So why did JMM fight Chris John for 30k instead of Pac for 750k in '05?

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i'll agree. the only fight marquez has lost definitively is against mayweather jr.. that chris john fight was an absolute joke. john ran all night like the coward he is. he's way overrated and once he fights another featherweight champion, he'll be exposed like the fake that he is.

Attn Mods. I think this thread needs to be cleaned up. Give some deciplinary actions too to the one who deserves it.

Anyway. Back to the topic. Ahem!

CJ simply used the big ring as his advantage. I reckon of the commentator (not the Indonesian) said something like "they made ring bigger than standard to accommodate CJ's running game" which unfortunately unsuitable to JMM's counter punching style.

I've watched the fight again. It seems to me the fight was judged on an amateur-like basis . If you were just see the fight it would look like Marquez won because he hit John with more harder punches, but as the amateur rules proceed, John have landed more punches (mostly jabs on Marquez) so i would conclude John outsmarted Marquez in that fight.

I think CJ really deserves the win. They both landed some clean punches, and you can not really tell who has the edge up to the last round. The thing is, If you are the challenger, you only have 2 choices to win, either fully dominate the fight convincingly or knock your opponent cold which in both cases, Marquez was not able to do.