Which of these do you think Juan Manuel Marquez can beat?
Nate Campbell
Devon Alexander
Timothy Bradley
Ricky Hatton
Amir Khan
Marcos Maidana
Paulie Malignaggi
Kendall Holt
Andreas Kotelnik
Victor Ortiz
Cast a vote in the Khan vs Marquez thread.
JMM doesn't belong at 140 but i think its a testament to his incredible talents that he would still beat a good few of the top 10 LWW's around now.
i can see khan and maidana both losing to JMM. although both fighters have an excellent offense both are also there to be hit, make mistakes when going forward, have question marks over their chins and are defensively suspect.
i think JMM would struggle with the top dogs like malignaggi and bradley. i think urango would be too strong for him as well.
as for the others i think its a toss up and JMM would give the likes of ortiz, devon, hatton and holt a good run for their money.
marquez is a legend and was just beat by one of the top 2 boxers in the world of the last decade at a weight 2 divisions above anything he has fought before.
none of the top ten light welters have yet to match what marquez has done in boxing and none of them are as of yet in the class of floyd, and are a weight below floyd too.
i would easily give marquez a 50/50 chance with all those mentioned and more than 50/50 with most of them.
I think he would only have a chance to win against Malignaggi, Kotelnik, Campbell, and Hatton...
I am not saying he would win but he has a chance... All the others IMO are just plane mismatches...
Malignaggi and Hatton though will give him hell... out of the 4 I picked those 4 would give him the most trouble...
I think Kotelnik will be the easier fight but is not sure win for JMM...
Campbell it depends on how much he has left...
JMM does not belong at 140 he is a LW... And, that is pushing it....