Thread: Did Marquez's punch end an era?

Is it time to lament? For the last four years or so, boxing in the US has been defined by Mayweather and Pacquiao, their opponents, and the speculation that at some point, the two might actually meet in the ring. Now, the likelihood is we will never see Pacquiao share a ring with Mayweather, Pacquiao might retire from the sport, and Mayweather appears to be on his last legs. Who will pick up the pieces?

Rios and Broner.

Originally Posted by TitoFan

Rios and Broner.

Yes it's time to lament. I think JMM should go too. Ride off into the sunset. This generation of boxing fans will be talking to their grandchildren about him.

He is one that should not stay if not %100. I don't think he is and won't be. He has resources, a rabid fan base for the fighter and the man and has a legacy. Great fighters often take way too long to say later days to the sport and fight on fumes of glory days. I don't think he will do that.

Time for boxing to turn the page.

Originally Posted by TitoFan

Rios and Broner.

If that is the case then turn the lights off on the way out please

I would just like to take this time and say "This is why you BOX"

You go off throwing punches and not giving a hoot in Hell what comes back at you and this is where it gets you....face first on the canvas hearing the numbers 1-120 counted out to you as you lie there motionless.

Originally Posted by Greenbeanz

Originally Posted by TitoFan

Rios and Broner.

If that is the case then turn the lights off on the way out please

Sorry..... I couldn't resist.

Actually, I'm hoping for KTFO losses for each of them.

Originally Posted by El Kabong

I would just like to take this time and say "This is why you BOX"

You go off throwing punches and not giving a hoot in Hell what comes back at you and this is where it gets you....face first on the canvas hearing the numbers 1-120 counted out to you as you lie there motionless.

It is also why so many of us tune in though. The fact that even seasoned boxers will sometimes throw punches and exchange with reckless abandon. The knockout is by it's very definition, spectacular. A full stop and exclamation mark in one. God bless the fighters who sometimes forget to box and throw their dice in the air with the gamble of a tear up.

Originally Posted by Greenbeanz

It is also why so many of us tune in though. The fact that even seasoned boxers will sometimes throw punches and exchange with reckless abandon. The knockout is by it's very definition, spectacular. A full stop and exclamation mark in one. God bless the fighters who sometimes forget to box and throw their dice in the air with the gamble of a tear up.

You can be in control and still deliver the goods. Roberto Duran did.

JMM and Manny will not retire, very seldom do fighters retire on top of their game. There will be a rematch so the era will continue and Floyd will continue for a good couple of years yet. The TV companies will try to force feed us another fighter to replace these 3 great fighters. Saul Alvarez, Broner and Donaire are the future.

Originally Posted by Master

JMM and Manny will not retire, very seldom do fighters retire on top of their game. There will be a rematch so the era will continue and Floyd will continue for a good couple of years yet. The TV companies will try to force feed us another fighter to replace these 3 great fighters. Saul Alvarez, Broner and Donaire are the future.

Donaire is 30 years old, which in the lower weight classes typically indicates he is on the other side of the hill. In his case, I believe he so exceptional that he has a good future in front of him. I just don't know how much of a future.

Gamboa then or Ward or Bradley.