Juan Manuel Marquez - who should he face if he doesn't win the Pacquiao sweepstakes?

[Fenster]

fenster,

even if mosley would sell more than marquez, it wouldn't be for very much more. the thing is this, arum is overly protective of pacquiao. it happens fight after fight after fight. that, you cannot deny, can you?

So you're saying Arum is ducking a fighter he's already put Pacquaio in with twice? Hmmm... not sure about this john

[milmascaras1]

i'm absolutely saying arum is ducking marquez because he knows pacuqiao was lucky to get the split decision! simple as that! after seeing mosley throw up two straight stinkers, do you actually think he would make for a better fight than marquez would? come on dude, you know styles make fights and marquez just has that style to make pacuqiao look somewhat ordinary. if we're talking about a mosley of five years ago, then it would be different cause mosley would KO pacquiao early but he's 39 and worse yet, he looks it. marquez doesn't look his age, boxing wise. in fact, on the night marquez beat katsidis, one of the announcers mentioned that nacho beristain told him that marquez' doctor said he had the body of a 24 year old, that's why he continues to perform as effectively as he has been.

[miron_lang]

So you're saying Arum is ducking a fighter he's already put Pacquaio in with twice? Hmmm... not sure about this john

That is on both sides as well.

Fight I (2004)

Juan Manuel Marquez promoted by Arum
vs
Manny Pacquiao promoted by Murad Muhammad


Fight II ( 2008 )

Juan Manuel Marquez promoted by GBP
vs
Manny Pacquiao promoted by Bob Arum



I would prefer Marquez as well but i cant blame Arum for looking for the most money. Shane is a very Good kicker when facing a Star.



So many fighters for JMM

Sotto
Antillon
Jorge Linares
Amir Khan

[Pavlik]

Brandon Rios.

[milmascaras1]

rant,

marquez could fight all the jr. welters or welters he wants to but pacquiao will never fight him again. believe me when i say that maybe pacquiao, himself, isn't ducking marquez but arum sure as hell is. how many times does marquez have to call this clown out? after their super featherweight fight, he wanted an immediate rematch. now you tell me, why wasn't it made? marquez sure as hell wanted it, the boxing world wanted it, hell, even marquez went up to pacquiao's face and said he wanted a rematch in front of pacquiao's countrymen. but no, a humiliated pacquiao uttered unrecognizable words something to the effect of uh, um, aa, i, um hhm, oo,. he didn't know what to say to marquez! but no, what did pacquiao do? he ran up to lightweight and fought a paper ass champ in david diaz! what did marquez do after that? he went up to lightweight to fight duckquiao but duckquiao quickly went up in weight again.

listen, because of marquez' age, he can't be effective at welterweight but i think he would give anybody a hard time at jr. welter. when marquez was the champion at featherweight and super featherweight, he gave pacquiao a chance to win his titles. a real man would return the favor.

let me ask you something, why in the hell did pacquiao fight morales a third fight after ko'ing him in their rematch? why is that? i mean, what's the thrill in fighting someone you already ko'd? marquez wasn't ko'd, and in fact, most real boxing fans will tell you he won that fight.

look, i may not be a pacquiao fan but i sure do not hate him. what i dislike are his contradictions with marquez, mayweather, catchweights, blood tests etc...again, i'll say it again, for pacquiao's next fight why didn't they go for a young, fast fighter? there are at least 10 opponents at jr. welter, welter, or jr. middleweight that can excite the boxing masses. do you think fans are going to get excited with duckquiao fighting an old washed up mosley? come on, get real!!!!!!!!!

[Rantcatrat]

rant,

marquez could fight all the jr. welters or welters he wants to but pacquiao will never fight him again. believe me when i say that maybe pacquiao, himself, isn't ducking marquez but arum sure as hell is. how many times does marquez have to call this clown out? after their super featherweight fight, he wanted an immediate rematch. now you tell me, why wasn't it made? marquez sure as hell wanted it, the boxing world wanted it, hell, even marquez went up to pacquiao's face and said he wanted a rematch in front of pacquiao's countrymen. but no, a humiliated pacquiao uttered unrecognizable words something to the effect of uh, um, aa, i, um hhm, oo,. he didn't know what to say to marquez! but no, what did pacquiao do? he ran up to lightweight and fought a paper ass champ in david diaz! what did marquez do after that? he went up to lightweight to fight duckquiao but duckquiao quickly went up in weight again.

listen, because of marquez' age, he can't be effective at welterweight but i think he would give anybody a hard time at jr. welter. when marquez was the champion at featherweight and super featherweight, he gave pacquiao a chance to win his titles. a real man would return the favor.

I didn't really want another pro or anti-Pacquiao thread. We have enough of those threads already. So to Marquez, Marquez is one of the biggest names in boxing. His only losses (other than a fluke) are against other future HOF's in Pacquiao, Chris John, PBF etc. He is nearing the end of his career. I wanted to see how Marquez fans thought he should end it.

As I said earlier, I like the idea of Marquez challenging SSM, Andre Berto or Tim Bradley, much more than seeing him fight Soto or another 135er. It gives him the chance of being the first Mexican fighter to win titles at 4 weight classes and as an added benefit makes his claim for a third fight with Pacquiao more credible.

For the Marquez fans - Who do you think would win between SSM and JMM at 147? Berto and JMM? Bradley and JMM?

Milmas -

It may be the case that Pacquiao would never fight JMM again, but JMM needs to test himself at 140 or 147 to really give his challenge to Pacquiao more credibility, which is where Pacquiao is now fighting. Kastidis was a fight everyone in the boxing world knew Marquez would win. He was a big favorite for a reason in that fight. Same goes for the Juan Diaz fight before it. And the same would go for a Soto fight.

It would lend a lot of legitimacy to what you are saying if Marquez beat a top guy at 140 or 147. I want to see Marquez fight the winner of the Bradley and Alexander fight. I would much prefer to see that than a Soto fight. To me, if Marquez chooses Soto or someone else at 135, basically, he is giving up his chances for a Pacquiao fight in the future.

JMM is the biggest name in boxing outside of Shane Mosley and Sergio Martinez right now. Once Pacquiao beats Shane Mosley, there really won't be anyone else with that level of notoriety for Pacquiao to fight other than Mayweather. Therefore, if Marquez challenged and beat Tim Bradley/Devon Alexander, he would be the most logical fight for Pacquiao.

I like the idea of seeing Marquez fight a different style too. He beats "come forward" fighters.

[milmascaras1]

rant,

to tell you the truth, if indeed pacquiao does go ahead with the mosley fight, i don't want to see marquez/pacquiao anymore! why? marquez is going to be just too damned old. it would have been great to see them fight next but later on in 2011 would be just to much to ask for marquez who by that time would be 38 years old. i believe the boxing world wanted this fight but because of stupid boxing politics, it sadly will probably never happen again.

[Rantcatrat]

rant,

to tell you the truth, if indeed pacquiao does go ahead with the mosley fight, i don't want to see marquez/pacquiao anymore! why? marquez is going to be just too damned old. it would have been great to see them fight next but later on in 2011 would be just to much to ask for marquez who by that time would be 38 years old. i believe the boxing world wanted this fight but because of stupid boxing politics, it sadly will probably never happen again.

do you still want to see him fight Soto or would you prefer to see him fight Berto/Bradley?

who do you think would win between JMM and Berto or Bradley?

[milmascaras1]

rant,

i'd like to see him fight soto because, bradley and berto are just too young and fresh. i know berto is way too strong for marquez and bradley is too fast right now.

the reason why i think marquez would give pacquiao a lot of problems again, because he knows him from his two fights already. he knows his weaknesses and strengths and besides, pacquiao's come forward style accommodates marquez' style.

you know, since the marquez/pacquiao I fight, after that first round in which marquez was dropped 3 times, marquez has won the vast majority of the next 23 rounds. that's what i mean that marquez knows pacquiao and after that first round, he made adjustments and outboxed him.