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Is Pacquiao-Marquez the greatest boxing rivalry of all time?
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Originally posted by Big Dunn View Postplease dude. this isn't a classic rivalry. manny lowballed jmm and made him wait for ever after the draw. then fought him a 4th time becuase manny was being greedy, rather than fight floyd, a non cw cotto, or bradley.
lets not romanticize manny's greed and make this something it isn't.
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Originally posted by Lotus Flower View Postwhy did manny had him waited forever after the draw?
No need to rewrite that piece of history.
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Originally posted by crold1 View PostYou're letting some disdain for the business obscure the obvious. OF COURSE this is a classic rivalry. Four fights, all of them very good to great. And so on. This is one of the ones people will talk about forever.
this isn't ali-frazier or ward-gatti.
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Originally posted by Big Dunn View Postplease dude. this isn't a classic rivalry. manny lowballed jmm and made him wait for ever after the draw. then fought him a 4th time becuase manny was being greedy, rather than fight floyd, a non cw cotto, or bradley.
lets not romanticize manny's greed and make this something it isn't.
he waited years between fights to give rematches.
and what does anything outside the ring have to do with how great the fights were?
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Originally posted by Big Dunn View Postplease dude. this isn't a classic rivalry. manny lowballed jmm and made him wait for ever after the draw. then fought him a 4th time becuase manny was being greedy, rather than fight floyd, a non cw cotto, or bradley.
lets not romanticize manny's greed and make this something it isn't.
he waited years between fights to give rematches.
and what does anything outside the ring have to do with how great the fights were?
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Originally posted by Big Dunn View Postplease dude. this isn't a classic rivalry. manny lowballed jmm and made him wait for ever after the draw. then fought him a 4th time becuase manny was being greedy, rather than fight floyd, a non cw cotto, or bradley.
lets not romanticize manny's greed and make this something it isn't.
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Originally posted by crold1 View PostHe didn't. Marquez walked away from the rematch in 2005 because he didn't like the split. Manny signed on. That was ALL Marquez and Manny wasn't the economic titan he is now so 'making him wait' conflates later with then. Marquez pouted, Manny fought Morales.
No need to rewrite that piece of history.
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