Marquez to face Mike Alvarado in Mexico City according to his brother... in March

[FinitoElDinamita]

Marquez has nothing to gain by beating up on this guy.. What are your thoughts on this bout?

[roberto duran legend]

Its total crap mate, he should be fighting PacMan , he has been truly shafted

[Manos de Piedra]

Marquez beats the crap out of him. JMM needs to be fighting for a title at 140.

[CFH]

I don't understand this. I'd much rather see Marquez face Bradley or someone else on that level.

Maybe he's hesitant to work with Arum after getting screwed over so many times?

[Master]

Is JMM trying to stay busy or is it just a negotiation tool to ensure he gets a fight with Manny?

[Spicoli]

Man, not every single fight can revolve around the elite facing the elite or the Manny-Floyd sweepstakes. There is a reason Alvarado was featured on the PPV undercard in what was a pretty damn good fight. This is about a great style match for Marquez while wearing the new weight vs a young undefeated hard charger who will go out on his shield. I honestly have no prob with it.

[Tam Seddon]

Yeah I dont see the problem in this fight, hes an undeafeated fighter whos got great heart. I thought his fight against Prescott was outstanding. I think he will give Marquez a good fight and I think if Marquez can beat him its a decent name on his record. I think Alvarado deserves to fight a top rated fighter, I think it will be a good fight.

[Kev]

Alvarado is undefeated and coming off a KO win over Breidis Prescott. That's a better matchup than most of Marquez recent fights imo, Likar Ramos, Diaz 1 and 2, Katsidis, Casamayor. Some big names there but most werent near their best and none are relevent to boxing any more.

Alvaredo is a right now fighter so it's a decent fight.

[ross]

I just came across this artical where the writer accuses Marquez of taking steroids! "Marquez, who has a history of using performance enhancing drugs"

As far as I know hes never taken or been found taking anything! Wankers! marquez is whats good about the sport!

Track & Field Manager: Linking of Usain Bolt to admitted steroid dealer 'completely false' | Universal Sports

[Manos de Piedra]

I just came across this artical where the writer accuses Marquez of taking steroids! "Marquez, who has a history of using performance enhancing drugs"

As far as I know hes never taken or been found taking anything! Wankers! marquez is whats good about the sport!

Track & Field Manager: Linking of Usain Bolt to admitted steroid dealer 'completely false' | Universal Sports

What a load of nonsense. Looks like the dude is just writing for the sake of writing something.

[Rantcatrat]

I would MUCH prefer to see him face Soto, Bradley, Matthysse, Peterson, Khan, Rios, Guerrero etc., but if this is a fight in Mexico and his plan is to face one of those guys in his following fight, then I reluctantly can see the point although I don't support it. Imagine if Pacquiao or Floyd faced Alvarado in their next fight? Even Pacquiao's back-up options are better than Alvarado.

[Kev]

I would MUCH prefer to see him face Soto, Bradley, Matthysse, Peterson, Khan, Rios, Guerrero etc., but if this is a fight in Mexico and his plan is to face one of those guys in his following fight, then I reluctantly can see the point although I don't support it. Imagine if Pacquiao or Floyd faced Alvarado in their next fight? Even Pacquiao's back-up options are better than Alvarado.

Marquez has had two big fights against Floyd and Manny lately and has otherwise fought mediocre opposition, he is nowhere Manny or Floyd in terms of opponents, and until his shock result over Manny was pretty much out of the picture. His last fight was against some dude called Likar Ramos, then prior to that he had beaten Katsidis and rematched a shot Juan Diaz.

Alvarado is no worse than any of Marquez's opponents in the past 3 years, Floyd and Manny excluded. In many ways he is more relevant being an undefeated fighter and not a past his best, on the slide guy like Casamayor, Katsidis or Diaz, none of which are at all relevant to the sport any more.

I think Alvarado is a decent fight, equivilant to a fight with Mike Jones at welter, who I personally would much rather see Manny face than Cotto again.

[Rantcatrat]

I would MUCH prefer to see him face Soto, Bradley, Matthysse, Peterson, Khan, Rios, Guerrero etc., but if this is a fight in Mexico and his plan is to face one of those guys in his following fight, then I reluctantly can see the point although I don't support it. Imagine if Pacquiao or Floyd faced Alvarado in their next fight? Even Pacquiao's back-up options are better than Alvarado.

Marquez has had two big fights against Floyd and Manny lately and has otherwise fought mediocre opposition, he is nowhere Manny or Floyd in terms of opponents, and until his shock result over Manny was pretty much out of the picture. His last fight was against some dude called Likar Ramos, then prior to that he had beaten Katsidis and rematched a shot Juan Diaz.

Alvarado is no worse than any of Marquez's opponents in the past 3 years, Floyd and Manny excluded. In many ways he is more relevant being an undefeated fighter and not a past his best, on the slide guy like Casamayor, Katsidis or Diaz, none of which are at all relevant to the sport any more.

I think Alvarado is a decent fight, equivilant to a fight with Mike Jones at welter, who I personally would much rather see Manny face than Cotto again.

Yea, I mean Marquez basically take stay busy fights until a big enough fight becomes available.