By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Sr. thinks that soon to be 38-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO’s) is too old now and has been through too many wars to beat WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) in their scheduled November 12th fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout will be at a 144 pound catch weight, meaning that Marquez will have to either gain weight so as not to be out-muscled by the 144 lb Pacquiao or come in at his normal weight of 135 and risk being the smaller man.

In an interview at fighthype.com, Mayweather Sr. said this about Marquez: Man, Marquez is an old fighter…Marquez won’t put up the same fight this time around against Pacquiao.”

Mayweather Sr. thinks that Pacquiao has a good chance of knocking Marquez out this time because of how Marquez has been struggling in his last couple of fights. Mayweather Sr. also thinks the catch weight will hurt Marquez for this fight and I’m in full agreement with Mayweather Sr. on that. If the age doesn’t get Marquez the catch weight surely will. If the fight were held at a midpoint like 140, then maybe Marquez could be a little more competitive but not at 144. That’s two entire weight divisions that Marquez will have to move up to make the fight. I would have loved the rematch in 2009, but now with Marquez starting to show signs of slowing down as a fighter. The weight and the age is to Pacquiao’s benefit this time around. Mayweather Sr. thinks Marquez should have been given the win in his 2nd fight with Pacquiao, and I totally agree with him on that. Pacquiao won a very, very questionable decision in that fight.