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By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach is interested in having Manny fight boxing great Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) next, according to writer Nick Giongco from the Manila Bulletin. This would be a great replacement for Floyd Mayweather Jr. if Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum isn’t able to negotiate terms with Mayweather and Golden Boy Promotions. The way things are looking, with neither side willing to give in about the random blood tests, it’s looking like the March 13th Mayweather-Pacquiao fight won’t be happening.
World Boxing Association light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman has been mentioned by Arum as one of the potential opponents he’s looking at matching Pacquiao with in March. However, that fight appears to be drawing very little positive praise from boxing fans on then net, many of which see Foreman as the weakest of the light middleweight champions. Roach, a good judge of the kind of boxing matches that fans want to see, said “Let’s [Pacquiao] fight Juan Manuel Marquez…They’re [boxing fans] watch it.”
Roach is right about the Marquez fight being a draw with boxing fans. Despite Marquez being beaten in his last fight by Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a one-sided 12 round decision loss in September, Marquez remains very popular with fans, much more popular than the little known Foreman. However, Marquez’s name has been linked with British fighter Ricky Hatton, so if Roach is serious about Pacquiao fighting Marquez, then he will have to quickly go after Marquez and try to lure him away from taking that fight.
There’s little question that Marquez would stand to make much more money in a fight with Pacquiao compared to a fight with Hatton. Ricky was stopped in the 2nd round by Pacquiao in May 2009, and has been trying to figure out if he wants to do with his career since then.
Pacquiao has twice previously fought Marquez in the past, fighting to a 12 round draw in 2004, and then beating Marquez by a controversial 12 round split decision in March 2008. There are many boxing fans who felt that Marquez beat Pacquiao in both of those fights. Whichever way you see those fights, it’s clear that Pacquiao had huge problems against Marquez, who seemed to have Pacquiao’s number in both of the fights.
Marquez has since been trying to get Pacquiao to give him a rematch, but hasn’t had any luck in getting him back in the ring. This would be great for boxing if Roach was able to put Marquez and Pacquiao back in the ring for a third fight to see who the better fighter is.
By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach is interested in having Manny fight boxing great Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) next, according to writer Nick Giongco from the Manila Bulletin. This would be a great replacement for Floyd Mayweather Jr. if Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum isn’t able to negotiate terms with Mayweather and Golden Boy Promotions. The way things are looking, with neither side willing to give in about the random blood tests, it’s looking like the March 13th Mayweather-Pacquiao fight won’t be happening.
World Boxing Association light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman has been mentioned by Arum as one of the potential opponents he’s looking at matching Pacquiao with in March. However, that fight appears to be drawing very little positive praise from boxing fans on then net, many of which see Foreman as the weakest of the light middleweight champions. Roach, a good judge of the kind of boxing matches that fans want to see, said “Let’s [Pacquiao] fight Juan Manuel Marquez…They’re [boxing fans] watch it.”
Roach is right about the Marquez fight being a draw with boxing fans. Despite Marquez being beaten in his last fight by Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a one-sided 12 round decision loss in September, Marquez remains very popular with fans, much more popular than the little known Foreman. However, Marquez’s name has been linked with British fighter Ricky Hatton, so if Roach is serious about Pacquiao fighting Marquez, then he will have to quickly go after Marquez and try to lure him away from taking that fight.
There’s little question that Marquez would stand to make much more money in a fight with Pacquiao compared to a fight with Hatton. Ricky was stopped in the 2nd round by Pacquiao in May 2009, and has been trying to figure out if he wants to do with his career since then.
Pacquiao has twice previously fought Marquez in the past, fighting to a 12 round draw in 2004, and then beating Marquez by a controversial 12 round split decision in March 2008. There are many boxing fans who felt that Marquez beat Pacquiao in both of those fights. Whichever way you see those fights, it’s clear that Pacquiao had huge problems against Marquez, who seemed to have Pacquiao’s number in both of the fights.
Marquez has since been trying to get Pacquiao to give him a rematch, but hasn’t had any luck in getting him back in the ring. This would be great for boxing if Roach was able to put Marquez and Pacquiao back in the ring for a third fight to see who the better fighter is.