Mayweather-Marquez

By Francisco Gurrola, According to Mediotiempo.com, 41-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez (56-7-1, 40 KOs) is interested in a rematch against Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KOs) before he retires from the sport. Marquez wants the fight even though he hasn’t fought since May of 2014.

Zanfer Promotions president, Fernando Beltran, who Marquez has been working with for years now, is already looking for the next rival for Marquez to fight, which could be Mayweather or Kell Brook. “We are already looking for a rival, logically he still continues and will continue in rehabilitation, but if he feels at 100% we will have some offers lined up for him,” said Beltran.

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By Chris Williams: Juan Manuel Marquez says he has no interest in facing WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a rematch, according to Mexican news site oem.com.mx. Marquez, 39, fought Mayweather in 2009 and lost a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision to the bigger and faster fighter. Marquez still hasn’t decided whether to continue his career or not. His family still wants him to retire without ever fighting again, but he’s still undecided.

If Marquez does continue his boxing career it’ll only be for one more fight, he says, and it won’t be in the United States due to the high taxes that is taken out of his purse. Marquez complains that he loses 30% of his purse when he fights in the U.S, and after paying management and other people on his team, he winds up with half of his original purse.

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By Robert Elmore: The 4th installment of Manny Pacquiao versus Juan Manuel Marquez is not sitting well with too many boxing fans. Marquez has taken Pac to the brink, but has come up short on three occasions. It seems that Pacquiao cannot separate himself from his nemesis.

It also had become apparent that Marquez did not and has not called for a rematch against undefeated WBC welterweight /WBA junior middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather and neither has the public. In 2009, after a two year layoff, Mayweather dominated Marquez for 12 rounds. He landed a record setting 69 percent of his punches while Marquez landed 12 percent of his.

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By Bal Kang: I wanted to take a step back before I wrote this piece as I wanted to gather my thoughts and not get to emotional, although I must stress I found it difficult. Now that the dust has settled and after reading countless articles I finally decided to put my take on the weekends ‘big fight’ however my angle is different to what has dominated most sports/boxing pages with the exception of a few.

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By Edgar Perez: Nothing has revealed the difference between the mentality of Cotto and Pacquiao supporters versus the mentality of those that make excuses for Mayweather like the aftermath of Mayweather coming in two pounds over the agreed upon weight for the weigh-in of his match with Marquez. Cotto and Pacquiao stand in sharp contrast to Mayweather, men that have shown integrity both in and out of the ring, fighting the best out there whenever the opportunity presents itself and making no excuses.

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