Even if it only till the outcome of Pac/Hatton JMM is PFP#1

[Kev]

I think people are getting a little carried way here. It was a fantastic fight and Marquez did brilliantly to fight his way back into the fight and get the knockout but it doesn't jump him above the man who beat him just three fights or so ago.

Plus apart from knocking him out didn't Nate Campbell beat Juan Diaz more convincingly than Marquez?

The knockout was stunning but Marquez was getting pummeled in those early rounds whereas Nate just dominated Juan Diaz from the get go.

And Juan Diaz wasn't even in the top 10 p4p so how can Marquez become number 1 now?

Margarito's win over Cotto was bigger, as was in turn, Mosely's win over Margarito, why isn't Mosely number 1? (And no I don't think Mosely is p4p number 1 just making a point, Mosely's KO over Margarito was a far bigger shock than Marquez beating Diaz)

Marquez was I believe at least, the betting favourite over Diaz and he won in fine style after being dominated.

But he didn't look unbeatable at least not early and I don't see how that destruction was better than the slaughter Pacquaio put on Oscar.

And if you are going to try and take away Manny's credit by saying Oscar was weight drained then what about B Hop? Both his biggest wins in recent times over Pavlik and Tarver coincided with his opponents putting on career worst performances yet nobody takes his credit away.

Manny is number 1 going into his fight with Hatton.

Thank you Master Bilbo for enlightening the hordes of delusional Mighty Mike bandwagoners... You're the real MASTER...
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Very nice how you fail to admit how shot a boxer ODLH was/is in order to solidify your Pac hugging. Bhop also benefited in similar fashion by choosing plodding stylistic fighters and fighting them after they either exited the buffet line or liposuction treatment (lol)

I'm not a nut hugger of any fighter. You can argue how shot Oscar was all you like but he had a better recent resume than both Casamayor and Juan Diaz going into the Pacquaio fight.

Oscar's previous 3 fights were a dominating brutal beatdown of Ricardo Mayorga who gave Shane Mosely 10 times more trouble than Margarito did, a split decision loss to the world's greatest p4p and undefeated fighter and an easy routine win over Steve Forbes.

Casamayor had lost virtually every single round to Santa Cruz in possible the worst robbery of the last decade, and had then been battered about the ring by Michael Katsidis before finally pulling out a stoppage. He hadn't looked good in about 5 years.

Juan Diaz had already been completely beaten down and dominated by veteran Nate Campbell prior to coming in to the Marquez fight.

So there's no question of saying Oscar was more 'shot' going into the fight with Pacquaio as his recent performances had been better than both Casa and Juan Diaz.

Furthermore whether you like it or not Pacquaio was given the victory of Juan Manuel Marquez last year, who also has a loss recorded against him over Chris John.

Therefore it's simply impossible to make a claim that Marquez should be the p4p number 1 fighter in the world unless you think your own subjective opinion on who wins a very close fight means more than an officially sanctioned result.

Anyone who tries to argue that the Ring Magazine should have Marquez as number 1 in the world I just cannot take seriously.