Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo
To be honest I think this will be a great fight. Whether you rate Diaz or not it's still a fact that he is the bigger man, has a world title and win over Morales and is an all action come forward fighter.

Maybe the rumours about Manny struggling at the weight are true and if so why not move up?

People moaning about him going for an easy champ are missing the point. It will still be Manny's first ever fight at lightweight and he's fighting a world champ. That's NOT an easy fight guys. Look at how Hatton struggled against Collazo.

Even Floyd almost lost to Castillo when he went straight for a title shot in his first fight at lightweight, why would Manny be crazy enough to try and fight Juan diaz right off the bat. Let him get used to the weight first then go for the big mega fight with Diaz.

As for him dodging Marquez and Guzman I don't see it that way.

He's moving up as he thinks he will feel more comfortable at a higher weight. If Marquez or Guzman want to fight him let them move up as well.

I can practically guarantee that Guzman would move up to lightwieght to fight Pacquiao.

If Marquez decides to remain at 130 it's up to him.

I think Marquez is a bad matchup for Manny and he knows it. His logic is probably that by moving up Marquez will either have to move up with him to fight him after he's become a world champ at the weight and can command more money or else not fight him at all.

As long as he's still in entertaining fights I'm not too bothered about whether he fights Marquez again or not.
This is the reason why Bilbo is one of my top posters. He speaks with sanity and definitely he keeps his biases where it should be tucked. cc here Bilbo.

For those who want to see Pacquaio vs Marquez 2, let us just wait. It will happen sometime in 2008 but it may not be in March. No one is ducking another fighter here. Diaz, Marquez,Guzman, Valero, etc want Pacquaio. Pacquaio wants Marquez and Diaz subject to conditions. Marquez wants to play hard so he might have lost the chance here..... but nothing has been decided yet.

Am sure, Marquez will have his chance this year against Pacquaio.

Like almost everybody, Marquez is number 1 in my wish list of Pacquaio's next opponent.