for the kill as he let his punches go in furious combination. Casamayor punched back, but he was knocked down again with about 7 seconds left in the round. Referee Tony Weeks stepped in the bout, and stopped the fight as he deemed Casamyor unable to continue. The official judges had the fight scored 95-95, 95-95, and 97-93 for Márquez before the 11th round knockout. After the win, Ring magazine ranked Márquez second on its pound for pound list, and rated him the number one boxer in the Lightweight division.
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz
On February 28, 2009, Márquez defeated IBO champion, and former WBA, IBF, and WBO Lightweight champion Juan Díaz by knockout. Díaz controlled the fight early in the bout as the two boxers exchanged punches. Díaz opened a cut above Márquez's right eye in the fifth round, and looked to control the bout, but Márquez responded by opening a gash above Díaz's right eye, and stunning him with a left hook before the end of the eighth round. Márquez landed two hard rights to Díaz's face in a three-punch combination that knocked Díaz down with 35 seconds remaining in the ninth round. Díaz rose, but seconds later, Márquez followed with a right uppercut to the chin that knocked Díaz down for a second time. Referee Rafael Ramos waved an end to the fight after two minutes and 40 seconds of the ninth round. With the victory, Márquez defended his Ring Lightweight title, and claimed the WBO, the WBA, and the IBO Lightweight championship titles. After the fight Márquez expressed an interest in fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. This fight was named "Fight of the Year" for 2009 by ESPN.com.
Márquez moved up to the Welterweight division, and fought undefeated and former number one pound for pound champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. The fight was scheduled to take place at 144 lbs on July 18, 2009 at the MGM Grand arena; but was postponed due to a rib injury sustained by Mayweather. The bout was rescheduled and held on September 19, 2009. During the official weigh in for their 144 lb bout, Márquez weighed in at 142 lbs and Mayweather weighed in at 146 lbs thereby incurring a financial penalty as he was 2 pounds over the catchweight. Although, it was later found out that an agreement had been found between both parties just before the weigh-in which allowed Mayweather to come in over the catchweight. Márquez looked slightly fleshy and uncomfortable with the move up in weight but despite being knocked down in the 2nd round, showed great heart to go the distance against Mayweather. Mayweather defeated Márquez by unanimous decision.
This fight marks only the fifth time in boxing history that a non-heavyweight fight sold more than 1 million pay-per-views, with the official HBO numbers coming in at over 1 million buys equalling a total of approximately $52 million. Four of those fights all featured Oscar De La Hoya as the main event, making this fight the one of two events where a non-heavyweight fight sold over 1 million PPVs without Oscar De La Hoya. The other fight was Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto which sold 1.25 million PPVs.
When asked upon his return to the lightweight division, Márquez said: "I came back to lightweight because at welterweight I lost a lot of speed".
Márquez then began negotiations for a rematch with Juan Díaz. Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said the fight for Marquez's title was being planned for July 10 as the main event of an HBO PPV card. He said it would "probably" take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. After his comeback in 2010, fellow Mexican boxer Erik Morales said he would like to fight Márquez. Morales returned two divisions higher in 2010, as a welterweight. However, Márquez has also stated that he would be interested in a fight with Ricky Hatton.
The Marquez-Díaz rematch took place on July 31, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay. Márquez's titles were also at stake. Prior to the bout, the WBO ordered the Márquez-Díaz winner to fight mandatory challenger Michael Katsidis. Marquez won the fight via unanimous decision by the official scores of 117-111, 116-112, and 118-110. After the Díaz rematch, Márquez stated that he was interested in pursuing a third fight with Manny Pacquiao. There was also a possibility of him moving up to light welterweight to face any of the titleholders at the time: Timothy Bradley, Devon Alexander or Amir Khan, all of whom were fighting on HBO.
Juan Manuel Márquez vs Michael Katsidis
A few weeks after the Juan Díaz fight, Golden Boy Promotions officially announced that Márquez would defend his lightweight titles against mandatory challenger, WBO interim Michael Katsidis, on November 27, 2010 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and that the bout would be televised live on HBO Championship Boxing. During the official weigh in for their 135 lb bout, Márquez came in at 134 pounds, while Katsidis came in on the limit of 135 pounds. Despite being knocked down in the third round Marquez came back and defeated Katsidis by a ninth round TKO to retain the lightweight belts. At the time of the stoppage, the Mexican boxer was ahead on all the scorecards by 77-74, 78-74, and 76-75. During the post fight interview he once again expessed his interest in a third fight with Manny Pacquiao.
Márquez holds the distinction of being the oldest champion in the history of the lightweight division.
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bcl:Juan Manuel Marquez de:Juan Manuel Márquez es:Juan Manuel Márquez fr:Juan Manuel Márquez id:Juan Manuel Marquez Mendez it:Juan Manuel Márquez ja:ファン・マヌエル・マルケス pl:Juan Manuel Márquez ru:Маркес, Хуан Мануэль fi:Juan Manuel Márquez tl:Juan Manuel Márquez th:ฮวน มานวยล์ มาร์เกซThis text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community.
Birth date | September 8, 1985 |
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Medaltemplates | }} |
In 2003 he won the gold medal at the Pan American Games.
In Athens he was stopped in the round of sixteen of the Featherweight (57 kg) division by Belarus' Mikhail Biarnadski.
On November 19, 2009, he defeated Angel Granados via twelve-rounds unanimous decision in Medellín, Colombia for the vacant WBA Interim Super Featherweight Championship.
On July 16, 2011 he lost to Juan Manuel Marquez at the Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. “Dinamita” Marquez landed a hard right hand on Likar's chin who fell ending the bout at 1:47 in the first round. Likar Ramos has been criticized because he clearly broke the fall with his right hand but remained in the floor with closed eyes as if unconscious while the referee counted.
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