So why did JMM fight Chris John for 30k instead of Pac for 750k in '05?

[KananKrus]

The reason JMM chose the Chris John fight over a rematch with Pacquiao (IMO) is the flawed vision of Nacho over-riding that of Juan! Huh?

The manager was pulling rank above the worker! Huh?

Perplexing!

Initially from the translation of Juan’s responses in the after-fight interview of HBO’s Merchant, it seemed that his response to the question for a rematch lacked the intensity to qualify it as a “determined” positive response, hence the wrongly perceived JMM reluctance for an immediate rematch.

It turns out, the Spanish language translator was inadequate at his job and misquoted big-time! Good thing… an enlightening explanation was supplied for by “hardcore crash”, one of our esteemed forum members here, and quoted as follows:

That dumb mother***er interpreting did a bad job.
Marquez immediately said ,"YES i want a rematch, i feel i won; there is no "revenge" in a fight i won scored as a draw" roughly like that.

Same interpreter getting Chavez REALLY upset backstage Chavez/DLH 2 post fight.
For guess what.... misinterpreting.

I am now leaning to, that Beristain firmly believed that it was a brilliant management move fighting Chris John in Indonesia cause beating him should potentially establish Juan Manuel as “the” powerhouse in the lower-weight classes in the sport!

How brilliant a move is it? Or was it at all…

Was it because the Indon was the biggest name out there…
Would a convincing win against unbeaten Chris John, getting this “particular” name on his resume translate into JMM getting all the US pay-per-view action he needs in the future…

Now if you’re Juan Manuel Marquez, would it not be your best interest, if you have come to reflect on this, to resist this madness the stringiest just to avoid a possible case of futility?

Did he actually see wisdom despite all of Nacho Beristain’s seemingly “unsound” reasoning that he as the fighter who shall “labor” to pull all of this off, saw that should they win was a small price for the “potential” upside career- wise that it will unfold?

If true as regarded that wise as any, Juan Manuel is*, he probably chose the seemingly harder route with the $30K paycheck than the Pacquiao fight with $750k “insult” of a price tag, just to spite Bob Arum. Was that big of a treat…the ability to show Bob Arum off that rewarding to have done this just for spite!

This seem all baffling and yet all but the accepted affirmative on this account!

Is it not easier for many, and reasoning-friendly, to just think that for a radical change, the real reason was simply that Juan Manuel was unenthused to face Pacquiao… too soon.

A career move destined to hell, if unfruitful. Too close a call that the potential upside is not even worth the looming risk!

Well, we know that is not true...

I'd leave the experts and insiders to enlighten the "all walks of life Joe". Unbaffle the baffled, LOL!


* (college degree in accounting?)