Marquez deserved better vs. Pacquiao

The old adage says life’s not fair.

Nobody would have to convince Juan Manuel Marquez of its validity.

After taking Manny Pacquiao to his very limit in two agonizingly close fights in 2004 and 2008, Marquez had to watch as his former rival’s career reached new heights under the tutelage of trainer Freddie Roach in the ring and promoter Bob Arum outside it.

While Pacquiao became widely recognized as the pound-for-pound king after successful forays up in weight against aging superstars such as Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Shane Mosley, Marquez’s career stalled after he took the one gamble that Pacquiao has been unable to take.

It was Marquez who welcomed Floyd Mayweather back to boxing in 2009, and a lethal combination of a poorly planned weight gain by the lightweight champion, a heavy Mayweather’s blatant disregard for the agreed catchweight and Money’s irresistible boxing skills resulted in Mayweather easily outboxing Marquez for 12 rounds.

The result saw Marquez cast aside, no longer worthy of consideration for elite pound-for-pound status by most commentators. Solid victories over worthy lightweight challengers David Diaz and Michael Katsidis could not restore the luster to a reputation that had been tarnished by the ease at which he had succumbed to the sport’s errant genius.

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It was no surprise that Marquez spent much time campaigning for another shot at pound-for-pound greatness, this time against his old nemesis Pacquiao. It was the fans’ choice for Pacquiao to fight last May, a preference vindicated when a shot Mosley produced a wretchedly negative performance in a dull fight.

Finally, fans were given the "thrillogy" fight they had wanted. It was not at the weight they wanted, with Marquez having to move up two weight classes to fight at a catchweight of 144 pounds. But the Mexican legend was confident that this welterweight match would have a happier ending for him than his first. And the omens were good with Marquez’s physique looking impressively like a fully fledged welterweight at the weigh-ins Friday and the similarly proportioned Pacquiao unable to repeat Mayweather’s trick of weighing in deliberately heavy.

And when the fight began Saturday night, Marquez was awesome.

As we noticed back in May, Mosley’s clumsy attempt to fight as a counterpuncher exposed serious flaws in Pacquiao’s game that Marquez would technically be well-placed to exploit. Having coped with the weight gain better than we expected, Marquez was able to clearly outbox the champion over the course of 12 rounds.

Although it was a close, competitive fight, it was the Mexican who was doing the little things that should have caught the judges’ eyes. He dictated the pace of the fight, keeping his distance well and only briefly being drawn into the frenetic brawls at which Pacquiao excels. His footwork was superb, as he would repeatedly land a punch and then immediately take a step back to avoid Pacquiao’s response. He would then be perfectly positioned for a counterpunch.

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This was where Marquez was at his best, with his precision punching allowing him to land crisp, clean punches that more than once hurt Pacquiao. An increasingly bedraggled Pacquiao was reduced to headhunting as he tried to overcompensate by forcing the pace.

But just as against Mosley, Pacquiao lacked the patience and the composure to work his way inside by picking his punches. Instead his wild lunges and swings were exasperated signs of his ineffectiveness, not effective aggression. Pacquiao lashed out at being made to fight and lose Marquez’s fight.

On the British telecast of the fight, Pacquiao’s friend and training partner Amir Khan sorrowfully admitted that he had Marquez winning the fight while doing commentary from ringside. Roach clearly told Pacquiao that he was losing the fight in the corner. And when the final bell was rung, Pacquiao had the look of a beaten man.

And then the judges announced that the loser was in fact the victor. Whether it was because the judges were blinded by Pacquiao’s greater celebrity or were simply giving the fighter on the front foot the benefit of the doubt in close rounds, it was the wrong decision. Marquez knew it, Pacquiao knew it and the fans who booed the universally popular champion knew it.

And more than the result of a fight, they knew that boxing, like life, wasn’t fair.

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Pacquiao: Negotiations for Mayweather fight almost done

MANILA, Philippines - Filipino boxer Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao has revealed only a few details need to be ironed out regarding his possible mega-fight against American fighter Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Pacquiao recently confirmed that negotiations are ongoing with Mayweather's team. Mayweather also called on Pacquiao to sign a contract for a May 5 fight date.

"Ready na tayo. Kung natuloy 'yan, 'pag pumirma na s'ya sa kontrate, pirma na rin tayo," Pacquiao said. (We are ready. If it pushes through, once he signs the contract then I'll sign the contract.)

Pacquiao said there are only a few details left to be tackled in the negotiations.

"Maliit na bagay na pinag-uusapan, malapit ng matapos ang negotiation," he said. (Only the little things are being worked out and negotiations are almost done.)

He said he has no issue with the May 5 fight date, saying it is a good month for the fight.

Pacquiao also laughed off Mayweather's recent comments about him, wherein the American boxer said Pacquiao actually has 6 losses on his record instead of 3.

Mayweather said Pacquiao lost to Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez three times, bringing his total number of losses to six.

"Kung ganyan ang paniniwala n'ya, eh di respetuhin natin," Pacquiao said. (If that's what he thinks, we have to respect it).

The fighting congressman from Sarangani is planning to watch the friendly match between the Philippine Azkals and the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday at the Rizal Memorial Stadium along with his wife and kids.

"Magchi-cheer ako sa Azkals," Pacquiao said. -- From a report by Jay Dayupay, ABS-CBN News SOKSARGEN

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Manny Pacquiao can make Mayweather fight happen

 By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) is now in a position that he can push Top Rank CEO Bob Arum to make the fight with WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 25 KO’s) happen.  

The dynamics of making the long sought match between Pound for Pound king Pacquiao and the undefeated Mayweather has changed significantly since Pacquiao’s controversial win on November 12 over WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KO’s. 

Before Manny’s fight with Marquez many boxing observers were questioning whether Mayweather really wanted to take on the Filipino icon. Floyd is very protective of his 42-0 record and the feeling by many was that he was unwilling to take the risk of engaging Pacquiao.  

But Pacquiao struggled in his fight with Marquez and a majority of boxing fans feel that he did not deserve the decision. Mayweather on the other hand cruised to an easy one sided win over Marquez in 2009. The perception of many boxing fans changed based on Manny’s sub par performance against Marquez. Going into the fight the betting odds favoring Pacquiao were as high as 10 to 1. After a couple of rounds however, it was clear that Pacquiao despite all his improvements was still baffled by Marquez’s defensive and counter punching skills. The reasoning is that Mayweather has no peer in the two areas which give Manny the most problems.  

Shortly after the conclusion of the Pacquiao – Marquez fight the Mayweather camp showed an interest in making the fight with Pacquiao. Top Rank CEO Bob Arum on the other hand who had long expressed a desire to promote such a fight changed his stance and indicated that he wanted to pursue a 4th fight with Marquez.  It has been rumored that Pacquiao and trainer Freddie Roach and conditioning coach Alex Ariza would like to see the Mayweather fight happen. Manny is now in the position that he needs to not only state his preference to Arum but to insist that he wants to make Floyd Mayweather Jr. his next opponent. The likelihood of the Mega fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather being arranged is now at the highest point it has ever been. The ball is in Manny Pacquiao’s court.




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Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight night has doping cloud

Marquez coach supplied steroids to Marion Jones,Tim Montgomery.

Manny Pacquiao's upcoming fight with Juan Manuel Marquez is surrounded by intrigue as Angel Hernandez, Marquez's new condition coach is fingered in the BALCO case.

Here's the good news for Juan Manuel Marquez, who will face Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on Nov. 12: His new conditioning coach, Angel Hernandez, isn’t advocating that Marquez drink his own urine as a nutritional supplement, which Marquez did before he fought Floyd Mayweather.

Here’s the bad news for Juan Manuel Marquez: His new conditioning coach, Angel Hernandez, has been identified as Angel (Memo) Heredia, the man who supplied steroids to track stars Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery and later became the key government witness in the case against BALCO that landed the company’s founder, Victor Conte, behind bars and implicated dozens of athletes as users of performance-enhancing drugs. Hernandez was hiding in plain sight, although he had changed his last name while working with Marquez at his training camp in Mexico. Conte recognized Hernandez on a recent episode of HBO’s boxing reality show “24/7: Pacquiao-Marquez.”

According to transcripts of his testimony in 2008 in which he testified against track coach Trevor Graham, Heredia admitted to giving the blood-booster EPO, human growth hormone and insulin to Jones in 2000 at the request of Graham, who was then Jones’ coach. He also said he sold banned substances to Montgomery.

Heredia walked away without punishment from the feds because he made a deal with IRS agent Jeff Novitzky, who was heading an investigation into steroid distribution, and rolled on others, including Conte and several other athletes.

Conte now works as a conditioning coach for bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire and has re-invented himself as an anti-steroid advocate. He says one difference between himself and Heredia is that Conte paid a heavy price for his misdeeds and Heredia didn’t. “He supplied documents and testimony that were damaging to many athletes,” Conte says. “As a result, Heredia received leniency and walked away from the case a free man.”

Heredia’s presence in Marquez’s camp certainly raises suspicion on what is going on there, because Marquez, a former champion at 126, 130 and 135 pounds, is bulking up to fight at 145 pounds — the most he has ever weighed for a boxing match. He fought against Mayweather at 142 pounds and was battered all over the ring before losing a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision in 2009.

Mayweather has called for random testing for steroids by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. His last two opponents, Shane Mosley and Victor Ortiz, underwent the random testing, and it remains the major hurdle for a match between Mayweather and Pacquiao. The fact that Heredia is working in the Marquez camp highlights the need for random testing by an independent agency, if for no other reason than to allay suspicions that boxing is dirty.

“This is exactly why Floyd has been adamant about testing in boxing,” said Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather’s adviser. “He wants to make sure that the playing field in boxing is level. He will never fight anyone who doesn’t agree to random blood and urine testing for steroids.”

While you may not like Mayweather as a person or how he carries himself outside of the ring, he is dead-on in his stance on random testing for steroids in boxing, something not everyone in the sport agrees is needed. Bob Arum of Top Rank, who promotes both Marquez and Pacquiao, says the issue of steroid abuse is overblown.

“You don’t have to do that anymore,” Arum said on a conference call Wednesday afternoon. “Wake up and see what these conditioners are saying. They’re using naturally, totally legal substances, and using state of the art conditioning methods. That’s not because of anything other than the fact that there have been advancements in legal methods. The steroid problem is fading into the past.”

If that w as indeed the case, then none of the major U.S. professional sports leagues would have some form of random testing for steroids and the Olympics would dismantle its testing program. Arum maintains that any steroid testing should be conducted under the auspices of the state boxing commissions. That has proven faulty in the past. When BALCO was operating, Conte supplied Mosley with steroids before he fought Oscar De La Hoya in 2005 in Las Vegas. Mosley never tested positive on any of the tests administered by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

On another conference call on Wednesday evening, Marquez said he didn’t know anything about Heredia’s past.

If Marquez knocks out Pacquiao, everyone will wonder if he got an illegal boost from Heredia.

“I’ve worked very hard and I’m not going to stop training and getting ready for the fight,” Marquez said. “If they want to do whatever doping or drug testing that they want to do, Olympic-style, or whatever they want to do. I’ll do it. I’m prepared. Just as long as (Pacquiao) does it, too.”

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Pacquiao vs. Marquez Countdown : Less Than 10 Days Until the WBO Championship Fight

In what might be the most eagerly awaited fight of 2011, Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2) will defend his WBO welterweight title against Juan Manuel Marquez (53-5-1), in just 10 days, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Nov. 12, in what should be the final installment of their classic battles.
The trilogy began in 2004 when the bout ended in a draw, and continued in 2008, with Pacquiao winning in a split decision. Neither fighter gave a convincing performance, so this time around, both have a score to settle.
Pacquiao goes into the fight as a 7.5-to-1 favorite over Marquez, and the Filipino icon has been the clear winner in all seven of his bouts since his last battle with Marquez.

On the other side, Marquez has won his last three fights, but it wasn't against elite competition. Likar Ramos, Michael Katsidis, and Juan Diaz are not considered amongst the best pound-for-pound boxers, and Pacquiao probably owns that title.

A natural lightweight, Marquez goes into the fight with added bulk, as footage has shown the 38-year-old's training regimen in Mexico has produced an impressive physique to reach the 144-pound catch weight. However, Alex Ariza, Pacquiao's strength and conditioning coach, believes Marquez's ripped body would hurt the Mexican star.

Still, Marquez goes into the fight with a great deal of confidence, and the shirt he wore around the Philippines that read "Marquez beat Pacquiao twice!" probably means he's taking this fight very seriously.

"The people will see another war," said Marquez. "The people will see another great fight because I prepared myself very hard. I look for the victory."

"I'll have the greatest career as soon as I beat him," he said

The elephant in the room is Floyd Mayweather, Jr. The WBC welterweight champion thoroughly dominated his Sept. 2009 bout with Marquez, and the major payday with Pacquiao is still a major possibility despite what many detractors say.

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Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez are going at it again inside the ring later this ring for the third time for another action packed match up. The fight is going to be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 12, 2011. Pacquiao vs Marquez tickets began to go on sale last July. 

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Pacquiao-Marquez bout is one of the biggest match ups this year and probably the most anticipated rematch for years and people are waiting in line to catch the trilogy. Given that this fight is one of the biggest ever, the Pacquiao vs Marquez ticket prices range from as high as over $18,000 if you really want to sit near the ring for the coveted front row seats. Or you could also pull out close to $500 if you just want to see the game way back in the balcony. But whichever seat you are, you are assured to catch this fired up match that you rarely see, and this would probably be the last time that you will catch them inside the ring. So don’t hesitate to buy your Pacquiao vs Marquez tickets online now.

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Pacquiao vs Marquez Countdown : One Month To the Much Anticipated Fight

For the Third time, Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2), perhaps the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, and Juan Manuel Marquez, (53-5-1) a veteran fighter who has given Pacquiao two excellent bouts, will battle it out as welterweights when they meet at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Nov. 12, 2011.

There wonld not be a grudge between the two Boxing prize fighters, but there is certainly a score to settle.

The first fight was in May 2004, when the boxers were featherweights, and it turned out to be perhaps the best fight of that year. Pacquiao knocked down Marquez three times in the first round. The rest of the fight seemed to favor Marquez, who battled back with more power punches, as noted by CompuBox, and did an admirable job of minimizing the aggressive style of Pacquiao.

The second fight took place in March 2008, and this time the boxers were super featherweights at 130 pounds. Much like the first fight, Pacquiao's success stemmed from a knock down. When the Filipino legend floored Marquez in the the third round, it served as a major factor on the scorecards.

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Here Once again, Marquez battled back, and appeared to edge Pacquiao in the final rounds. Though the fight ended in a split decision victory for Pacquiao, many believe that Marquez deserved a slim victory.This will be the Boxing trilogy in history.For the upcoming fight, both fighters will probably need to make adjustments based on their past efforts.

One reason that this should make for a great fight, aside from the past bouts, is the fact that the two are basically even in height and reach, and neither has a legitimate advantage in any specific category.

The much-anticipated bout is just a month away -- it has the makings of another classic.

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with all Boxing fans might think that the Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez is just another boring fight to start with. On the contrary, it is not what it seems it is, Roger Mayweather, uncle of the undefeated and former pound for pound King Floyd Mayweather Jr., says it will be one of the toughest brutal fights.

The Based on Roger Mayweather’s prediction, the two previous matches between Pacquiao vs Marquez is somewhat controversial and could likely go either way.

With Pacquiao and Marquez certainly had slug it out in the ring in 2004 and 2008, and both of them knew they hit hard and hurt each other bad. Pacquiao has knocked Marquez three times in 2004 and felt that he understood everything that Pacquiao has to offer. Marquez was able to understand the Filipino punchers move and manage to finish the whole fight with a controversial draw.

Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach is confident enough of the catch weight of 144 pounds, Pacquiao and Marquez can beat forever as they fought in lower class weight catch at 126 pounds and 130 pounds in the past few games.

This Fight enthusiasts have seen Marquez as the best contender and the perfect opponent for Pacquiao’s lightning fast speed. Marquez has proven himself in the past that he can beat Pacquiao in a square off, as he is the only fighter that can match physically and mentally with the Pacman. In the first fight, Marquez has been knocked down thrice during their first encounter but still he was able to give Pacquiao a hard time.

With the first of Pacquaio and Marquez fights being exciting as they were, fighting fans are in high spirits for their next encounter this coming November. In general, this third bout will go down in history as one of the best climax fights in boxing trilogies.

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Juan Manuel Marquez “We Are not Friends, We Are Just Rivals”

On their third fight of Pacquiao vs Marquez becoming a reality in months’ time, the Pacquiao vs Marquez fight has become an interesting topic by many boxing fans around the world. After two long fights that both ended controversial, Pacquiao and Marquez still remains professionally bound with boxing with no hatred or whatsoever from both camps. Marquez told reporters that he does not hate the pound per pound fighter for their last two fights. “We are not friends, we are just rivals”, said Marquez.

The two boxers have been regarded as rivals by many sport analysts in the media and are considering them both as legends when it comes to an entertaining fight. Pacquiao and Marquez fighting off for the third time will be a jaw breaking, heart pounding fight that that will make almost everyone glorified by the spectacular battle they will show in the ring.

With Pacquiao in Baguio continuing his training, Roach has added one thing to make Marquez shut up once and for all and that is by the means of TKO. He wants the pound-per-pound king to stop being Mr. Nice Guy. Roach wanted to see a knock out and by that he can end all the rumors and controversial lies and rants by mainstream media.

Roach admitted that he misses the old Pacquiao who was relentless, savage, and wild. Roach even laugh at how many times Pacquiao says sorry every time he hits his trainer. Pacquiao is too compassionate and does not want to beat his opponent to a pulp. But this time around, Roach has added in some tweaks in his fighting style and wanted to fine tune the boxer by adding his own concoction on the pound-per-pound king. That secret weapon would be an early knock out putting an end to the trilogy once and for a Championship.