Marquez signs to fight Pacquiao on November 12th
May 18th, 2011
By Dan Ambrose: 37-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez has officially signed to face WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on November 12th in a 144 pound catchweight fight that will likely be taking place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The only thing that will prevent the Marquez-Pacquiao III fight from going ahead now is if Marquez loses his scheduled 2nd tune-up bout against former World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion David Diaz (36-3-1, 17 KO’s) in Mexico City.
Marquez is guaranteed $5 million for the Pacquiao fight plus an upside of the pay per view profits. Where it gets really interesting is if Marquez is somehow able to beat Pacquiao. If Marquez can defeat Pacquiao, he would be guaranteed a huge $10 million guaranteed plus and upside of the PPV profits. Needless to say, Marquez has a lot to gain if he can beat Pacquiao and he must be eager to make this happen. Marquez and Pacquiao have fought twice in the past with the first bout resulting in a 12 round draw and the second one with Pacquiao barely edging Marquez with a 12 round split decision. Now three years later, both fighters are still at the top of their games. Marquez is considered to be the best fighter in the lightweight division, while Pacquiao is the best at welterweight. Their two fights were highly entertaining bouts. Pacquiao has become much more popular since they last fought three years ago. However, Pacquiao hasn’t been involved in an exciting fight since then unfortunately. His fights since then have turned out to be mismatches with Pacquiao beating up on the likes of Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey, Antonio Margarito and Mosley. The knock on Pacquiao is that he’s been matched against struggling fighters, ones that have come off of recent losses and additionally – in some cases – fought him at a catchweight.
It’s unknown yet if Showtime will be the one carrying the Marquez-Pacquiao III PPV fight or if HBO will get it. Showtime was the one that showed Pacquiao’s fight against 39-year-old Shane Mosley and the fight supposedly did well, even though there still hasn’t been any final PPV numbers given.
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Look guys this is how it is I am afraid. Manny lost the last 2 against Marquez and was gifted the decision of 1 win and 1 draw by some act of God. This is not just my humble opinion but the opinion of many a boxing expert worldwide. I see Marquez really busting Pac up this time to leave the verdict in no doubt
@ OneWayDonP
I agree totally my man
manny will win agains marquez no question about that. sorry mexicans fan youll be disspointed again. maybe this time marquez ashut his mouth for the very first time. manny will win by ((TKO))
JMM will rest in peace on November 12, 2011, manny will hit him hard like what happened to Hatton because this is a welterweight division. I’m worried about JMM he was knockdown 4 times by Pacman. I positively think Pacman will kill him this time.
floyd beat marquez easily!!!
floyd cheated marquez as he go overweight
Can’t wait should be an awesome fight.
PACQUIAO vs. MARQUEZ III
Hit Me Manny One More Time
If this fight ain’t fixed like the mosley and clottey fight, I give marquez a good shot to beat him. But knowing Bob Arum, theres know telling what could happen. I still don’t see them taking a chance messing up a fight with floyd,especially considering that mayweather beat him easily at 144 and they said marquez looked bad because of the weight. So if pacquaio doesn’t look good against him that’ll prove the weight had nothing to do with it. But I’m definitely rooting for my man marquez, the true mexican warrior!
every now and then there is a fighter that has another fighters number. i believe no matter how better pacman has gotten,in this case i believe marquez has pacmans number.
FIRST OF ALL I WHAT TO SAY HI TO ALL THE TO FINE FILIPINAS AND WISH YOU ALL A GOOD FIGHT BUT YOU DONT REALLY THINK MANNY IS GOING TO WIN DO YOU? I KNOW ALL YOU HARD CORE FANS SAW THE FOOTAGE WHEN MARQUEZ WHENT DEEP INTO THE PHILLIPINES TO LOOK FOR PAQUIAO AND CHALLENGE HIM TO ANOTHER MATCH AND TOLD HIM IN HIS FACE THAT HE DINT WIN AND MANNY AGREED HE ADMITED HE GOT LUCKY MARQUEZ HAD A CONTRACT ON HIM THIS WAS RIGHT AFTER THE SECOND FIGHT MANNY SAID THAT IT WASENT HIS DECISION HIS PROMOTER TAKES CARE OF THAT WICH I THINK IS BULL A MAN IS A MAN RIGHT? THE VIDEO WAS ON YOU TUBE BUT SOME PAQ FAN TOOK IT OUT OR SOMETHING THE FUNNY PART WAS THAT MANNY WOULNDT LOOK MARQUEZ IN THE EYE AND THAT PAQUIAOS FRIENS WHERE LAUGHING AT HIM IM TELLING YOU THE VIDEO IS PRICELESS. I KNOW MILLIONS OF TRUE BOXING FANS LIKE MYSELF SAW THIS FOOTAGE YOU GUYS REMEMBER DONT LIE. NOW AT THIS POINT MANNY THINKS HE CAN BEAT AN OLDER MARQUEZ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HE HAS THE MAGIC JUICE THAT MAKES HIM THINK THAT, BUT SOMETIMES ROIDS CANT RESOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS AND THATS EXACTLY WHAT JUAN MANUEL “DINAMITA” MARQUEZ IS FOR YOU A PROBLEM, YOURE DOING TO MUCH “MANNY” YOURE ACTING LIKE YOUR A POP STAR DIVA OR SOMETHING YOU THINK YOU ARE JESUS OR SOMETHING WHEN YOU KNOW YOURE A FRAUD. MARQUEZ BY K.O! VIVA MEXICO! WE ARE THE BEST! WE HAVE 20 CURRENT WORLD CHAMPIONS WITH 23 TITLES AND COUNTING! GO TO THE BODY MARQUEZ! “MANNY” STOP USING YOUR PADS AND TRUNKS ALL THE WAY UP TO YOUR CHEST BE MAN FOR CHANGE
Booooooooooooooooooooo! This fight should’ve happened three years ago!
marquez is the man! this mexican warrior will beat pacman! … hi to OneWayDonP.
i think marquez will win this fight, since manny is out of a boxer to fight, it’s wise for arum and co. to have a 4th and final rematch and that would be beneficial for everyone. it’s all business…
I’m learning to see more and more how Pacman always looking to have an advantage in a fight. Finally 3 years later he’s fighting the dude he supposed to been have fought instead of these soup cans he been fighting the last 8 fights he’s had! All coming off of losses! So he’s having quez come up in weight but won’t meet him, but he wants people to come down and meet him i.e Margarito. Floyd went up to 154 to fight Dela cuz Dela refused to fight him @ 147. But what does Pacman do? Weight drain Dela to fight @ 147 which he hadn’t fought in ten years! You Pac fans are blind and can’t see, don’t know boxing @ all. Just bandwagon hoppers being wooed by a dishonest congressman who is getting advantages in every bout. Not no real champion just a peoples champ. But he will be exposed soon.
@karen—–dumb beeotch
this is the end of Juan career, buts its okey he get the biggest fight and paycheck of his life!!!
Bout time the last 3 fight choices sucked, margacheato wasn’t as boring as Mosley & clottey but still they could’ve chosen better fighters.. it should be 1-1 & this 3rd fight should have been the tie breaker cause Marquez won that 1st fight, anyway I hope it’s better choices from here on out at least when people tune in it’ll be worth it.. I got Marquez winning this fight it’ll be a good one..
@Bruce Lee hates Failapinos
Why don’t we settle this mano o mano, face to face not hiding in your computer in your mommas basement. Fighting on chat rooms, blogs and forums are act of a coward
This a good FIGHT!!!
Warrior vs warrior
BALLS vs BALLS
Heart vs Heart
Some ppl in this forum are in for a big surprise if they think all Pacquiao’s fans are Filipinos.
Last time I checked President Obama, Ron Artest, Paris Hilton, Beyonce ain’t Filipinos.
You dumb Noy Noy.
That was the Las Vegas Review reporting what Top Rank and Bob Arum were saying.
If you believe that, you probably believe the Failapines isn’t a 4th world $hithole too.
Bob always overstates the PPV buys. Expect it to be at least 100,000-200,000 buys less.
Hell, Bob wouldn’t even release the Pac-Hatton PPV numbers because they were so bad.
Now where is that Pinoy? The back of my hand has something to say to him.
finaly some real boxing!!!!
@ CHE GUEVARRA
do you deserve to be respected? are you nuts?
@ c.j.g from t.j.b.c
Possible…Marquez could take all of Pacquiao’s glory and hype back to Mexico.
As long as Marquez refrains from repeating one of his past time favorites…. i.e. kissing the canvas. Yes, it’s possible….
pac did not duck anybody. it was marquez who ducked pacman after the 1st fight. jmm picked chris john who humiliated jmm for a measly 30 thousand dollars despite arum’s offer of 500 thousand dollars! lol!!!
but despite of that, pac gave him the 2nd fight. after that, pac climb weight.
not untill someone ko’d pacman he is still the #1 boxer in the world! period!
REMEMBER THE END OF BOXING CAREER OF JMM IS ON NOV.12 2011!!
an american highschool graduate just used my name!
@zdrx is that a typographical error? did i read that right? pacquiao not floyd? lol
Lmfao Marquez is getting skool!!!
marquez is not one of these other human punching bags manny has been fighting as of late, why do you think he has been avoiding this man for almost 4 years, he knows that juan mannuel has his number that’s why he didnt want to meet juan half way at 140, he even admited BACK IN O8 to marquez THAT he got lucky that the judges gave him that fight, HE SAID ALL THIS when marquez whent to the phillipines to chanllenge him and juan manuel had a contract with him, manny said that it isnt his decision that his promoter takes care of all that wich i think is a bull, this video was on you tube back in o8 and o9 and it misteriously disapeared FOR SOME REASON, if some one finds it let me know its priceless even the filipinos where laughing at paquiao i mean j.m marquez whent deep into manila looking for him and i know alot of you REAL PACMAN FAN HAVE SEEN THIS FOOTAGE. CAN I PLEASE GET A WITNESS! THANKS! VIVA MEXICO! WE ARE THE BEST! WE HAVE 20 CURRENT WORLD CHAMPIONS! AND 23 BELTS! MARQUEZ BY K.O WITH HADICAP AND ALL! PEACE!
parang ung anak ni miguel cotto
CHE GUEVARA is half mexicano and half mexicana hahaha….bading pala ang kupal na ito!!!
why cant you just give us the fight we want! floyd vs. manny
I smell rotten when I open my mouth! do we have a doctor here? can somebody help me with this?!
@BoxingGuru im not saying that your a floyd fan what im trying to say is your looking for a cherry picker and your man if floyd!
Im not a filipino hater!
David Diaz is garbage.
Stop pretending like he was anything BUT a CHERRYPICKED paper champ.
Damn you Pinoys make Bruce Lee want to slap a b1tch. Where is a Pinoy? I need to show him the back of my hand.
@BoxingGuru you need to be schooled! the biggest cherrypicker is floyed! you just cant admit it, just say that pacman is the face of boxing and everything is gonna be alright for all of us!
@che guevara in what weight division marquez and maywether fought 144lbs martines is Middleweight
Before Mayweather vs Marquez:
“Marquez beats PAC twice, so I’m going to fight the winner (Marquez)”
2 years after Marquez lost badly to Mayweather:
Marquez(the loser) signed to fight PAC for the 3rd time while Mayweather (the winner) is crying and crying for 2 years for what he said “EVEN THE PLAYING FIELD”? For a fighter like Mayweather, I am for one not interested in any of his fight (include with PAC … cuz I think it’s going to be like Clotey and Mosley at best … yeah yeah … he is a defensive genius right? means… he is even more SCARE to get hit).
PAC vs MARQUEZ III is the best match up when marquez is with GDB. now it’s not. hmm … not sure why?
JMM for the win. Finally pac is gonna fight some one worth watching.
@CHE GUEVARA its all about business! you dumb blue collar worker!
Sorry for the post below someone is using my name! also, i have 2digit IQ so bear with me!
just admit it that pacman is too good! and no one can stop him unless he move up and fight the klitschko brothers
@che so whos next after martinez the klitschko brothers common be reasonable!
I don’t want to see this fight.. I was hoping Pac would fight Tim Bradley or Victor Ortiz or someone worth watching.. Im afraid Pac is gonna waste JMM worse this time.. Pac’s just not being challenged right now; maybe he’s laying low until he can get Mayweather..
sorry for my comment below i have 2digit IQ
6 months for this? why does it take 6 months? wouldn’t alot more money be made with 3 or 4 fights a year instead of 2?what a waste of pacquiao’s prime.sad.
I’m in shock. sugar ray leonard admits to taken it in the keaster from olympic trainer.