Marquez the best opponent for Pacquiao to make a lot of money against next

By Boxing News - 12/28/2011 - Comments

Image: Marquez the best opponent for Pacquiao to make a lot of money against nextBy Chris Williams: If Manny Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum’s main objective is to make the most money possible for the next fight for Pacquiao, then a fourth fight between him and Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) is the direction they need to go in because Marquez will bring in more money than the other potential Pacquiao opponents Miguel Cotto, Timothy Bradley, and Lamont Peterson in early 2012.

Cotto can rake in a lot of cash in a fight with Pacquiao, but their past fight didn’t do as well as the recent Marquez vs. Pacquiao III fight did. Arum seems to realize this, as he’s been hammering for the Pacquiao-Marquez rematch since Pacquiao won a controversial majority decision over Marquez last month.

The money is good for Pacquiao to fight Marquez, but the danger is high because Marquez know show to fight and has already pretty much beaten Pacquiao in all three of their past fights.

Marquez hasn’t been given the decisions, but he’s beaten Pacquiao and he deserved to win of the fights. But Marquez made Pacquiao look incredibly bad recently, and the better money that Pacquiao would get for a fight against Marquez might be worth it if Pacquiao is just going to get beaten again.

It’s maybe a better idea for Pacquiao to back to fighting the guys in Arum’s Top Rank stable so that there’s little risk of Pacquiao losing to any of them. We already know the money is better if Pacquiao were to have faced Mayweather ages ago, yet have we seen that fight happen? No, and we’re not going to either.

There’s money and there’s safety, and I think Pacquiao has been steered to safety. I haven’t seen Pacquiao kicking and screaming about it, so I have to assume he’s been cool with the matchmaking that Arum has done for him.



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