I completely get what you're saying about Marquez, he is young for his age. But here's the problem, if Pac is out of the question for now, and you keep Barrera away from Marquez, then who else is there at 130 that's a legit big name opponent for Barrera? No one out there has the rep and cache that Marquez has. If Barrera-Pacquiao can't happen, then Barrera-Marquez is the only other big fight to be made IMO.

And from Marquez's perspective, you know he wants this fight. He's fought all these years and has never got a chance to prove himself against the two great Mexican fighters of this generation, Barrera and Morales. He's not going to pass up the opportunity to go up against Barrera.