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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Pacquiao Marquez trilogy
Pacquiao will face Mexican rival Juan Manuel Marquez at a 145-pound catchweight if the proposed fight pushes through, Pacquiao's adviser, Michael Koncz, said.
Marquez, who already fought Pacquiao in two tight battles, reportedly asked the Filipino champion to go down to 143 pounds to make their third fight.
Koncz, however, said Pacquiao won’t fight Marquez at a weight any lower than 145 pounds.
"It's 145, and not 143. We've had general discussions with Bob Arum, but we haven't sat down, Manny and I, to make a decision,"
Pacquiao, who recently defended his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title against Shane Mosley, is currently fighting at 147 pounds.
Marquez, the reigning WBO and World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion, is seen by many fight experts as the next best opponent for Pacquiao in the absence of pound-for-pound great Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The Mexican first met Pacquiao in 2004 in a fight that ended in a controversial draw.
They fought again 4 years later, when Pacquiao eked out a split decision to take away Marquez’s WBC super featherweight title.
Arum is currently working to arrange a third fight between the two boxers.
Koncz said they will just wait for Arum to present options about the Marquez fight.
"I don't think that there is a rush to do it," said Koncz. "Let Manny get some rest and spend some time with his family after spending long, hard weeks in training camp. We don't have to come up with a decision this week."
Marquez, who already fought Pacquiao in two tight battles, reportedly asked the Filipino champion to go down to 143 pounds to make their third fight.
Koncz, however, said Pacquiao won’t fight Marquez at a weight any lower than 145 pounds.
"It's 145, and not 143. We've had general discussions with Bob Arum, but we haven't sat down, Manny and I, to make a decision,"
Pacquiao, who recently defended his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title against Shane Mosley, is currently fighting at 147 pounds.
Marquez, the reigning WBO and World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion, is seen by many fight experts as the next best opponent for Pacquiao in the absence of pound-for-pound great Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The Mexican first met Pacquiao in 2004 in a fight that ended in a controversial draw.
They fought again 4 years later, when Pacquiao eked out a split decision to take away Marquez’s WBC super featherweight title.
Arum is currently working to arrange a third fight between the two boxers.
Koncz said they will just wait for Arum to present options about the Marquez fight.
"I don't think that there is a rush to do it," said Koncz. "Let Manny get some rest and spend some time with his family after spending long, hard weeks in training camp. We don't have to come up with a decision this week."
Pacquiao to fight Mayweather
No matter how many times you knock out Victor Ortiz, the aura of Pacquiao is always going to be standing there. As is the $100 million or so the two could divvy up.
"We've been talking about this for the longest (time)," Mayweather said before casting suspicion about Pacquiao's rise and demanding blood tests for performance enhancers.
"Now you ask yourself, a fighter don't just get 25 and all of a sudden be great," he said. "Fighters don't just turn 25 and pop out of nowhere and say, 'I'm knocking middleweights out, I'm knocking junior middleweights out.' That just don't happen. I just want an even playing field, that's all," Mayweather said. "If you don't have nothing to hide, just take the (blood) test."
Pacquiao has said he's willing to do just that.
The boxing world craves a matchup between the two great fighters. Will they get it?
"We've been talking about this for the longest (time)," Mayweather said before casting suspicion about Pacquiao's rise and demanding blood tests for performance enhancers.
"Now you ask yourself, a fighter don't just get 25 and all of a sudden be great," he said. "Fighters don't just turn 25 and pop out of nowhere and say, 'I'm knocking middleweights out, I'm knocking junior middleweights out.' That just don't happen. I just want an even playing field, that's all," Mayweather said. "If you don't have nothing to hide, just take the (blood) test."
Pacquiao has said he's willing to do just that.
The boxing world craves a matchup between the two great fighters. Will they get it?
Friday, May 6, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Pacquiao vs Marquez
Pacquiao-Marquez III is long overdue
Without meaning to look past Manny Pacquiao's showdown with Sugar Shane Mosley this weekend, let me just say that news of a potential third fight between Pacman and Juan Manuel Marquez tentatively scheduled for later this year actually got me more excited than the Mosley fight.
Mosley just isn't the best opponent out there for Pacquiao. He's over the hill and hardly looked impressive in his last outing, a lackluster draw against Sergio Mora. The main reason his name suddenly cropped up in discussions about Pacquiao's next opponent is because he left Golden Boy Promotions and declared himself a free agent.Marquez is also promoted by Golden Boy, of course, but if he wasn't, he probably would have secured this third fight a long time ago. Giving a shot to a has-been like Mosley, ahead of the one fighter who has truly given Pacquiao a hard time in recent years is just one of the sad consequences of the rivalry between GBP and Top Rank, which promotes Pacquiao.
If it happens (i.e., if GBP agrees to it), a Marquez fight should be more exciting than any of Pacquiao's last six fights, all of which were not particularly close. Pacquiao-Marquez II, which ended in a very close split decision for Pacquiao, was the last Pacquiao fight that really had me at the edge of my seat and unsure about the outcome. Marquez counterpunched beautifully in the last six rounds and kept Pacquiao from unleashing his vaunted rapid-fire punches. I remember watching the bout in a movie house, and when the final bell rang, there was an uneasy silence in the audience. Many of us were convinced Marquez had done enough to win. If I recall, even the local commentators had scored the bout in favor of Marquez by one point.
Pacquiao, of course, was eventually declared winner by the slimmest of margins, and in the end, his third-round knockdown of Marquez proved to be difference in the scorecards of two of the judges. That controversial ending should have easily justified a trilogy, since even their first fight produced an inconclusive result, but boxing being what it is, and despite Marquez's valid protestations, it just never materialized.
Now, I'm just as big a Pacquiao fan as the next guy, and it's nice to watch him win all the time, but after seeing him send guys into retirement (Ricky Hatton and Oscar Dela Hoya) and rearrange the faces of others (Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito), there comes a point when you want to see an opponent actually challenge him. And no fighter has given him a stiffer challenge in the past three years than Marquez. Really, he's like the anti-Pacquiao, his counterpunching style the perfect antidote to Pacquiao's swarming offense. Sure, Manny has sent him to the canvas four times already, but it's just as remarkable that Marquez actually recovered from those knockdowns and nearly went on to win both fights.
The main concern raised by some about this third fight is that it should have been done two years ago, when the weight disparity between the two fighters wasn't as big as it is today. That second fight was done at 130 pounds, or junior lightweight. Pacquiao now fights as a welterweight (147), whereas Marquez is a lightweight (135). The Mexican ventured into a higher weight class just once, to disastrous results, a lopsided unanimous decision loss to Floyd Mayweather. In that bout, Marquez fought at 142 pounds, his heaviest ever but still four pounds lighter than Mayweather. In his last fight, an impressive ninth-round TKO of Michael Katsidis, he was back to 135 pounds.
In contrast, Pacquiao has weighed in the 144-145 range in his last three fights. Freddie Roach has said his ward will now fight exclusively at 147 pounds, leaving Marquez no choice but to move up in weight again.
There's also the matter of Marquez's age. He'll be 38 by the time he fights Pacquiao again, and he just might not be as sharp as he was in 2008. Roach said last year that if Pacquiao and Marquez were to meet again, Pacquiao would win easily because he has improved by leaps and bounds since the second fight. It's clear Manny is much better now than he was three years ago, but given Marquez's advanced age, a Pacquiao win could be dismissed by critics with an "oh, you just had to wait until he was 38 before you fought him again" argument.
Then again, with Marquez you'll never know. Everyone thought he was through as a fighter after Mayweather beat the living crap out of him, but he bounced back with two big wins over Juan Diaz and Katsidis. First things first, though. Pacquiao needs to get past Mosley and both camps have to finalize the fight contract before this trilogy can become a reality. And when it does, I have a feeling Marquez won't go quietly.
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