Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez IV - Saturday night fight/chat thread

[Mars_ax]

I have a very strong feeling that this fight is going to end in a tko, and I think that Marquez will stop him.

Really Grey? That's something new since Pac has never been stopped, at least not anytime lately. Tell you what my feeling is, JMM has been 'roidin, and may test positive for some shit after the fight, unless of course he's got hold of some slick mexican shit that passes conventional drug testing.

And furthermore, fuck Marquez and all his whining, I hope Pacquiao kicks his ass.

[Mars_ax]

This card starts @9:00 PM ET Saturday night in the States on HBO PPV and @2:00 AM Sunday morning for you lot across the pond.


At Las Vegas (HBO PPV): Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, fourth fight, 12 rounds, welterweights; Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Michael Farenas, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA interim junior lightweight title; Miguel Vazquez vs. Mercito Gesta, 12 rounds, for Vazquez's IBF lightweight title; Javier Fortuna vs. Patrick Hyland, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA interim featherweight title; Jose Ramirez vs. Corey Siegwarth, 4 rounds, lightweights.

[Kirkland Laing]

The guy training Marquez has boasted that he's created twenty undetectable steroids by changing a small part of the chemical structure of existing steroids. With a guy like this who knows what he's doing and works in Mexico where this stuff is legal Marquez could have been juicing for months and not test positive.

The head of the NSAC, Kizer, admits passing their tests is as easy as walking across the road. Vegas don't want to catch anybody, it's bad for business. They especially don't want to start random testing before big fights in case they catch somebody and a multi-million dollar bonanza goes down the toilet.

The recent Thomas Hauser/Montoya articles on PEDs in boxing are very worth reading.

[DavilaJones]

I agree that I believe that the judges would worry about public perception regarding giving Pacquaio the benefit of the doubt in 3 fights in a row, they could perhaps feel obligated that they must give Marquez the close rounds.

That being said I do believe the first fight was a draw, but 2nd Marquez won by 2 and third Marquez won by 3.

[Youngblood]

If this fight sees the end, expect a decision that defies any fight logic whatsoever but oddly lines up with pocket books. History and all that. Curious to see how Marquez handles the beef though. Could end up tiring earlier then expected. Or just be superjuiced like everyone else in the sport and still throwing punches into the 16th round.