Once Is Never Enough

While the heavyweights dither, boxing's smaller stars are busy squaring off—and not just once, but again and again. On March 1 in Carson , Calif. , Israel Vazquez (right) and Rafael Marquez , who traded the WBC 122-pound title in two of 2007's bloodiest fights, will meet in a rubber match that should be just as spectacular. Two weeks later in Las Vegas , Juan Manuel Marquez , who in '04 came back from three first-round knockdowns to earn a draw against Manny Pacquiao , gets another shot at the explosive 130-pound Filipino puncher. And on April 12 Kermit Cintron will defend his 147-pound title against Antonio Margarito , who knocked him out in '05.