Juan Manuel Marquez vs Joel Casamayor ICB's RBR

[pacfan]

First off, give a mighty big credit to Marquez for taking this fight. Going up in weight and taking on one of the top men in the division is no mean feat. But IMO, that will precisely be his problem - I think the size issue will adversely affect him in the fight. To me Marquez is just a blown-up lightweight but actually still a natural featherweight. On the other hand, Joel is a legit lightweight, or even a super one by now.

Another problem for Marquez is Joel's style. Marquez does badly against fighters who box and if Joel decides to box, I think it'll give Marquez some problems - he is good at fighting fighters who comes at him. So Marquez will have to overcome these two major problems in order for him to win. Will he be able to do so? I don't think so, so I'll go for Casamayor winning this fight.

But I'll be fair to Marquez; if he wins this one convincingly, he will be my numero uno p4p guy. If pac wins against the Golden Fool (that won't happen, though) he'll get back his p4p title. But even if that fight is cancelled and pac fights and beats Soto instead, Marquez will still keep the title. On the other hand, if pac beats worthy opponents like Juan Diaz, Guzman, or Campbell, of course he'll get back the title. That's fair enough, huh, Ice? Hope the guys on the other side can be fair to my boy sometimes too...