Donny,Guzman has been injured hence the inactivity. Good thread BZKFN,there is absolutely NO DOUBT in my mind that Manny has wasted 2008. A pointless rematch with MAB and a fight v the unbeaten but not particularly highly rated Solis are not exactly great fights are they? And I was not overly impressed by Manny in either fight. I made that huge 10 plu page thread about his performance for the MAB fight and I totally agree,there is a case that a few fighters are ahead of him P4P although I don't have that in my own list(You could argue BhOp,JC are ahead)

You may get your wish,if Manny-JMM2 cannot be made,JMM will have few options but to face Joan. I'd favour JMM but it would be a close fight. And fyi,Bob Arum is not going to let Guzman anywhere near Manny.


Quote Originally Posted by 'Big' (Yoits)Dan McCarthy
100% agree with that, I've been saying this since Guzman was at 122lbs, he's a top 3 p4p contender and once you stick him in there with the big names he'll box circles round them. He completely shut Soto down, and it wasn't the usual boring defensive crap you see from other fighters who are facing big punchers, he was making Soto pay every time he made a mistake with dazzling combinations and great speed. As the fight wore on he was staying right in the pocket like Mayweather used to. Great to see and I can't wait to see how he'd do against someone like Pacquiao. I thnk stylistically though, JMM could be trouble for Guzman. JMM is a rangey puncher, Guzman is quite squat and doesn't go forward nearly as well as when he lets fighters walk on to him, we'd have to see how it would turn out but I'd give Guzman a much better chance against pacquiao than I would JMM.
CC,good posting.