J.M. Marquez vs Mosely at 147

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Why on earth should the LW champion of the world need to go up to WW and fight someone as big as Berto?

JMM fought a WW in Mayweather who happens to be the 2nd P4P (1st to some) in the planet. If he thought that he had a chance with Floyd then, why not Berto who is less skilled and has less experience? Oh yeah, because there is no money. And I would not blame JMM for this. That is just a suggestion if he wants to be on the forefront of the line to fight Pacquiao but he doesn't have to. He can at least fight those notable fighters at 140 to get a better chance (Khan, winner of Alexander vs Bradley).

At least when Pac first stepped up he drained Oscar down to the level of a corpse.

Here we go again. No matter how many times it was posted in this forum that that was Oscar's term, you still forget (intentionally, I'm sure). And I haven't seen a corpse that fights back. Watch the first few rounds of that fight again.

And of course, here are the Pac fans saying that the hated nemesis Marquez must go up to WW and fight a young undefeated champ in Berto to get his shot at Manny! It is laughable, it truly is.

Who said that he must go up? Mine is just a suggestion. If you read my other post in this thread, I also suggested that he goes up to 140 which, I believe, is what you also suggested. What would be laughable is if JMM's next fight is again in the 135 lb division and then would want to challenge Pac after the Pacquiao-Mosley fight.

There should never be a fight with Pac at 147 and Marquez should stick to his guns on that.

Pacquiao is on top of the boxing world right now and can dictate the terms. If JMM wants to fight him, then he should go up to Manny's weight division. If not, then he nor his promoter should not even give a hint that he'd want to fight Pacquiao.

Furthermore, it looks to me like a fight with Mosley will mean that a Marquez fight can not realistically materialise until at least a year from now.

Manny fights at least twice a year so if JMM puts himself in the best position, he will likely be the next opponent. The key here, as one poster had said, is patience.

Marquez should not agree to fight Manny unless it is at 140. One guy comes down and the other moves up....just what Manny did to Oscar

Here we go with this Oscar thing again.

but Manny has no issues losing those pounds whatoever which levels the playing field and we get a fight which is skills against skills rather that "I am used to being heavier and stronger and now I will crush you".

And what makes you think that Manny has no issues losing those pounds? Manny hasn't weighted less than 140 lbs since the Hatton fight on May 2009. Marquez can weight whatever he wants 24 hrs before the fight but on fight night, their weight would be close since Manny's fight weight against Margarito is just 148.

Otherwise Marquez should forget about it.

I agree with you here. If Marquez can not go up to Manny's weight division, then he should forget about it.

He has beaten Manny twice and we all know it. Just as long as Manny is satisfied with the one paper W over Marquez he has on his resume, right?

Who is this 'all' that you are talking about? The people who watched the fight are in the hundred thousand. Knowing what the few thinks is not even representative of what the hundred thousand thinks. If Marquez is satisfied with Manny's 'paper W' (according to you) over him, then he does not need to go after Manny.

I am also disappointed with Manny's choice of Mosley as the next opponent but I would not lose any sleep over it since I am not the one would will be absorbing the punches in that fight. I do not think that Shane is Manny's best opponent out there but other posters here think that he is. If I am in Manny's shoes and knows that I will be criticized whoever I fight that is not named Mayweather, then might as well get criticized while getting an excellent payday.