Is Manny Pacquiao avoiding Juan Manuel Marquez?

By Boxing News - 08/24/2012 - Comments

Image: Is Manny Pacquiao avoiding Juan Manuel Marquez?By Gerardo Granados: After a third great fight, Manny Pacquiao chose not to give a direct rematch to Juan Manuel Marquez picking instead former light welterweight champion Tim Bradley to fight him next. And the result of that fight was another outrageous robbery. But now the victim was Manny Pacquiao.

Pacman clearly won the fight on my score card 118-110 and should have been declared the winner by unanimous decision. I don’t see any need to see a rematch because Tim can’t improve that much in such short time.

Why did Pacquiao pick Bradley instead of Marquez? Why is He considering a rematch against Tim postponing his probable fourth fight against a fighter that many believe beat him at least a couple of times. Isn´t Pacquiao vs. Marquez IV a good fight that can bring good revenues? Maybe Manny is waiting on Juan Manuel to grow even older.

Is Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao intentionally avoiding Juan Manuel”Dinamita” Marquez? Or is it necessary a direct rematch against Timothy Bradley? If He was robbed he should have got the chance to fight an immediate rematch, so Marquez should have got his chance before Bradley.

Juan Manuel is not getting any younger, yesterday he turned 39 years old, but it seems that Marquez has always been healthy and on a great physical fitness between fights. Not the less after so many years as a prize fighter neither Manny nor Juan Manuel can keep on the top of their physical skills forever. Maybe Marquez should be aware he will not be around forever and plan his boxing career without waiting for Pacquiao to decide to stop avoiding him because his fourth could take too long to be arranged.

A fight against WBA World welterweight champion Paul Malignaggi to try his fifth division crown could bring him a good pay day. Maybe a fight against southpaw Robert Guerrero could be a good choice for him in November. A unification bout against the winner of WBC – WBA Super World Champion Danny Garcia vs. Erik Morales II could be a great fight to watch. A fight against WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley could be interesting but not a top pay per view seller.

What could motivate Pacman to take on a risky opponent if instead he can whip once more time a tailor made rival? If money rules pro boxing, then why not Pacman stop avoiding Marquez; is it because he is already on the down side of his boxing career or is it that the Bradley fight will be more profitable than his fourth against Marquez?



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