Time for the boxing world to shutdown once again Saturday night

[Youngblood]

What gets me about these fights is the conflict. I'm sure I'm not alone. I am rooting for Marquez because I like who he is, moreso then Floyd. Yet, think a win for Floyd will be better in the long haul.

Then the Cotto-Pac fight. Same deal. Cotto is right at the top of my list of fighters I respect, Pac too. But I am rooting for Cotto, and again am not sure it is best. That Pac should win, that all the stars will align if it comes out this way and we'll see a true mega-fight being the end result. That being Floyd-Pac.

This is boxing though, so no certainties is there. Any fighter is one punch from it being over. One punch from winning.

All these little story lines, Marquez piss drinking, Floyd broke, Pac overconfident, sparring session rumors, well, this is a part of it, the intrigue and interest. It's all good. Every time I see a new story pop up, and 2 sides arguing their thoughts on it, I get a bit more excited about the whole deal.

[JazMerkin]

I been nervously waiting for this for months. I'm backin Floyd as I always have, but JMM is probably the one fighter I would cope with him losing to.

In terms of boxing's future, I think at least 1 of Floyd or Pacquiao has to win. A JMM-Cotto superfight will just not be on the same level as JMM-Pac III or Floyd-Cotto. Neither of those will be anywhere near the level of a Floyd-Pac fight, which I think would have the potential to be the biggest match-up in terms of appeal, public interest & significance since Hagler-Leonard.

[leftylee]

I'm going the bookies later to throw cash on Floyd.

I've got this feeling that he will be back with a bang and stop Marquez late on. I'm going to put like a fiver on rounds 9.10,11 for him to win.

I'm going out to Liverpool central with the boys Saturday and to hook up with a girl. My parents are away for 3 days. So I'll be getting absolutely smashed in town, come home with a kebab and turn Saddo's and the fight on. I'll be drinking Vodka Red Bull's Saturday so I'll be wide awake.

[skel1983]

Not the worst undercard either, looking forward to it.

[HattonTheHammer]

What gets me about these fights is the conflict. I'm sure I'm not alone. I am rooting for Marquez because I like who he is, moreso then Floyd. Yet, think a win for Floyd will be better in the long haul.

Then the Cotto-Pac fight. Same deal. Cotto is right at the top of my list of fighters I respect, Pac too. But I am rooting for Cotto, and again am not sure it is best. That Pac should win, that all the stars will align if it comes out this way and we'll see a true mega-fight being the end result. That being Floyd-Pac.

This is boxing though, so no certainties is there. Any fighter is one punch from it being over. One punch from winning.

All these little story lines, Marquez piss drinking, Floyd broke, Pac overconfident, sparring session rumors, well, this is a part of it, the intrigue and interest. It's all good. Every time I see a new story pop up, and 2 sides arguing their thoughts on it, I get a bit more excited about the whole deal.

there are alternatives to pac-mayweather though

Mayweather-Cotto - years in the making
Cotto-Marquez - 2 very similar techniques clashing head on
Marquez-Pacquiao III - who the hell wouldnt want to see that go down?


I personally think the best thing possible for boxing would be either marquez or cotto winning as it would completely shake up the whole division and once again create an endless array of various matchups rather than just floyd-pac which would most likely result in both guys calling it a day there and then.