Pacquiao Drops Marquez, Picks David Diaz

http://philboxing.com/news/pix/david.diaz.03.150x150.jpg Manny Pacquiao, the compulsive-punching terror of junior lightweights is headed to an uncharted territory -- moving up in weight to battle David Diaz for his WBC lightweight belt at Vegas' Mandalay resort/casino. The still untitled 12 round championship match marks a dramatic turn for the Filipino ring idol as he intrudes into a new weight division since starting out as a light-flyweight. The beneficial assistance to Manny in his debut at 135 pounds will be known on March 15 -- the date his promoter Bob Arum chose for boxing devotees who are intrigued by Pacquiao's move to drop Juan Manuel Marquez from the March blockbuster. Earlier, one of the aspirants Joan Guzman of the Dominican republic was scratched from the Pacman "sweeps". Another discard is unbeaten Venezuelan Edwin Valero who has been unheard of since his sparring days with newly retired Marco Antonio Barrera. It's been six weight groupings that the GenSan bruiser has involved himself in, garnering in the process; two alphabet titles, Ring Magazine's prestigious belt, fighter of the year accolade and pound for pound honors among others. Other key details of the mega-bout entailing the highest prize money for Manny and David will be released shortly. The decision to gun for the lightweight diadem is in fulfillment of a special wish Manny has been coveting since his loss in politics -- that of becoming the first Filipino five-time world champ. And then some which could be the meeting with the inimitable Oscar de la Hoya at 147 pounds. The highly-fancied face-off between Diaz and Pacquiao will net for the winner truckloads of current medium of exchange in various denomination (dwindling value of the U.S.dollar notwithstanding). Not to mention the high drama and absolute ring mayhem the willing mixers are bringing to the dance. To some buffs, Manny's precipitate jump to David's ringdom is unexpected knowing that he was serious to stay and sincere to play in his super-featherweight domain. Why then is he lusting for Diaz' scalp? Simple. Manny creamed Erik Morales twice by knockouts while David escaped with a questionable points win over 'El Terrible' in their August 4 clash for the title in Chicago.A nebulous decision even the Filipino smasher assailed when asked for his take on the closely fought title setto. How Pacquiao will handle his hostile konfrontasi with the Mexican action fighter so as to allow him to get through unscathed will be in full display at a venue where he retired another Mexican legend -- Marco Barrera. For Diaz, it is important to keep his commitment as demanded by his governing boxing body or else blame will be heaped on his handlers who were'nt good at getting him guys he can't beat. source: http://philboxing.com/news/story-13906.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry marquez it seems you're ending up fighting Joan Guzman who is more dangerous than pacquiao... tsk tsk tsk.. sore loser..

Comments (20)

oh bugger! fookin pussy-cat Packiew! :nonono:

18y ago

brently1979

It's official, though the contract hasn't been signed yet. Pac fights DDiaz in March. Pac haters, eat your hearts out and get in line with your gripes! JMM can still chase Pac at LW,.... and fall in line, too. JMM won't fill out to a Lightweight that well. He should have taken a lesser pay check. JMM can still make some cash fighting lesser name guys.

18y ago

Papa_Ace

its official, PACQUIAO IS A PUSSY What arum wants what arum gets? my ass... this is pacquiaos decision, a promoter doesnt decide who he wants his fighters to fight, even if he did, it would take the fighter to accept it, so fuck pacquiao, hes just scared of Marquez schooling his ass AGAIN :haha: nice post coming from Boxingscene's official pussy :lol1: http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146636&page=6 :haha:

18y ago

Papa_Ace

Marquez is crying like a bitch now whats GBP gotta do with him :lol1:

18y ago

kasangga

i dont understand how this makes you happy if all you pac stans talk about is how much of a warrior pac is and here he is ducking Juan Diaz and JMM. Pacman's reputation as a warrior is beyond question and he is not ducking anyone, least of all JMM. We all want the rematch between Pac and Marquez, but that decision is beyond us, mere fans, to make. Pacman's fight with DDiaz is a logical business strategy becoz they are both with Top Rank and negotiation hassle is minimized. Pacquiao also gets more money since GBP is out of the picture. Ultimate losers are Oscar DLH and JMM, but who is to blame? They blew their first and best chance. The Pacman money train has moved on and all JMM can do is chase him at 135 lbs. He may yet get a shot at Pac as a challenger if and when Pac gets the LW belt. That is if Pac doesn't get a better deal fighting JDiaz for all the marbles. Pacman lovers and haters, let's all relax and enjoy the show. :boxing: :boxing:

18y ago

2501

It's official, though the contract hasn't been signed yet. Pac fights DDiaz in March. Pac haters, eat your hearts out and get in line with your gripes! JMM can still chase Pac at LW,.... and fall in line, too. i dont understand how this makes you happy if all you pac stans talk about is how much of a warrior pac is and here he is ducking Juan Diaz and JMM.

18y ago

Fox_McCloud

Pacquiao is an absolute piece of shit for doing this.

18y ago

kasangga

18y ago

Sin_City

PAC STOP RUNNING STOP DUCKING STOP HIDING!!! what a fucking pussy!

18y ago

Antonio

A Guzman/JMM unification match would be great though, so I'm not too upset. If they could somehow put it on the undercard...

18y ago

PrtyBoyDlicious

its official, PACQUIAO IS A PUSSY What arum wants what arum gets? my ass... this is pacquiaos decision, a promoter doesnt decide who he wants his fighters to fight, even if he did, it would take the fighter to accept it, so fuck pacquiao, hes just scared of Marquez schooling his ass AGAIN Dont worry PAC will fight your IDOL JMM when he's 38 years old and his boyfriend left him with a broken heart.....VIVA MARICON!!!

18y ago

Migs

Any idea where this is supposed to take place?

18y ago

Kball15

bullshit. Marquez better take another easy fight, i want Marquez-Pacquiao 2

18y ago

loui_ludwig

18y ago

Hyperion

i hope david upsets him now....i usually root for pac if hes not fighting morales or marquez but this is straight up pussy shit....

18y ago

Antonio

Maybe he'll fight Marquez in August or something. He needs to fight him again though either way. If he fights De La Hoya I hope he knocks him out cold, and Arum and Floyd Sr. take turns posing and smiling for pictures next to his momentarily lifeless body.

18y ago

PRboxingfan

This would be a sad day for boxing if Pac decides to go with Diaz rather than Marquez. However, I hope Karma comes back and bites him in the ass with a loss/KO for being such an ass and not wanting to rematch Marquez, the fight all his fans want to see.

18y ago

JOMS

but that's getting ahead of the story pareng jom's. Pac made that mistake when he fought juan manuel in 2004. yeah i agree that little going up ahead but lets face it David Diaz is no where near juan manuel... sure win for pac

18y ago

slicksouthpaw16

MAB fought diffirently against Pac in their rematch. If MAB fought like the way he did in his past fights, then Pac would have dominated him just like their first fight. Then fans would say MAB is shot. Against JMM, i thought he beat JMM 7 rounds to 5. thats because PAC just flat out has Barrera's number. anything game plan that MAB has, PAC would just walk right through it. but thats not the case if MAB is fighting different fighters. he would look better against a different style.

18y ago

loui_ludwig

the fight with JMM was more of a war than the Hamed fight. Barrera and JMM actually stood toe to toe and exchanged shots at some points. Barrera just dominated Hamed. i don't see that fight as being a war. i can see how the PAC fight took some out of him because he did get a beating the first time. I have only seen the MAB-Hamed fight one time. It probably took a little bit out some out of MAB cuz the way Hamed fights, not damaging him though but physically worn him out the way he fought.

18y ago