JMM Set to Fight Another Filipino

**spade** · 11-20-2006 04:09 AM

Jimrex Jaca is set to fight JMM on Nov. 25

I don't know how true, but this fight was already cancelled due to non-appearance of Jaca

**CutMeMick** · 11-20-2006 04:16 AM

Last I read/heared the fight is still on, this fight has been on again off again 3 times.... So if it fell through a 4th it woldn't be a surprise....

It's gonna be on HBO: B.A.D.

**CutMeMick** · 11-20-2006 04:37 AM

Check this thread out I did....

http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxing_fo...c,38119.0.html

**Hairdoo** · 11-20-2006 04:43 AM

JJM should be chasing Chris John and get back his stolen WBA belt!!

03 April, 2006 by Cliff Rold

MARQUEZ-JOHN HARD TO FIND; HARDER TO STOMACH!

There is some reason for that silence though. It’s the heist that no one saw. Juan Manuel Marquez (44-3-1, 33 KO’s) headed to Indonesia to face WBA 126 lb. titlist Chris John (37-0-1, 20 KO’s) for a belt he never lost in the ring and, by some accounts, lost fair and square. Anyone who has read those accounts is in my opinion being lied to. The argument that scoring is subjective is a fair one, but only to a point. When a fighter out- hrows his opponent, that can be countered with good defense and effective counter punching that results in an equal number of punches landed. That’s how you get the wide variance of opinion on a Hasim Rahman-James Toney. This wasn’t like that. Marquez threw more, landed more, backed John up all night, and hurt him on more than one occasion. My scorecard read 115-110, with seven rounds for Marquez, two for John and three even rounds. Two of the even rounds saw Marquez deducted points for low blows so in reality he won nine rounds. Yet, here he is three weeks later with no belt, no pound for pound status and no one in the press caring enough to complain if they even cared enough to find the fight. Where are people like ESPN’s Dan Rafael on this one?

WORSE THAN A HOMETOWN DECISION?

For those who have seen this fight, it could be passed off as a hometown decision, but I see something more nefarious. While many proclaim that fighters need to be protected and decry their treatment by sanctioning bodies and promoters, how often do they take the side of the fighter when they are still fighting? Marquez was blasted in media for turning down a rematch with Manny Pacquiao, getting the story almost completely from his then-promoter Bob Arum. Marquez and his manager Nacho Beristain quickly became persona non-grata, and that’s always a bad spot for a fighter. When the establishment decides a fighter is a troublemaker, or that they can’t make money off of them, those fighters have a funny way of getting screwed into obscurity.

**CutMeMick** · 11-20-2006 04:59 AM

I assume when you say another phillipinom you mean aside from PAC, cause if your reffering to Chris John hes from Indonesia...

**p4pking** · 11-20-2006 05:44 AM

Well he isn't fighting Pacquiao, but on the bright side... It does look like he will be up against a Philipino.....

What the hell is JMM/Golden Boy doing... I thought just as well when the fight was originally cancelled Jimrex JAca doesn't exactly do anything for Marquez... NOw months later it's happening again?? WHY? Marquez needs to get back in the ring with Pac, and move up to 130 in general. THere's nothing for him at featherweight and if he moved up theres lots of guys he could fight like Guzman Barrios, MAB, Pac, Valero... All would be excellent matchups. And most of those guys are fights that could seemingly be made easily..

**spade** · 11-20-2006 05:51 AM

Posted by CutMeMicK

I assume when you say another phillipinom you mean aside from PAC, cause if your reffering to Chris John hes from Indonesia...

No Mick, this was also mentioned by wacko in RPR thread, the name is Jimrex Jaca, he is unknown but i heard it is on Nov. 25.