Overt he last decade NOBODY has been more fun to watch and think along with than Juan Manuel Marquez. He's so smart and yet he's not a great athlete it seems to me. THAT makes him just a little deliberate and lets a fan really follow his thinking, moment to moment, in a way that is harder with say a Mayweather. Hell, JMM may be the most fun at that in 20 years.
I miss Jorge Paez. A master showman without demeaning the other guy, genuinely tough, smart in the ring and as you noted, a gigantic heart. He didn't have a big toolbaox, but he did great given his resources. He had no business in a ring with Pernell Whitaker and he gave a fine showing that night too.
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