Manny was arguably busting Marquez up prior to that KO and in a way that for the first time had me worried. Marquez was losing his face in a matter of minutes and appeared to be getting overwhelmed. And then that peach of a punch down the pipe. Personally, I had the Bradley fight close and can make a case for Bradley, but most don't. Bradley is a fantastic and tricky fighter and Marquez was in no way busted up by Mayweather like Manny was doing. Styles make fights and Pacquiao is going through what happened to Hatton. You get stopped and so you are shit and thus never really had a chance. It just isn't that simple.

I won't blame Manny outright as I think it is the fault of Manny and Floyd. Manny hits harder and faster than anyone that Floyd is willing to face (I would include Alvarez in that) and I can only assume that there are doubts in Floyds mind too. Othwerwise, the fight could have been made, there was just too much money in it. Manny was being an egotistical prick, but on the flip side, Floyd had doubts whence drug testing and seeing Manny flatten everyone.

It's a shame it never happened, but Mayweather is just as much to blame. It is wrong to say that Marquez stopped him and thus Manny just wasn't good enough or to just make excuses for Mayweather who is largely continuing to con people with shite like Guerrero and more fricking CW's.