What if Pacquiao and Marquez fight for the vacant IBO Light welterweight title?
November 28th, 2010
By Gerardo Granados: Congressman Pacquiao is the current WBC light middleweight champion and Dinamita Marquez is the current WBO – WBA Super World lightweight champion; how hard could it be for Golden Boy Promotions or for Top Rank to arrange things with the IBO ranking committee to rank both for the vacant light welterweight title?
Marquez can be competitive against Pacquiao at 140 pounds, but not if they were to fight at 147 pounds, besides Pacquiao would have the weight advantage and his critics would not forgive that issue.
Antonio Margarito was utterly beaten, Joshua Clottey didnt put up much of a fight, Miguel Angel Cotto was competitive for a few rounds only, Ricky Hatton was knocked out unconsciuos and Oscar De la Hoya was embarrassed. Juan Manuel Dinamita Marquez is the last fighter to be really competitive against Congressman Manny Pacquiao; for some the first bout between them was won by Marquez, truth is this bout was very even, the second bout was a draw but it could have been different if Pacman had not knock down Marquez in the first round.
If Marquez fights for the vacant IBO junior welterweight title he would have the chance to become the only mexican boxer to accomplished four titles in four different weight divisions. Marco Antonio Barerra (WBC – IBF super featherweight, WBC – IBO featherweight & WBC – WBO super bantamweight), Erik Morales (WBC – IBF super featherweight, WBC featherweight & WBC – WBO super bantamweight) , Fernando Montiel (WBC – WBO bantamweight, WBO super flyweight & WBO flyweight), Juan Manuel Marquez (WBO – WBA Super World lightweight, WBC super featherweight & WBA Super World – IBF featherweight) , Julio Cesar Chavez (WBC – IBF light welterweight, WBC – WBA World lightweight & WBC super featherweight) failed to obtain his fourth against Pernell Whitaker (WBC Welterweight) and Oscar De la Hoya (WBC Welterweight); these mexican boxing icons are the only three division champions that Mexico owns. Marquez could become the only one to achieve such feat and could be considered as great as the great Julio Cesar Chavez. If he cant accomplish this feat then maybe only Montiel would be able due he is a three division champion in his prime but I guess that outside Mexico, not all boxing fans knew he is a three division champion; not considering to have a real chance Barrera neither Morales.
If Pacman agrees to fight Marquez at 140 pounds, he wont be criticized for the catch weight issue that detractors and rivals use, to accuse him to obtain an inappropriate advantage.
Now, Pacquiao achieved big PPV numbers against Antonio Margarito, 1.15 millions buys; how many of those buys were made by Margarito´s fans? In Mexico or the U.S.A. Juan Manuel Marquez is a bigger name than Margarito, so imagine the opportunity to obtain a fourth championship in a fourth weight division against his hatred rival the pound for pound king, how would it impact in PPV numbers? It could be a big business for all the involved in the fight.
Well I think this could be a good business and a tremendous fight. What do you think?
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MARQUEZ-MOSLEY!!!
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MARQUEZ-MARGARITO!!!
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MARQUEZ-BERTO!!!
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MARQUEZ-COTTO!!!
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MARQUEZ-CLOTTEY!!!
IF JMM CAN’T BEAT ANYBODY IN WW THEN PACMAN SHOULDNT GRANT HIS WISH FOR A BIG PAYDAY!!!
HE AINT WORTH IT!!!!!
Sooooo funny!
, go to this hompage and notice that if the article is not Pacquiao eventhough written by the same lame author,,, they dont get a lot of hit’s.
KEEP CHASING THE CASH-COW….KING PACQUIAO!
So who’s the face of boxing now! Ask Beyonce and Harry Potter and they will tell you.
Harry Potter n’quote ” I cant wait the day that Pac will KO Mayweather “….. ahahahah.
Pac destroys Marquez.
Guys!…Marquez is still in the midget division.He must go up to a higher division first if he really wants to be called the best fighter and fight Pacman,ok? Pacman already proved it! He must first fight Hatton, Cotto, Oscar, Clottey and Margarito before he deserves to fight Pacman,ok? It’s a big insult for Pacman to go back to a midget division. He’s already on top meeeen and he’s the king of all the champions…don’t you understand? He’s the best P4P king in boxing right now,ok? And another good idea is that why don’t JMM try to fight Floyd Jr again because Floyd Jr is terribly scared to Pacman. So that if ever JMM wins the fight then there’s a possibility that JMM vs Pacman. Clear and logical analysis!…But it’s look like JMM was still in the amateur in their previous fight with Floyd Jr.lol
I believe this fight should happen. Not will happen, should happen.
I am a Pac fan however you have to admit when asked whom he would like to fight next, Marquez doesn’t answer ‘I’ll talk to my promoter’ He calls the man out.
Marquez is a surpreme talent, IMHO the most well rounded fighter today, hands down. The Ring magazine P4P have Marquez @ #4, behind Manny, Floyd & Martinez respectively.
Floyd isn’t available, Martinez is a middle weight. This leaves Marquez, a HOF fighter within a few pounds of Pac, whom has allready given him two wars. Marquez is willing to give away the weight, the majority of the purse split & probably his left nut to get in the ring with Pac. How can you deny the man?
Of course you can argue Pac has improved & gotten bigger however the old saying ‘styles make fights’ is so true in respect to this match up. The weight issue would be reasonable @ 140. Both men splitting an equal difference nullifies any advantage/disadvantage.
I’m not saying Marquez would win, however I don’t see this as a blow out by Pac either.
And even if it is, at least we have our answer.
@Guam Boy: Pacman is not cherry picking his opponent. In fact, he wants to fight Floyd Jr because Floyd Jr said that he’s the best and thats what the people wants to watch,ok? Have you ever heard Pacman said that “it’s up to my promoter who will be his opponent and my job is only to fight in the ring”…thats pretty clear,ok? But for JMM, he’s still has to climb the mountain in order to fight Pacman again. There’s still many obstacles ahead of him such as Clottey, Oscar, Hatton, Cotto and Margarito. But if JMM can beat them all,well then he deserved to fight Pacman. Pacman is already way behind JMM’s achievement. Imagine 8th title divisions?Oh my God…what a great boxer. So for JMM, please follow the footstep of Pacman first,ok? Don’t be too ambitious…you have to proved it first,ok?lol
You boys can say all you want about Pacquiao’s accomplishment but boxing history records do favors him. Watch the HBO’s 24/7 and listen to what the other fighter have to say before the fight.
To top it off, he made billions of dollars to prove it.
Not bad for a former featherweight now campaigning at Welter weight division.
Let Marquez fights Berto and the winner will have the chance at the PacMan that would be awesome!
@PAC you, You are right Marquez has not fought any bigger guys however he is fighting real contenders. Even better without a handicap. Marquez is a proud boxer and will not follow Pacquiao camp cherry picking strategy. To be the best you got to fight the and beat the best.
I’m not against the plan for Pacman to fight JMM in lower weight. I’m sure,it would be very easy fight for Pacman,ok?What i want is for JMM to move higher division just like Pacman and try to fight bigger guys just to proved if he really deserved to fight Pacman. Pacman already proved it,right? So this is very logical. Please JMM, follow the footstep of Pacman if you want to proved that you are the best,ok?that’s it! But i have a big doubts if he’ll be successful because he’s not the P4P King like Pacman.lol
OK Pacquiao fans why you guys are against a fight between Marquez vs Pacquiao at 140. It seen like you fan like Bob Arum and Freddie Roach are making excuse for Pacquiao. If you fans are so positive that Pacquiao won the last fight against Marquez how come you guys are so concern about Pacquiao fighting Marquez at 140. Marquez will take 40/60 split and will not dring his pee. Look like everyone is on Pacquiao bandwagon as long he has a handicap on his favor. To be the best you got to fight and beat the best.
Do you know why Marquez wants Pacman?it’s because of big money. But i think JMM has to fight first Margarito, Cotto, Hatton, Clottey and Oscar before he’ll fight Manny. This is to show if he really deserves to fight Manny.But i think JMM will be easily beaten to one of these guys. In fact, it was very clear that JMM already lost against Manny.So whats the point to pair them again? The best thing for Pacman is to fight whoever interested guys on his prime out there except JMM.And the priority of course is Floyd Jr. But where is Floyd Jr hiding now?…Gerardo Granados, Can you please give me any information as to his whereabout? It’s a surprise for me because before Floyd camp’s have big mouth but just recently, i haven’t heard their voices. Are they still in shocked of what they’ve witnessed the fight between Pacman and Margarito? lol
@barry If your comment was true then why did cotto agree to go down in weight when he put his belt on the line against Pac.Your comment holds no weight.Pac’s handlers pick safe fights for pac the preformance by marquez last night made the pac vs marquez fight unsafe for pac therefore a no go.Bertos 1st rd knock out mad the pac vs berto fight unsafe therefore a no go.
Let Marquez fight Cotto or Margarito or even Hatton or Clottey first before he fights Pacquiao. It is true that he gave Pacquiao good fights but that was at lower weight. Pacquiao is now at higher weights so he can fight him at 157 if he wants. And Pacquiao gets a guaranteed purse. Pacquiao is now at different weight level and the champ or the draw does not go down in weight. It’s the challenger that has to adjusts to the champ’s demands. Mosley was willing to go down to 143 just to fight Pacquiao. Why not Marquez go up to get his last final big payday?
Marquez trainer said Berto is not on Pacquiao’s level. Let Marquez fight Berto at 140 lbs light welterweight and the winner faces Pacquiao. Berto will send him to retirement. lol
Marquez just want a big payday before he retires. He knows very well that he doesn’t stand a chance against Pac and I don’t see why Pac would go down to lightweight either. Dream on Marquez but I hope Pac would just leave you where you belong. You are no longer in his league.
if you think Marquez can beat Cotto or Margarito then he can have a 3rd fight w/ Pacquiao!
Marquez should face the winner for Khan/Maidana before a 3rd fight with Pacquiao.
manny will only take on marquez at 147 end of story. hey manny can do what ever he wants and no one complains.
will not take on berto after what berto did his last bout.
manny vs mosley next bout or manny vs marquez at 147.
To ALL Pac-Haters:
Who’s Katsidis? Marquez win against Katsidis doesn’t have any case to have a 3rd fight with Pacquiao. He won to an unknown fighter at a lower weight. The only justification for Marquez to fight Pacquiao because of their 2 previous fights because it was too close. But by beating Katsidis doesn’t have any credit at all. You can’t compare Katsidis with Pacquiao. Marquez is still a good fighter but compare the new Pacquiao, it would be an easy short fight. I prefer Pacquiao to fight Berto. He’s a natural welterweight and Pacquiao doesn’t have to weight drain. Berto got a very good hand speed. I’m was very impressed of his speed last night. He’s also strong boxer. If Berto/Pacquiao fight won’t happen, I wish Berto will face Cotto.
@loks…
I think you’re so ignorant about boxing. I’ll try to tell the whole story about the Marquez/Paccquiao fight. Do you know Marquez duck Pacquiao for first negotiation on their second fight? Instead of a rematch with Pacquiao he fought Chris John and lost. Amir Khan asked Marquez for a fight at 140 lbs but he refused which it would be an easy negotiation because they have the same promoter. Who is ducker now? And now he’s crying a 3rd fight with Pacquiao at 140 lbs? Marquez just asking for big paycheck because it would be PPV if Pacquiao fight. He can’t even fill up the MGM arena last night & not a PPV. lol
If Marquez beat Pac twice like he claims to have done ( and GBP had t-shirts made up stating as such) then why is he begging for a third fight what would be the point. So when they fight at 147 and Pac knocks him out, he and Golden Boy can claim another “victory”.
Once again,what about the people who are rated #1,#2 who are in line for the title?
Seems like everyone can just jump in front of others for a title shot.Whats the purpose of getting rated if someone can just skip the line because they have more money,or more popular? Whats the great sport coming too?
Is it really a big deal Marquez beat Katsidis, i dont discredit Marquez is a great warrior, but one thing i dont like to his attitude his, he dont know how to accept defeat and he discredit judge decision…… and he always cry and ride on Paquiao’s popularity!
marquez will be in for a rude awakening when him and pacquiao meet again.
pac fans are scared to see there god get beat up by marquez like the second fight. At least marquez dont dodge anybody like manny u saw what he did to the number one contender for his titles he dosent fight dudes that bob arum has to get rank in the top ten.
manny scared of marquez because if he wosent the third fight should of been last year. he did the same thing after the first fight he made jmm wait 4 years for a rematch. manny stop avoiding jmm and fighthim. you made oscar hatton margarito coto and clotey to slim down to figth u y can u do the same. u scare
Marquez was just a crying baby for a 3rd fight with Pacquiao. Why he fought Katsidis at lightweight when he wants to fight Pacquiao at 140 lbs? Nobody even know Katsidis. He should have fought 140 lbs fighter before whinning to have 3rd fight with Pacquiao. There’s a lot of good fighters at 140 lbs. He should have fought Khan which they have the same promoter or Bradley, Alexander or Maidana. If he fought last night with a light welterweight champion and won the fight then he deserved a 3rd fight for Pacquiao. Beating Katsidis doesn’t mean anything or doens’t have any credit at all for justification for a 3rd fight with Pacquiao. It would be nice if Pacquiao should just fight him and send him to retirement because he’s just so annoying.
pac fans ur all dum pacman has to fight a fighter thats in in prime. bob arum dont want his cash cow manny to loose bob get pacman in with sergio martinez that will be a good fight. but it wont happend because manny will endup like paul williams if he does.
@ fanny wack man: fight Marquez you big PU$$Y!!!!
i m a huge fan of Pacman and i agree that Marquez is one of the best show in Pacman’s bout but for now we have to really consider the fact that age does matter and for those who want to see another rematch between this two i think is Ok if they have to meet again but It has to be at 140 (so Marquez will have a little chance,, just a little) and no more if they fight at 147, Marquez doesnt have a chance
Who’s Katsidis? Marquez win against Katsidis doesn’t have any case to have a 3rd fight with Pacquiao. He won to an unknown fighter at a lower weight. The only justification for Marquez to fight Pacquiao because of their 2 previous fights because it was too close. But by beating Katsidis doesn’t have any credit at all. You can’t compare Katsidis with Pacquiao. Marquez is still a good fighter but compare the new Pacquiao, it would be an easy short fight. I prefer Pacquiao to fight Berto. He’s a natural welterweight and Pacquiao doesn’t have to weight drain. Berto got a very good hand speed. I’m was very impressed of his speed last night. He’s also strong boxer. If Berto/Pacquiao fight won’t happen, I wish Berto will face Cotto.
For Manny, to even fight Marquez at this stage is pointless unless Manny just wants to get back at Marquez for his thrash-talk. He knows that the bout will be one- sided and will not be a good PPV event and Manny will not fight out of malice.
With Floyd, it will be different. I am sure Manny, for the first time in his boxing career, will come with the full intention of inflicting as much damage as he can to Floyd not because Floyd insulted him personally but that Floyd insulted the Filipinos in general. I am sure Floyd knows this and that is why he is hiding in a deeper hole than before.
@Failapino Hostage Takers
Yellow commie go to P.I. so I can smoke more of your kind!!!
If JMM wants to fight Manny, this is what JMM has to do:
Manny made more than 20 mil against Margarito last time. JMM has to come up with at least 20 mil for Manny as a guarantee money. Fight Manny at +/- 143 lbs. Let TopRank handle all the promotions. Manny is the king of P4P. Manny is in the driver seat now. JMM needs Manny. Take it or leave it.
JMM and all his fans can cry and cry all day long until you all die, will not change the records. The records had been carved in the stone. Live with it
see it these way marquez dream can be pac’s worse nightmare
juan manuel marquez have 4t plus in attendance w/ his fight yesterday….
bragging that he won 2 fights w/ pacquiao…
maybe his name has been change by top rank as possible pakman opponent…
he is now juan manuel MARK-X…
not a crowd pleaser and wanted only to enjoy a huge retirement pay….
Dear JMM:
I’m one of your fans. I like you. I want you to keep on fighting. But please, don’t fight Manny. Manny is going to KO you badly. May be he will kill you in the ring this time. You have a weak chin. You got KO by Katsidis. Manny has more power than Katsidis. You will retire just like Hatton.
If you want to revenge all your losses, why not start with Chis John. You have a lot of chances to beat this guy. Against Manny you have no chance. Slim and none as Chick Hearn used to say.
o.k, guys it seem to me that people like you ere so scared to put pac against a old guy like marquez, marquez fought guys like diaz, katzidiz casamaor and some others but that’s not the point marquez fought them in their prime and he didn’t ask for any catch weight as pac did.maybe pac is waiting for another years to fight marquez just to make sure that he can defeat it
I don’t see that it makes much difference. When Pacquiao fought Hatton at 140 he re-hydrated himself to his welterweight size.
Because Pacquiao doesn’t cut any weight when he fights at Welterweight he ends up being the same as he would be at light welterweight.
PACMAN IS STREETSMART AND WILL NOT GIVE THIS DREAMER A SHOT AT THE BIGTIME!
….UNLESS HE SHOCK THE WORLD BY BEATING A LEGIT WW LIKE COTTO, MOSLEY, MARGARITO, BERTO,CLOTTEY….
IF NOT, PACMAN SHOULD JUST LEAVE HIM WHERE HE BELONGS..THE SMALLTIME!
Pacquiao have two option on how to get even with Marquez trashed talked against him. One, deny him for the biggest purse of his life (millions) Two, fight him and give a worst beating in his life. Either way, it hurts!!
These fighters used different kind of tactics on how to get Pacqiao, Marquez by trash talking, Mosley by courting and kissing Arum ass. Berto gave respect to pacs, Martinez respect pacs also but people around him did the trash talked.
I prefer Berto because he is classy!!
PACMAN TO MARQUEZ:
“BWAHAHAHAHAHA JUST BE CONTEND EARNING SMALL B/C THAT’S THE PRIZE OF YOUR TALENT BWAHAHAHAHA”
I SAY PACMAN SHOULD NOT GIVE THIS CLOWN A SHOT AT THE BIGTIME. HE SHOULD JUST LEAVE HIM WHERE HE IS, WHERE HE BELONGS!!!
UNLESS HE SHOCKS THE WORLD BY BEATING A LEGIT WW LIKE MOSLEY, COTTO, CLOTTEY, BERTO……..
Hey
IBO is NOT a “mayor” boxing-world entity.
That won’t count for legitimate 4th belt
MARQUEZ THINKS HE CAN BAIT PACMAN WITH ALL HIS CLOWNINGS!!!!
PACMAN IS STREET SMART AND WON’T GIVE MILLION$ BY BEATING A LIGHTWEIGHT!!
WHY DONT JMM FACE MOSLEY…MOSLEY’S LOOKING FOR AN OPPONENT!!!
PACMAN SHOULD NOT GRANT THE WISH OF THIS DREAMER!!!!
HE SHOULD GET PASS COTTO OR CLOTTEY OR JUDAH OR MARGARITO OR BERTO OR MOSLEY FIRST!!
GEEE, THIS GUY WANTS A BIG PAYDAY AFTER BEATING A LIGHTWEIGHT!!
what about marquez-mosley???
or marquez-margarito???
or marquez-juday????
….before marquez-pacman
somebody should wake up marquez!!! HE’S DREAMING!!!!
Reality is…. Marquez is way behind the power curb at 135 lb. It doesn’t make any damn sense to by-pass the 140 lb. Super lightweight/Junior welterweight division fighters just to accomodate Marquez because he thinks we owe him a trilogy with Pacquiao at 147 lb. or 144 catch weight? This blog here are full of pure emotions and BS boys and girls, in the true world of professional boxing, there are rankings! Believe it or not!
marquez is dreaming! he beats a lightweight and now thinks he deserves the pacquiao lottery!!!!!!!!!!!!!
why dont he beef up his resume on WW first before he dreams big!!!!
why not include cotto, clottey, or berto on that resume first????
somebody should wake him up!!!!!
look you fools.pacman is the pound for pound king.he has proven himself over and over.all you haters hate pacman because he has destroyed all the mexicans fighters.the guy started his carier at 105 pounds and his fighting at 147.all you mayweather fans dont hate because if you guys dont recall castillo beat mayweather on the first fight and zad knock down mayweather on their fight.then i think oscar beat mayweather.pacman is a congresman plus the king in boxing not even ali can come close to the pacman
Think the writer is slightly mixed up here- it was the first fight that finished a draw after Marquez had been down in the 1st, not the second.
If these are to fight again, to be a competitive fight it’ll have to be at 140 and soon before Marquez is too old.
it would be the right choice Pacquiao cant even make Welterweight!
JMM is being funny right now. between pacquiao and jmm, i think pacquiao has a better defense than marquez(waayyyy better). katsidis was hitting marquez punch for punch, katsidis would land and then marquez would land. if that was pacquiao hitting marquez to the head, marquez would’ve been dead already. i just don’t see how jmm wins a 3rd fight with pacquiao. he’s just after some big payday.
Marquez looked great last night fighting in his comfort zone. Chasing Paquiao up another division like chasing Mayweather would be suicide. As much as Marquez looked primed and ready for another round with Pacquiao, it will not even come close. Say all you want about what was yesterday, we are in the today. I want to watch a boxing match and not a murder. Next time Pacquaio floors Marwuez, he will not be getting up. Marquez wants a big payday then take it at your own risk and do what they say and not what you say. “Beggars cant be chooser”… If you wont take on a legitimate welter why should Pacquaio even consider. The selling point is that he feels that he has won the other two fights with Pacquiao. That was yesterday and this is today.
Pacquiao made $20-$25m vs Margarito while Marquez made $1.4m vs Katsidis. Pacquiao has generated 7.3m PPV buys over 14 fights including the 1.15m buys vs Margarito. Never a PPV star, Marquez didn’t even get 200k buys vs Diaz despite a loaded undercard which included Mexico’s most popular fighter. Pacquiao v Marquez at 140 lbs or 147 lbs is a mismatch that will not sell better than the first fight (350K PPV buys) or the second fight (400K PPV buys). If GBP is willing to pay Pacquiao his guaranteed purse of $15M plus the upside for anything above 500,000 buys then they will have to pay Marquez next to nothing and carry the real risks of losing money on the promotion. All this is lost on a dunce like Marquez who turned down $750K for an immediate Pacquiao rematch in 2004, deciding nstead to fight Chris John for a measly $30k in Indonesia.
Marquez not a PPV fighter, unless he fights BIG names. Ha has the boletas to demand 140 Lbs.
No way is he getting that. Even what weight Manny will kill him, for God sake!! The only real compettion is Floyd because of his defense.
Let’s remember who ducks second fight!! it’s Marquez!! if u don’t believe youra fool. after secong fight., Pacman was so BIg already, Marquez not worth mentioning. If u think Marquez won any of the fight just asked Larry Merchant. If Manny gives JMM third fight, it’s a suicide for JMM. Nachos knows that.
If JMM fights Manny you do realize Manny will probably retire his ass right?
i wouldn’t mind seeing a third fight. it might be interesting. The only problem with the fight is that it would have to be a welterweight fight. Pacquiao will get a lot of criticism if he goes down to fight marquez instead of the top welterweights. Then again, he’ll get a lot of criticism if he fights the welterweights and not even care about Marquez. Either way, Pacquiao loses because no matter how many wins he gets, there will still be people questioning why he didn’t fight a certain person. Pacquiao can’t fight everyone and as we all know, mayweather is on his mind. He’s focusing on mayweather and no one else. For those of you who keep saying that Pacquiao is avoiding Marquez, look at it this way; if someone wants to fight Marquez and he chooses to go after Pacquiao or a another big name, will he be criticized? Will he be considered ducking those others that are calling him out? He fought Katsidis because the bigger names are after Pacquiao or Mayweather and no one else. You don’t see Cotto, Mosley, Berto, and the other welterweights asking Marquez to step up. They won’t because they know the big name is Pacquiao. Marquez knows it because he wants Pacquiao. Bradley and Alexander want a piece of Pacquiao, not Marquez. They, too, know that Pacquiao is a big name.
Like I said before, Marquez will never get any recognition unless he fights Pacquiao. All the things he’s saying is just to try to get Pacquiao to fight him. He spoke too highly of himself and went after Mayweather. He lost badly. Now, the only way he can gain his confidence back is to fight Pacquiao. So, ask yourself this Marquez; What are you going to do if you lose to Pacquiao? Who will you fight that will make you forget about your losses to the 2 greatest fighters as of now? Do you really think Cotto will ever regain his confidence? The only way he will is by beating Mayweather. Cotto lost to Margarito and the way he wanted to make his way back up is by fighting Pacquiao. That’s why Marquez wants Pacquiao so badly because he himself knows that Pacquiao is the big name in boxing, not him. As for Pacquiao, he wants mayweather because Mayweather’s the big name to him, no one else.
Berto is the name being thrown around if the Mayweather/Pacquiao fails for the third time. Marquez wants to test his skills in a higher weight and not for the love of money like the fight he took with Mayweather then there should be no issue for him for a Berto/Marquez fight. Winner of that is the lottery winner to fight Pacquiao.
at joker
you have a big mouth for a farm boy.
you must have some ripe crop up your culo…
Hey everyone Marquez just beat Michael Katsidi. Please let Marquez fight Pacquiao, Marquez promise not to drink pee and allow Pacquiao to use his PED. Oh there is one catch let’s make the fight at 140. Pacquiao is a good fighter but his camp, promoter and his fans are afraid of Pacquiao fighting old men Marquez at 140. He will never be great. I wonder why Pacquiao won’t fight Marquez at 140 given the fact that neither one can’t make 147
Pacquiao have two option on how to get even with Marquez trashed talked against him. One, deny him for the biggest purse of his life (millions) Two, fight him and give a worst beating in his life. Either way, it hurts!!
jmm if is not ppv material unless fighting big names or the elite. he cannot make his own fight on a ppv list, so hes not an attraction. if jmm is willing to take a lesser purse as a concession and manny take the fight @ 140 (though still a mismatch) then lets fight. @ 147 this is massacre and total desctruction waiting to happen. this trilogy should happen somewhere near 140. manny i think have made his point already, business thing, big amount of guaranteed purse and lets fight.
this trilogy fight should have happened long time ago. unfortunate but both of them not to blame. they take separate path and pac took the more dangerous path and succeed. manny is way above jmm in every aspect now. i agree pac will not be criticized if he fights jmm @ 140 instead of 147, giving jmm more comfort than the floyd fight. but this is concession on manny’s part. another thing is the purse, i mean if marquez can take the same amount clottey received during his fight, then surely manny will agree to trilogy. they have unfinished business but it’s too late @ 147 lbs for jmm. he needs to beat someone on this weight, but hes 37 and possibility is uncertain. manny can take the fight @ 140 but jmm take a lesser guaranteed purse, thats a good deal…
And that’s the facts, Jacks! FLOL.
Marquez fought Katsidis at lightweight 135 lb., that’s one division above the Super lightweight/Junior welterweight 140 lb. division where a lot of sharks are swimming in the likes of Timothy Bradley, Devon Alexander, Amir Khan, Marcos Maidana, Zab Judah, Andriy Kotelnik, Victor Ortiz, Juan Urango etc. etc.
Marquez have to go up and fight at 140 lb. first and good luck to him ‘coz he needs it! Pacquiao is two divisions ahead of Marquez at 147 lbs. He missed the train long time ago. LOL. That said and done, go figure who have the right to challenge Pacquiao? You Marquez fans are too emotional. If Floyd, with his legal problems, is not available in 2011. The Welterweight 147 lb. fighters have the right to challenge Pacquiao for a big payday. LOL.
The marquez fight will not happen right now, it will be pacquiaos last fight and be at 140…
The only reason Juan Manuel Marquez is a big name is because he fought Manny Pacquiao. Juan Manuel Marquez should move on with his career…instead of riding Pacquiao’s name. Let’s see Marquez fight…Margarito, Clottey, or Berto. THen we can talk a Pacquiao fight.