Looks like Marquez is completely ducking Campbell

Its amazing how bad Marquez is ducking Campbell. Trying to get a fight with Diaz, which is an excellent fight but he was clearly beaten by Campbell. Campbell has almost all of the belts. Marquez has the imaginary ring magazine belt, where he got it from someone who soundve never had it in the first place. "When I got home to Jacksonville today and checked my email, I had hundreds of emails from fans asking me to call out Marquez, after the nice job he did on Casamayor. I don't really have much faith in this whole ‘calling out’ business, because I tried that with Casamayor, and with Pacquiao, and it got me nowhere. But if Juan Manual is interested in fighting me, I'm all for it. My position all along has been that I have an IBF mandatory (#1 ranked Ali Funeka) to take care of, but I'm sure for a fight of this magnitude something could be worked out with the Funeka kid and the IBF for him to step aside for one fight to allow me and Marquez to get it on. Some folks think I'm the best lightweight in the world, and some folks think that honor belongs to Marquez. Well no matter which way you have it, me and him are #1 and #2 in the division, and a fight between us clears it up once and for all as to who is the baddest man at 135. I'm ready to roll right now. Marquez just went 11 rounds, but he didn’t get seriously dinged up or anything so why not make this the co-feature to Oscar-Pacquiao on Dec 6th? He should be able to go again in two (with) and a half months no problem. The cynical side of me says no way this happens, that the in-house fight between Marquez and Diaz will get made instead. But I still wanted to put this statement out to let everyone know that I'm ready, willing, and more than able to send Marquez back down to 130, if the powers that be will just get out of the way and let it happen." cmon Marquez. instead of fighting early 2009, why not do that? fight the real #1 fighter at Lightweight on the Pacquiao-De La Hoya undercard? it amazes me how people can make huge deals out of things like 'Calzaghe ducking Pavlik' or 'Taylor ducking Froch' when something like this is clearly 10 times worse. These two are in the SAME division to begin with...Nate Campbell has THREE title belts...Diaz has NONE...Diaz just lost to Campbell...fighting on the De La Hoya undercard and becomign the undisputed Lightweight champ would be more beneficial for Marquez's career than him fighting Diaz on a seperate card. maybe its not Marquez, but Richard Schafer/Golden Boy fear the hell out of Nate Campbell.

Comments (20)

C'mon. The fighter who has the will to fight Manny 3 times couldn't be afraid of noboby.

17y ago

Ray

The reason will always be money!! Always I dont care what people say about skills or who is the best. It comes down to which two fighters can bring money...Campbell will never bring money at all.....hes not ducked or avoided he just wont bring in revenue same thing for pwill....I dont understand why people act like they can just fight!!! There so much more invloved...People know this and still say the he ducking so so and this and that...There is no fear in boxers...If there was they would choose another proffesion... Well its about money and i think we all have been saying this in the past with different fighter but fans still throw out the duck accusation at other fighters. JMM isnt different, People would look at this in a very scrutinize way.

17y ago

TEXSTRO

well, at the end of the day you have to ask yourself...why is Marquez fighting someone that Campbell beat, instead of Campbell himself, who holds all the belts? I seriously doubt Marquez is actually avoiding a fight with Campbell, but Golden Boy sure doesnt want him to fight Campbell. He holds all the belts...He just got lucky in receiving all three from Diaz. Im not saying he wasnt capable of attaining all three on his own bt cmon yall say he has all three belts like he worked for all three individually...

17y ago

Da_Hammer

i rather see Marquez/Campbell or Campbell/Diaz II than Marquez/Diaz! Sure Marquez/Diaz would probably be the most exciting fight but i like fights to be more meaningful like Marquez/Campbell fighting to decide who the best lightweight is or Campbell/Diaz II being a revenge fight for Diaz after the young bull being beat by the older veteran! i understand the whole fighting for honor being mexican but the the other 2 fights appeal to me more at the moment. i would love to see marquez/diaz after either one of the 2 hopefully beat Campbell! till then i dont want want to see it!

17y ago

KILLA_RIGHT

Then why did cotto fight tony he should of fought pwill? You can't go by that. Diaz jmm will be a great fight and have more hype behind it maybe marquez will fight nate after he beats diaZ

17y ago

TEXSTRO

17y ago

Steak

17y ago

KILLA_RIGHT

Some of you guys are idiots. Im sure jmm would be scared of cambpell when he fought manny 2 times. Who's more dangerous? I rather see a diaz vs marquez fight but i wouldn't mind a cambpell fight either. Diaz vs marquez makes more sense especially if it's in the undercard of oscar because of the mexicans

17y ago

Avenue

campbell would demolish him

17y ago

KJB

jmm and his team want nothing to do with campbell. they only fought casamayor because casamayor is shot and will fight juan diaz because campbell exposed him. I dont really think thats fair, bro. Think about it: Casamayor was the bigger man in a higher weight class than JMM ever fought, old or not he was still a skillful, dirty bastard. JMM KTFO of him.Pac is generally considered the man by everyone, JMM got off the deck four times over 24 rounds and gave Pac absolute hell. He also whooped Marco Antonio Barrera. Fighters with this type of resume rarely fear anyone.

17y ago

MELLYMEL

i'm disgusted!!!!!!!

17y ago

KJB

GBP might not want the fight. I would bet my paycheck that JMM doesnt fear anybody in the LW division, thats just not his style LOL. Obviously a game Campbell has the ability to beat anyone at LW, but JMM has faced too many veterans and BMFs to fear anyone at this point.

17y ago

Pullcounter7451

If Campbell signs with GBP, there is a pretty good chance the fight gets made. If he signs with someone else, the chances decrease considerably. This has nothing to do with fear on JMM's part. Anyone who thinks that is being very naive. jmm and his team want nothing to do with campbell. they only fought casamayor because casamayor is shot and will fight juan diaz because campbell exposed him.

17y ago

MANGLER

The fight should happen for the undisputed LW title. But what should happen and what makes more $ ain't always the same in boxing. Ducking is becomin the most overused word around here. Nobody's scared of shit, it's just that boxing is both a sport and a business.

17y ago

SAN_D13GO_VILLAN

I wonder who campbell will sign with?, theirs no way that A fight between Marquez and campbell happens on the Oscar vs Paquiao undercard.

17y ago

Ray

Their has to be a reason why GBP doesnt seem that interested in dealing with campbell, At first i thought it was the Don king factor but now its a bit fishy since campbell isnt with king.

17y ago

2501

So in other words your implying that Campbell ducked Marquez. Provide some specific proof of that please. You're obviously not telling the whole story. i meant to say that campbell wanted the fight sooner, sorry. ive never once said anyone has ducked anyone in a serious tone.

17y ago

Allucard

i must admit. I as a fan just arent interested in that fight. Diaz/Marquez excites me more. It's weird because I know it would be a really good fight because I'm sure campbell would bring the fight to JMM, but ionno. Diaz/JMM = more fireworks. Its not like Marquez is taking an easy fight either so lets not make this into "JMM is taking an easy fight rather than face a live opponent". This dude is a freakin natural featherweight. also think diaz could be more exciting but think in the long run it really isn't for the best. both campbell and jmm are old, diaz can wait, marquez and campbell can't.

17y ago

Steak

The fact is that Marquez wante to fight Campbell in November. Campbell wanted to fight sooner so he declined end of story. well, looks like conditions have changed and Campbell is open to a fight. I dont give a damn what happened in the past, the fight can be made now, so make it. cause that reasoning is just as dumb as Pacquiao fans saying that Marquez didnt deserve a fight with Pacquiao just because he fought Chris John instead of Pacquiao that one time. its stupid, move on, make the big fights.

17y ago

joseph5620

dont you think you're bein somewhat unfair in your assessment then? the marquez camp wanted the fight, campbell wanted to wait, now that marquez has got a belt in the division, he is asking for the fight and marquez is the one ducking now? So in other words you're implying that Campbell ducked Marquez. Provide some specific proof of that please. You're obviously not telling the whole story.

17y ago