I'm starting this thread because, like many fight fans, I'm disgusted by the Pacquiao-Margarito fight being cooked up by Bob Arum for November 13.
No fighter has done less to deserve a fight with Pacquiao than Margarito. After a year and a half licking his wounds after the handwraps disgrace and subsequent humiliation at the fists of Mosley, Margarito is getting a shot at one of the biggest names in the sport.
This after skulking into a showdown with an obscure journeyman fighter in Mexico, and attempting to by-pass the CSAC for fear of having his license application refused. The guy who in 2008 was "the most feared man in boxing," was too scared to ask for his license back from the men and women who rightfully took it away.
Since the disputed loss in 2008, no fighter deserves a Pacquiao fight more Juan Manuel Marquez. Today he showed what an immense and enduring figure he is in boxing, handing out a hefty walloping to Juan Diaz. After 24 epic rounds against Pacquiao, we know Marquez has his measure. A measure won despite four brutal knock-downs and much spilled blood.
The only way for us to get the trilogy bout between these modern legends is to hassle Top Rank and HBO into making it happen at the expense of Pacquiao-Margarito. This is one of boxing's ultimate grudge matches.
It's pretty simple, folks. If you want to see Pac-Margarito, ignore this thread. If you want to talk about Baby Bull, ignore this thread. If you want to talk about Floyd Mayweather, talk about him in one of the thousands of other mindless threads created for that purpose. And ignore this thread.
This is about fans who want Pacquiao-Marquez III instead of Pacquiao-Margarito I, II or XXIII.
I admit I'm a bit intrigued by the thought of pac/marquez III after seeing Marquez tonight. But IT MAY BE like somebody else already said: JMM is past it, Diaz is WAY past it.
At any rate, anybody is more deserving than Marg, bring Pac vs Marquez III, or hell, even Pac vs Malignaggi, I don't care.
no problem with Pac-Tony
but if JMM insist on going to 140, go ahead and do Pac-JMM 3
no point since JMM can't fight past 135, but give him his death wish
Pac need to drop Ring belt for 140 if he isn't defending it
if they did a 3rd fight, Pac will kill him this time
How about Mayweather v Pacman? Oh sorry i forgot, Floyd is not thinking about boxing right now.
Not one damn word about Mayweather in this thread. Thank-you.