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NEW YORK — Manny Pacquiao hasn’t ruled out a fourth fight against Juan Manuel Marquez.
Pacquiao didn’t think it was wise, though, to meet Marquez a fourth time June 9, despite that at least some boxing observers believe Marquez did enough to beat Pacquiao in their third fight Nov. 12 in Las Vegas. That’s why Pacquiao approved promoter Bob Arum’s suggestion to fight undefeated WBO junior welterweight champ Timothy Bradley once it became clear that his long-awaited showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. wouldn’t materialize.
“There’s a chance to fight [Marquez] again, but not right now,” Pacquiao said. “I don’t think people will watch the same movie [over and over].
“For me, as a boxer, if I don’t care what the fans say, their satisfaction … it’s good to fight Marquez because you don’t get hurt, you know, it’s just many movements, not as much toe-to-toe, exchanging punches. But my concern is the fans. I don’t want to lose the trust of the people in boxing. I don’t want to lose the fans in boxing. That’s my first concern, especially at this time. There’s a lot of sports, everything, and there’s [competition].”
Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, agreed with Pacquiao’s approach to his Mexican nemesis, who settled for a draw with Pacquiao in their May 2004 featherweight fight and lost a long-debated split decision to him in a March 2008 junior lightweight fight.
“Every time they fight it gets less exciting because we’ve already seen it,” Roach said. “The third fight was nowhere near as good as the first two. And the thing is, I think the fourth one would be the same. I just think it’s like watching a movie four times. How much more do you get out of it?
“Even though it’s a pretty good fight, counter-punchers are not the most exciting guys in the world. But I’ll tell you, [Marquez’s] power in that last fight was the best thing he did, though, so he did make some changes. But he still has that mentality as a counter-puncher, and when he hit Manny with a good shot he wouldn’t go after him, because that’s not in his nature.”
Roach also feels as though Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KOs) squandered an opportunity to upset Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KOs) in their third fight, which would’ve ruined the Pacquiao-Mayweather megafight.
“I thought Manny had the edge in the fight,” Roach said. “But I really think they blew it. I think they had the chance to win the fight, but [Marquez’s] coach told him after the eighth round, ‘You’re way ahead. Just take it easy.’ I thought that was bad advice by Nacho [Beristain].
“If my guy’s winning by a hundred rounds, I want him to win even bigger. I don’t believe in coasting and so forth. I like Nacho and he’s a good guy and he’s a great coach and he has a great fighter and all that, but they [screwed] up. The fight was there. If he had fought hard in the last four rounds, he could’ve won that fight.”
Can't say I blame him. There are other opponents out there and I'm not sure a fourth Marquez fight would have generated a lot of interest, at least not this soon.
This puts Marquez in a squeeze because there aren't that many fights to be made for him that will generate a lot of interest. Some possible matches for him would be Morales, Maidana, Alexander, khan/Peterson winner, and maybe Judah. Most of those won't be big PPV draws.
Can't say I blame him. There are other opponents out there and I'm not sure a fourth Marquez fight would have generated a lot of interest, at least not this soon.
This puts Marquez in a squeeze because there aren't that many fights to be made for him that will generate a lot of interest. Some possible matches for him would be Morales, Maidana, Alexander, khan/Peterson winner, and maybe Judah. Most of those won't be big PPV draws.
If he takes one of those guys, hopefully it could set him up for at least the winner of PBF/Cotto or Pac/Bradley-
How could another bout not be a big draw given how the last one ended? Between this and dodging Mayweather it sounds like Pacman is trying to avoid a tough fight.
How could another bout not be a big draw given how the last one ended? Between this and dodging Mayweather it sounds like Pacman is trying to avoid a tough fight.
Ducking Mayweather? How many times do we need to go over this? Floyd priced himself out of the fight and even most Mayweather fans can see this now. The way he crunched the numbers it was going to leave Manny with about 30% of the overall take. That's ludicrous! The writing is on the wall, Floyd doesn't want to fight him.
I think after the Bradley fight if a fight can't be made with Floyd he should consider retirement. Either that or fight what's left...Alexander, Berto/Ortiz winner, Khan, or a Cotto rematch if he beats Floyd.
Good. No one wants to see them fight again. I've seen all three of their fights and I have to say that despite what the official records say, I have Marquez 2, Manny 1.
Good. No one wants to see them fight again. I've seen all three of their fights and I have to say that despite what the official records say, I have Marquez 2, Manny 1.
This is exactly why they should fight again. There's a reason Pacman does not want to fight him again and it's not because there's no interest. Reminds me of Lennox Lewis retiring after his technicality victory over Vitali Klitschko.
This is exactly why they should fight again. There's a reason Pacman does not want to fight him again and it's not because there's no interest. Reminds me of Lennox Lewis retiring after his technicality victory over Vitali Klitschko.
Or Floyd retiring in 2008 rather than take a rematch with De La Hoya, or when the only opponents out there four years ago were a "prime" Cotto, Margarito, and Manny.
Or Floyd retiring in 2008 rather than take a rematch with De La Hoya, or when the only opponents out there four years ago were a "prime" Cotto, Margarito, and Manny.
Your kidding right? De la hoya was beyond done by that point, which explains how easily Manny took him out. That would have been a waste of time- Matter of fact Oscar was done after Bernard dealt him the liver shot-
In retrospect, by that point Oscar was hooked to pain pills, cross dressing and manic depressive- who want's to see that, other than Bob Arum, golden boy and Vegas bookies?
Your kidding right? De la hoya was beyond done by that point, which explains how easily Manny took him out. That would have been a waste of time- Matter of fact Oscar was done after Bernard dealt him the liver shot-
In retrospect, by that point Oscar was hooked to pain pills, cross dressing and manic depressive- who want's to see that, other than Bob Arum, golden boy and Vegas bookies?
Manny beat Oscar because Oscar came into the fight looking sick due to the weight loss. Please google Freddie Roach's comments after the fight: "When I saw the fresh IV holes on Oscar's arm when he entered the ring I knew it was over". Yes Freddie Roach said that. That was a nonsense fight.
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