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Mayweather: "Marquez Called Me Out, Pacquiao Didn't
Floyd Mayweather Jr. claims the only reason he returned to the ring with a fight against Juan Manuel Marquez, instead of Manny Pacquiao, is because Marquez called him out on live television. A familiar response from Floyd. He said the same thing back in 2007, when Ricky Hatton called him out on live televsion and Mayweather, also retired at the time, returned to stop Hatton and then went back into retirement. Mayweather presented his case to scribe Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports.
“I’m fighting the guy who called me out,” Mayweather said. “Manny Pacquiao never called me out. You never heard him say that. But I was watching on TV and I heard Marquez call me out. So I said, ‘OK, if he wants some, he can have it.’ Any one of them, whoever, they know where to find me.”
Mayweather appears to be annoyed with the critics who continue to call his bout with Marquez a "physical mismatch." He told Iole that De La Hoya did the same thing in 2000 when he made Shane Mosley go from lightweight to welterweight, and then Oscar did a repeat last December when he made Pacquiao go from lightweight to welterweight. Mayweather and Marquez will clash at a catch-weight of 144-pounds.
“Why, if it’s good for Oscar, isn’t it good for me?” Mayweather asks.
“Marquez is one of the best fighters in the world. A lot of people, including me and including a lot of you in the media, think he beat Manny Pacquiao in both of them fights. So why do I have to hear this? It’s ridiculous.”
Mayweather may have his critics for fighting Marquez but I am not one of them. IMO JMM beat Pac at least one of the two times they fought. If this is a "physical mismatch" with JMM, it will also be the same with Pac. Pac has beaten no one that Marquez would not have beaten as well. David Diaz, Oscar, Hatton, JMM beats them all. He might not KO Hatton as quick because he is a different type fighter but he would beat him by stopping him late or by decision. Marquez is actually fighting the better competition. Juan Diaz is a better lightweight than David Diaz and Floyd is much better at this stage than the other two mentioned above that Pac has fought. Floyd is actually pound for pound the best but because of inactivity Pac has the crown at the moment. So, you tell me who is letting it all hangout and is actually taking the tougher challenges? That would JMM!! Roach was smart to pick Marque names tailor made for the Pacman. Although Pac is talented, I by no means think he is any better all around fighter than Marquez. The only thing is Marquez's days are numbered as he isn't getting any younger.
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