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

[Dizaster]

my point is this, pacquiao is in his absolute prime right now. he can compete more effectively i believe, with fighters like berto and bradley because they are also in their prime. marquez, is too old for berto and mosley. however, as he's already proven, can give pacquiao an interesting fight like his first two. berto and bradley are just too young and in their prime for marquez. whereas pacquiao, while still in his prime, matches up well with marquez because marquez knows how to fight him. he's proven that but instead, pacquiao chooses an old mosley who definitely cannot be competitive anymore at the championship level.

now tell me, explain to me if pacquiao is not cherry picking his opponents, why wasn't berto nor bradley or anybody as fast as pacquiao, chosen as his opponent? and please don't tell me that bullshit that they wouldn't sell enough ppv's! do you actually think the knowledgeable boxing public is going to shell out $54.95 to see a one sided beat down? pacquiao is a multi-millionaire many times over, surely he can go after a top fighter so that he can shut up his most ardent critics.

and another thing, sergio martinez already said he would come down to 154 to challenge pacquiao for his jr. middleweight title but bob arum balked as usual. why? and please don't tell me pacquiao is too small for martinez. pacquiao was willing to beat up a slow, margarito for the jr. middleweight title at a catchweight so why can't he defend it with martinez as his opponent? i'll tell you why, it's because martinez would kill pacquiao and pacman knows it. he only wants fights where he has a big speed advantage. forget about the height and weight, speed kills and if your opponent happens to fight you at a catchweight and he's slow and past his prime, what a better opponent for pacquiao!!!

You are turning this into a Pacquiao thread! I wanted to talk Marquez.

What do you mean, he had two whole paragraphs about Marquez! read again...


ooooops, actually, they don't mention Marquez at all.. My bad...

[fan johnny]

One thing is for sure Marquez can't win a bid to fight Pacquiao because he wants a 50/50 split. Even after a dismal showing he doesn't have enough sense to drop his price. There isn't anyone else he can generate a guaranteed purse of $2 Million.

When was his dismal showing? did i miss it? i thought he looked pretty good against Katsidis.

I think he meant revenue rather than performance.

JMM - Katsidis - Boxing - Yahoo! Sports

I did mean his revenue earnings. The HBO payout: Marquez $1.4 mill, Katsidis $530K, Berto $910K, Hernandez $75K, Caballero $200K, Litzau $50K. but perhaps you are correct. "Dismal" is a poor word choice. There is really nothing dismal about $1.4 Million. But I'd let Pacquiao hit me in the face for $1 mil. No problem! Well.. problem , but I'd still do it.