JMM was a lightweight when Floyd fought him. Well, what if they fought later, when Marquez adjusted to WW?
JMM was a lightweight when Floyd fought him. Well, what if they fought later, when Marquez adjusted to WW?
Seriously? It was about as definitive a stylistic shut out as there is, of course not. Marquez never really adjusted to WW imo, every single decent opponent he fought above 130 gave him hell, when he was a lot better than most of them.
Jmm looked better at welterweight after the Floyd fight but he was not good enough to beat Bradley and was getting busted up by Manny so no.
Jmm was knocked down at lightweight before he beat Katasidis whereas Floyd struggled with Castillo but he did not have the same style as Marquez.
Maybe at super feather and feather weight he stood a better chance against Floyd.
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Nope a fast counter puncher will beat a slow counter puncher and Floyd is too damn good against Marquez at any weight.
No
Marquez at feather was much deeper and sharp than the chunky Welter he will end at. While he needed to unofficially beat Manny 3 times to claim 1, Floyd was always steps ahead with ring control and speed forcing Marquez to play aggressor. The one or two divisions heavier didn't hurt either.
The fight would have been just as one sided at 130 though, being realistic. I think Floyd could have stopped JMM if he had gone for it.
No way. Floyd was too big, too fast, and too skilled to lose to JMM. I only see significantly larger boxers, or extremely durable/rugged/conditioned fighters beating Floyd. Guys like Leonard and Hearns who were great boxers and much larger than Floyd, or Roberto Duran/Henry Armstrong/Aaron Pryor types who would maul Floyd were the only types I see beating him. Even then, those guys couldn't afford an off night or lapse in focus or Floyd would beat them. I don't like the guy at all, but he was a fantastic talent and fighter.
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going back to the original question, Yes , there is a version of Marquez that beats Floyd. the Best Marquez beats Floyd............when Floyd was 16!![]()
Does any version of Pep beat Locche or Whitaker?
Ok as a Marquez fan, I'm biased here. I was a floyd fan early on too. At a lighter weight Floyds even faster than he was was at 147, but I think at that time he was a little more vulnerable too as he refined over time and started closing the gaps in his style (which allowed him to fight his less open defensive style after his legs went). I think give Marquez the same number of tries at 130 as he had with pac and, JMM and nacho eventually solve the puzzle. Its not very realistic, (3 or 4 tries) but Nacho and JMM have proved themselves to be pretty good strategists and I think could pull of a victory on early floyd before size became a bigger factor.
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I think a version of Marquez that is allowed to car a gun into the ring beats Floyd ,other than that forget it.
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