LAS VEGAS (LALATE) – RESULTS.  Does the Marquez vs. Diaz II already have a winner? Yes, claims an Octopus hired by Oscar De La Hoya to predict the results of tonight’s Marquez vs. Diaz II fight.

Since Paul the Octopus in Germany is retired since the World Cup, De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions hired the “Giant Pacific Octopus” at the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay (home to tonight’s fight).

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The octopus has predicted tonight’s winner will be Marquez.

“Let’s see if the octopus that picked Marquez to win Saturday night will be as accurate as Paul was during the World Cup,” said Richard Schaefer, CEO Golden Boy Promotions. “Either way, we are going to have a great night of boxing from top to bottom as this is one of the strongest events we have ever had for the fans watching in the arena and on pay-per-view. All of these match-ups have the potential of being fight of the year for 2010.”

“I’m glad that it all worked out,” said Schaefer who terms his results prediction an “Octo-Pick”. “I thought that it was pretty exciting.”

De La Hoya calls Diaz ” a tremendous warrior, tremendous champion and a tremendous human being who believes he can beat Juan Manuel Marquez. Their first fight was an epic battle back and forth which is why the Boxing Writers Association of America chose their fight as the best fight of 2009. It is a different story now. It is 2010, Juan Diaz is a different fighter and Juan Manuel Marquez is a different fighter. They have more experience under the belts, more training under their belts. It is going to be an explosive fight.”

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