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Mosley beats Marquez, but Marquez gives Pacquiao a tougher fight than Mosley .
I think so too, boxing is really strange that way.
I just don't get this at all. How people can think Mosley is not finished enought to beat J M Marquez, but is too shot to beat Manny is such a weird contradiction.

I think BOTH fighters are a legitimate test for Manny.

Manny is far more to Mosley's liking than Floyd and Mora. I think Mosley would always have had trouble with Sergio Mora, and I don't think any version of Mosley beat Floyd either.

Pacquaio Mosley will be a very entertaining fight.

Marquez may yet get another shot if he keeps winning. But to me Marquez is scraping past guys like Diaz, Katsidis and Casamayor in wars, guys that Mosley would just destroy.

I think Marquez looks a much easier propositon for Pacquaio now at 147 than Mosley does.

And Manny sure as hell isn't going to move down another weight class to help Marquez out, and why should he? Mosley at 147 is a better fight than Marquez at 147 imo.
Yes, it does sound weird and I said as much above, but based on the styles it is just the assumption that I come to.

Marquez knows how to win rounds against Manny. His counter punching style is the perfect counter to the type of style that Manny has. But having said that I don't think he has any business fighting at 147 at the age of 37. It's just too much for him. 140 is as far as he gets IMO.

Mosley hasn't really shown us all that much a long time now. Margarito was able to stay in the fight against Manny because he was so well conditioned and ready to withstand 12 rounds of hard boxing and throw 70 punches a round. Mosley is a better fighter than Margarito, but that was 3 years ago and unfortunately Mosley cannot condition himself to fight at the kind of pace Manny will set. At least Marquez knew how to neutralise the output somewhat, but Mosley hasn't been showing a ring IQ for a long time now. He gets frustrated, loads up and starts to wing his punches. Marquez would never do that.

Like CFH said, styles make fights. I just like the style of Marquez over that of Mosley when it comes to dealing with what Pac has to offer.