
Originally Posted by
milmascaras1
jonny,
the reason why pacquiao should have fought marquez a third time because the first two were so inconclusive and the world WANTED the fight. it's funny how mayweather jr. is being called the "ducker" when it was pacquiao who ducked marquez back when marquez mattered. right now, everyone knows marquez is too old to compete with the younger world's elite fighters. but back when pacquiao got his early christmas present, aside from the judges, the VAST majority of boxing fans and boxing sportswriters thought marquez clearly won the rematch with pacquiao. back in the good ol' days of boxing, he had to convincingly beat the champion to take his title and pacquiao did not deserve that title from marquez. a real champion will grant a rematch after he's taken a world title when the majority of the world thought he didn't deserve it. so in my mind and millions of boxing fans minds, pacquiao ducked that third match with marquez. but isn't it very interesting that pacquiao had zero hesitation for signing up for a third fight with a washed up morales after he KO'd him? i know fighters duck one another but it seems pacquiao fans are the biggest hypocrites around. but it seems that nowadays, if someone questions pacquiao's greatness, it's all of the sudden very politically incorrect and taboo. hogwash! the truth needs to be said about pacquiao's shortcomings as well because although he is a great, great fighter, he falls short as a great, great warrior!
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