Pacquiao vs. Marquez

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Five time trainer of the year Freddie Roach disclosed in a New York Times interview that his star fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-1, 38 KO’s) had a loss of focus in his November 12 fight with WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s). Roach was quoted [...]

By Chris Williams: ESPN writer Dan Rafael seems to be having fun goading Top Rank promoter Bob Arum for his rather weak excuse given for not matching WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao up with WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 5th.

By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will getting big money no matter who he fights for his next bout in April or May. There were reports out earlier today about Pacquiao wanting $20 to $28 million for his next fight.

By Chris Williams: Angel Hernandez, the strength and conditioning trainer for Juan Manuel Marquez, feels that Manny Pacquiao is reluctant to face the 38-year-old Marquez again because of the vast improvements in speed and power that Marquez made from the last time he fought him in 2008 to their recent bout last November where Marquez [...]

By Chris Williams: Juan Manuel Marquez’s strength and conditioning coach Angel Hernandez will be rejoining Marquez for a fourth fight with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao if the fight takes place in 2012. Hernandez’s expert training techniques enabled the 38-year-old Marquez to pack on a lot of good muscle for Marquez’s last fight against Pacquiao [...]

By Chris Williams: 38-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez refuses to let WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao wait him out until he gets too old to fight before giving Marquez a rematch.

By Chris Williams: Now that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is firmly out of the picture for a mega fight against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao for early 2012, 38-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) is speaking up saying he wants a fourth fight between him and Pacquiao, but not in Las Vegas, Nevada. There it [...]

By 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 [...]

By Chris Williams: ESPN analyst and trainer Teddy Atlas doesn’t see World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao opting to take a fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez after going life and death with him in a questionable 12 round decision win last month. Atlas saw some mental/or physical erosion in Pacquiao’s game and [...]

By Chris Williams: For the third time, Juan Manuel Marquez fought Manny Pacquiao and for the third time Marquez failed to get the decision victory. So what did you expect?

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is dead serious about wanting to fight WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao next on May 5th next year. So serious is Mayweather that he’s telling Pacquiao to step up and sign the contract so that they can get this fight done.

By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is now thinking about who will be the super star that takes over boxing after he retires from the sport at some time in the future.

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Sr. got a chance to see the incredibly controversial third fight between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez recently and Mayweather Sr. says Marquez should have been given the win in that fight.

By Chris Williams: Loyal boxing fans of WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao have been upset recently about the five times that Juan Manuel Marquez accidentally stepped on the feet of Pacquiao during their recent fight on November 12th.

By Babatis Banda: Manny Pacquiao and team have squeezed themselves in a difficult corner. It is not difficult to see that the next move for his promoter Bob Arum is going to be a tricky one. If Arum decides to go for a fourth rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez, it is going to be difficult [...]

By Dave Lahr: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao still stubbornly thinks he actually beat Juan Manuel Marquez in their third fight on November 12th, despite an overwhelming amount of boxing fans seeing Marquez as the winner of that fight. It’s kind of sad really to see Pacquiao, his trainer Freddie Roach and his legion of [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Ever since the November 12 fight between World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) and WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KO’s) boxing fans have been asking the question what’s next for Manny Pacquiao?

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It has been 8 days since the tactically brilliant but extremely controversial fight between WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KO’s) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-1, 38 KO’s).

By Chris Williams: Yet another world class fighter has come out with his feelings on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez III fight. Sergio Martinez thinks Marquez should have won the fight. Speaking with examiner.com, Martinez said “Yeah, I saw it. I thought the same way that everyone worldwide thinks, that Marquez won the [...]

By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach doesn’t have clue one about who his fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will be fighting next other than biggest fight he can get. Roach, who usually has a pretty good idea who Pacquiao is interested in fighting, doesn’t know in this case who Pacquiao will be fighting next.

By Kasim Aslam: The 3rd installment between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez caused a storm of controversy. As soon as the judges scored had been read, a chorus of boos reigned upon the MGM grand in Las Vegas.

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Sr. doesn’t think the right guy won the fight last week in the mega bout between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) and Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) on November 12th. Mayweather Sr. saw Marquez winning the fight and feels he got ripped off by the judges.

By Reni M. Valenzuela: Manny Pacquiao will always be a winner to me whatever happens. But for the judges to declare that Juan Marquez lost by points or by “joints” in the trilogy is something else.

By Gerardo Granados: For boxing fans around the globe it was evident Pacman lost the fight but the official score cards made official an atrocious robbery.

by John F. McKenna (McJack): The boxing world is still abuzz four days after WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquaio (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) won a hotly disputed victory over WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KO’s). It does not matter which side you come down on as to who you think won the fight, [...]

By Lisa Madeina: According to ESPN, Juan Manuel Marquez wants a possible forth fight on his terms. Meaning: No fight in Las Vegas, neutral judges, and same catch weight claws. Marquez also went on to say “I’ve found something weak in him [Pacquiao]. If I fight him with the same speed, same pace, and same [...]

By Chris Williams: You can make a good argument that the pound for pound rankings need to be adjusted after last Saturday night’s bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. Currently, Pacquiao is ranked #1, Mayweather #2 and Marquez at #5 in The Ring Pound for pound rankings. Marquez has now proven that he’s [...]

By Chris Williams: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan feels that his good friend Manny Pacquiao was lucky to beat challenger Juan Manuel Marquez last weekend by a 12 round decision. However, Khan doesn’t think Pacquiao would beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. and believes he should think seriously about retiring from the sport before his legacy [...]

By Chris Williams: It’s bad when judges get it wrong and pick and stand by the losing horse. This is exactly what happened last weekend when WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and two of HBO’s analyst Jim Lampley and Harold Lederman saw Pacquiao as the winner over Juan Manuel Marquez. Pacquiao didn’t look like a [...]

By Chris Williams: I figured it would be a hard pill for a lot of Manny Pacquiao’s loyal boxing fans to swallow in how poor Manny looked in getting what many boxing fans see as a gift decision over Juan Manuel Marquez last Saturday night in winning by a 12 round majority decision at the [...]