Marquez Loss Was Only For Money, Said Sulaiman

By Mark Vester

WBC executive secretary Mauricio Sulaiman said last Saturday's fight was nothing more than both fighters getting a big payday and the event was very misleading to the public because Juan Manuel Marquez had no chance to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. He was outraged that nobody, including Marquez's people, were protecting him when Mayweather weighed-in at two pounds above the agreed limit of 144, noting that Mayweather refused all requests for a weight check on the night of the fight.

"Floyd was two pounds above the weight and there was no global body there to protect him and he was allowed to fight with this handicap. It's a shame because he had no chance of winning and it was misleading to the public," Sulaiman said.

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