JMM is currently in L.A. meeting with GOLDEN BOY to cement JMM-Katsidis

(10Aug2010) After handing Juan Diaz a second loss in their two head to head match ups, WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez called out a familiar name. “The Mexicans, the Filipinos, everyone wants to see it (a third fight with welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao). I’ll be ready for November, and hopefully Pacquiao will take the fight.” Well one thing is certain. JMM will fight in November according to his trainer, Nacho Beristain, but as for whom he will face come fight night? “We are fighting Michael Katsidis in November out of obligation.” Beristain informed me that his fighter, JMM, is currently in Los Angeles meeting with GB representatives to cement this fight. “The fight with Pacquiao isn’t going to happen. I don’t believe it’s ever going to happen again because Bob Arum isn’t trying to make this fight happen.” Not trying to make this fight happen?Who wouldn’t want to see a third clash between these to combatants? The answer? The businessman that stands to gain in the short run, but lose more in the future. After twenty-four rounds of brutality, one thing is certain, JMM is a TRUE threat and viable foe for the Top Rank’s cash cow, Manny P. Beristain insisted to me that he and his student not only knpow how to win, but DID win already.“We came from behind after stumbling early in our first fight with him (Pacquiao) to a draw decision. But in our last fight with him, we beat him by two points.” So with the Katsidis fight being confirmed by Beristain, I took the opportunity to have him handicap a potential clash between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. “Floyd Mayweather is special; a gift. He is very difficult to fight because it’s very hard to hit him. His defense is strong and hard to breakthrough.” “In fighting Manny, Floyd will be bigger and have those quick hands.” “With Manny, you’ve got a fighter that doesn’t showboat. He is quick, but not as quick as Mayweather,” Beristain continued, ” but I will say that he is definitely a fighter that knows how to hit. He is a spectacular fighter.” “I won’t comment on who I think wins this fight. That is for the time when they fight.” In addition to providing his thoughts on the Floyd/Manny showdown, Beristain also gave his insight on the potential “fight of the year” rumble between his former student, Rafael Marquez and current WBO featherweight sensation, Juanma Lopez. The two are to meet on September 18 at the MGM GRAND in Las Vegas for Lopez’s title. The bout will air live on SHOWTIME Network. Said Beristain, “Rafa and I parted ways due to scheduling conflicts. He wanted me to be available to him when I couldn’t be so he went on his own to train with a new coach.” “I believe this fight is going to be great, but the outcome will be Lopez winning.” Beristain is confident in his prediction because as he told this scribe, “JuanMa is younger, stronger, faster, and hits harder than Rafa ever did.” So the question becomes, who you got? Floyd over Manny? JuanMa over Rafa?http://fightchronicles.com/boxing/floyd-is-a-gift-manny-is-spectacular/

Comments (20)

I have a bad feeling for Marquez in this fight.

15y ago

Agent_Mulder

Good for you Juan..don't let that scheming, fame seeking, chinchilla chinned coward Khan get one up on you...good choice, better fight. :boxing:

15y ago

Iceta_Lives

Yes. This is a good fight. Hopefully Khan fights a 140 lber and not pull a Berto.

15y ago

Heru

What do you guys reckon its on? PPV or HBO? It's going to be on HBO WCB. HBO didn't want to spend money from the budget for that fight, so GBP, JMM, and Diaz took their chances on PPV. JMM's minimum was over $1 million, after the win, they can pay him that and Katsidis whatever he wants. ****. they pay Berto 1 million plus for **** fights... That would be some gross mismanagement (but it's standard at HBO so you never know).

15y ago

Rolaz

Marquez should be fighting a legitimate Jr Welterweight such as Khan, Bradley or Alexander.

15y ago

Steak

nice matchup, I like it. although Marquez is much more skilled and Katsidis is quite flawed, this is a pretty darn dangerous fight for Marquez. people like to act like hes amazing, but the man can get hit a lot, hes shown it his whole career. and if theres one thing Katsidis can do, its dish out punishment. thing is, Marquez is also great at breaking people down, and Katsidis is easy to hit. its going to be a 'whoever can break the opponent first' type of matchup. Whoever starts to faulter first may very well not recover. whoever loses their offense ability first will have virtually no defense.

15y ago

mrpain81

HBO has idiots running their Boxing though, instead of having Marquez vs Katsidis they would rather have Berto fight Kotelnik. The last time Marquez was on HBO he pulled in 1.65 million live viewers, that's more then what Cotto did against Foreman and everyone had a hard on for that. Berto has never pulled in more then 980k live yet he gets preferential treatment and gets to hand pick the guys he fights. Like I said HBO is run by idiots.

15y ago

Heru

If there's anyone that can make JMM feel every day of his 38 years, it will be Kats. I'm kinda undecided tbh... I think it may be JMM's last stand. I know, but I have a feeling JMM will do what he does with his ability and guevos, keep the fight close while wearing Katsidis down, and close the show. I have a theory that blowing up grossly in between fights shortens careers more than any punch. JMM stays in excellent shape in between fights, so as long as he stays at 135 he will be free from a last stand situation, unless he runs into someone that is that good. Katsidis is good and I can see him hanging in there and winning a decision, possibly stopping him, but I doubt it. JMM will keep going strong until he moves up, remember he could have been done after Diaz forced him to break his punch count number, he could have been done after moving up and taking 300+ punches against Mayweather, but he didn't. What I will tell you is that his face will not hold up as long as his body can.

15y ago

Zarco

it will be on HBO. jmm and kats cannot carry a ppv. I expect katsidis to be stopped or lose by a wide margin. Jmm can take a punch.I think they can, JMM is a Mexican super star. JMM-Diaz 2 which was a **** fight that no one asked for did 200k PPV's and did $900,000 at the gate. Both were coming off losses, JMM and Katsidis are coming off impressive wins, Katsidis has been on a role. The fans are demanding this fight because their styles make for a war. They arent going to do DLH, Mayweather, or Pacquiao numbers but it will do good. JMM has a strong following and the fans come out for good fights.http://www.goldenboypromotions.com/media/2009/sept/9.13.09_marquez2/M.JPG

15y ago

Story

I really hope JMM wins this and retires. I wanna see this legend raise his hands up in the air at the end while the HBO guys praise him with an epic quote. I'm taking bets on this if it happens BTW.

15y ago

Zarco

It should be HBO championship boxing imo. Do you think this is JMM's last stand? Kats will try to wear him out.That'd be fucking tight lets all hope it is. JMM still has some thing left for any fighter that is not too big+too good ala Mayweather.

15y ago

Zarco

What do you guys reckon its on? PPV or HBO?

15y ago

Heru

Nacho better pray that Rafa doesn't kick his ass for betting against him. :nonono: Nacho sounds bitter as fukc with that quote. Rafa has a good shot at making him eat that. jmm will dominate kat Katsidis is too strong physically and mentally to get dominated by a blown up JMM. Agree with this. It's one of those situations where i'd like to see both guys fight again, just not with each other.. this fight seems like it would play out almost exactly as everyone would predict.. that Marquez, the obviously superior craftsman making his opponent look bad and perhaps with Katsidis, having the ability to find the right shot or couple shots to put it away somewhere within rounds 6-10 Katsidis will take the fight to the inside and make it a good rough fight and he will keep it up as much as he can, but he gets hit far too much. Escobedo lost most rounds and still did a number on the man's face. This will look like a mixture of JMM-Diaz I, Katsidis-Casamyor, and Katsidis-Escobedo. All good action fights, but this will be for the Ring and linear Championship and pushes Khan into a fight against an opponent his size. Can't really ask for better, I got JMM.

15y ago

mrpain81

real talk lopez is gonna destroy rafa..this fight is bogus he should be fighting gamboa Why you hating? They are building it up so it does 2 million ppv buys in 2015. Arum knows what he's doing, he's still building up Abraham vs Pavlik.

15y ago

BoxerDood

real talk lopez is gonna destroy rafa..this fight is bogus he should be fighting gamboa He wants Chris John next, and he is the #1 LW. That would be a competitive fight too. John is capable of outboxing him. And that would be for The Ring title.

15y ago

Golden_Boi_360

Katsidis deserves a big pay day. This will be a good fight, Marquez late TKO in a competetive fight.

15y ago

restless_438

JMM-Katsidis will be official?!?!?!:wank: There's too many good opponents and threats at 140 to be fishing for a lightweight. Agree with this. It's one of those situations where i'd like to see both guys fight again, just not with each other.. this fight seems like it would play out almost exactly as everyone would predict.. that Marquez, the obviously superior craftsman making his opponent look bad and perhaps with Katsidis, having the ability to find the right shot or couple shots to put it away somewhere within rounds 6-10

15y ago

War_Dinamita

nacho said mayweather is faster than pac... I think Floyd is faster than Manny with one or two punches, but Manny is faster with his combinations.

15y ago

BoxerDood

Amir Khan must be pretty pissed off right now. That was his ticket to fame lol I wonder who he's gonna fight now. Why do I get the feeling they'll go after Erik Morales if he gets by Willie Limond impressively? That sounds like something GBP would do...

15y ago

Zarco

nacho said mayweather is faster than pac...A dew days before the Diaz rematch Marquez said Pacquiao hits harder than Floyd.

15y ago