Pacquiao vs. Marquez 4

By Chris Williams: I think it would be a good idea for Manny Pacquiao to start with a clean slate for his next fight by starting over with an entire new training team to get him ready for his rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez, if Pacquiao insists on taking that fight.

I believe the smartest thing for Pacquiao to do right now would be to take a decisive move and clear out his entire team, including trainer Freddie Roach, assistant trainer Buboy Fernandez and strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza. Pacquiao needs a whole new team if he’s going to come back from the knockout he suffered from Marquez last Saturday night, and that means heads have to role.

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By Allan Fox: Buboy Fernandez, the assistant coach for Manny Pacquiao, has come out with an apology to Getty photographer Art Bello, who Buboy allegedly assaulted after Pacquiao was knocked out last Saturday night by Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Buboy was seen in photos kicking – or attempting to kick – Bello while the photographer stood outside of the ring ropes moments after Pacquiao been knocked out.

Buboy said to philboxing.com “I just want to reach out to the guy and say I am truly sorry but I do not know how to reach him. It finally dawned to me that you can help me by putting up an article stating that I wanted to apologize.

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By Chris Williams: Some conspiracy theorists may not like this news but that’s too bad for them. Juan Manuel Marquez’s test results for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) for his fight with Manny Pacquiao last Saturday night have come back and the results were negative, according to RingTV.

Pacquiao’s test results were negative as well. No anabolic steroids and other such PEDs were neither found nor any other drugs.

Keith Kizer, the executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, said to RingTV “They [Pacquiao and Marquez] were tested for everything – steroids, diuretics, masking agents, drugs of abuse, and they came back negative.”

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By Hector Gonzalez: It’s been interesting reading all the allegations pundits are making towards Juan Manuel Marquez after his victory over Manny Pacquiao this weekend. Many people, especially hardcore Pacquiao fans are insinuating that Marquez was on PED’s and that’s why he got so big and was able to knockout Pacquiao by a devastating right hand counter.

Many of these critics point out that Marquez’s conditioning coach, Angel ‘Memo’ Heredia was a known PED supplier. The irony of it all is that while many critics may have strong speculation that Marquez used PED’s, the fighter surrounded by the most speculation of being on PED’s is, well……. Manny Pacquiao!

It’s interesting how quickly some of these fans have seem to forgotten that three years ago, Manny Pacquiao was under heavy criticism by many boxing fans and even boxing insiders for speculation that he was using PED’s. Commentators, boxers and other pro couches are on record saying that they suspected Pacquiao ‘is on steroids’.

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By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum isn’t interested in matching his cash cow Manny Pacquiao soft for his next fight to see if maybe something got knocked loose in his head from his 6th round knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez last Saturday. Arum wants to put Pacquiao right back in the thick of things by matching him with Marquez mid to late 2013.

Arum said this when asked about a possibility of Pacquiao fighting a tune-up fight in his next bout as quoted by Philboxing.com “No, no, no. Absolutely not.”

I don’t see why Arum wouldn’t want to put Pacquiao in a soft fight next time out to test where he’s at after his terrible knockout loss to Marquez. If I were Pacquiao’s promoter I wouldn’t be comfortable putting Pacquiao back in with Marquez in his next fight without testing Pacquiao against a lower level fighter to see if he can still take a shot without keeling over face down on the canvas again. I’d want to have Pacquiao take at least two soft fights before even considering having him fight a guy like Marquez again.

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What if I told you that I sincerely hope that Juan Manuel Marquez tests comes back positive for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) this Monday on the December 17th.  Would you call me a hater, shameful, an idiot? Hear me out….

I have heard people say that they’re hoping Marquez’s test turns up positive for PEDS. I think that is shameful to blame Marquez for juicing without evidence, and that we are allowing this discussion to over shadow his major accomplishment this past Saturday in destroying Manny Pacquiao.  Well, I say its Marquez’s choice of strength coach, unusual muscle growth, and a dirty sport that is overshadowing his major accomplishment.

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By Miguel Antonio “Miggs” Barragan: When it comes to making predictions on a competition, be it a football game or basketball or whatever subject it may be, often times it’s between two entities. In this particular case, the subject is one boxer versus another. When a person is asked to make a prediction, whether or not that person has any knowledge on that subject is irrelevant, he/she essentially have a 50/50 chance of getting it right.

It’s only when that person is asked how their predicted winner will win, that we find out just how much that person truly knows about the subject.

I attended the Pacquiao/Marquez 4 weigh in at the MGM Grand Garden Arena last Friday, which was an exciting experience that I will not soon forget, if ever. When it was over, I lingered around the casino taking pictures of the scenery that encapsulated the excitement for me. At every corner, I ran into and sparked mini conversations with fellow Juan Manuel Marquez fans.

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By Klaas Mabetlela: The dust is settling down following a brutal fight between erstwhile Manny Pacquiao and compatriot Manuel Marquez. Speculations, advises, guesses are flowing all over the place especially regarding Manny’s future. Most of us are ditching advises and wishes that suit us and we forget that the most important person in this equation is erstwhile Manny Pacquiao.

The advises and wishes range from Manny Pacquiao taking a long rest before fighting on; taking a tune-up fight before embarking on big fights; not taking a tune-up since it is unnecessary (His coach Freddie Roach); retiring- as we heard remarks from Philippines and his family among many; fighting Marquez for the 5th since he was ‘winning’ their recent fight before the knockout and so on. His promoter Bob Arum insists that the 5th fight with Marquez is bigger than the fight with Floyd Mayweather. Some people feel that Manny needs to redeem himself and protect his legacy by fighting on.

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