Is Pacquiao-Marquez III the biggest backfiring cherry pick in history?

Khan vs Prescott deserves a mention.

If you think JMM is a cherry pick than you don't know sh*t about boxing. STFU noob :bottle:

Not even close.

was Mayorga expected to run through vernon forrest like he did?

How did it backfire? he won. Even for Arum, it now makes Pac/Marquez 4 even bigger financially.

I take it back then, If i look at it that way then yes Pac alway try to cherrypick fighters who are war-torn, almost done or close to retirement like you said.I think Oscar Pac was one of the most humiliating attempted cherry picks in history.

Take in to consideration that Oscar cherrypicked the smaller fighter, while that fighter was young and his prime. Pacquiao cherrypicked the smaller fighter, while he was old, close to retirement, and has seen better days. I take it back then, If i look at it that way then yes Pac alway try to cherrypick fighters who are war-torn, almost done or close to retirement like you said.

How can you cherry pick a guy you went life and death with twice? Also, people complained about the catch weight, but while I said it prior to the fight, can anyone honestly say size was a factor after what went down Saturday? And Age? yes Marquez is 38 but let me ask you this; Would any SMW and LHW be called a cherry picker for going after a 44 year old Bernard Hopkins (keep in mind almost all of those guys are younger than Manny by 3-5 years)? Also almost all the legit 160, and 154 are almost a decade younger than Martinez.....would it be considered Cherry picking if they went after a 37 year old Sergio Martinez? This is a classic example of people seeing what they want to see. They sure gave it to your stupid a$$ didn't they. How is it a cherrypick? Lets see, the fight was at welterweight & Marquez was damn near 40, only a dumb pactard couldn't see that, dumb pactard.

Whether people want to believe it or not, it's definitely up there.

Well, Victor and Berto was pretty bad. Victor was supposed to be a walkover.

yes it is the biggest cherry pick......

Oscar-Pac still takes it.. Take in to consideration that Oscar cherrypicked the smaller fighter, while that fighter was young and his prime. Pacquiao cherrypicked the smaller fighter, while he was old, close to retirement, and has seen better days.

Oscar-Pac still takes it..

How did it 'backfire' if he won? You clowns need to get something called perspective, it's only $9.99 at your local grocery store. Actual cherry picks that back-fired: Ali-Spinks I Baer-Braddock perspective is just that your perspective.and in theory oscar v pac would have been a cherry pick but, they made oscar fight at 147 he hasnt fought at 147 in 7yrs so they beat oscar at the scale. had they fought at 154 and pac won it would have been a great cherry pick upset. but since oscar had to wt 147 ON FIGHT NIGHT he was defeated at the scale before they fought.

Make no mistake, this was an attempt by team Pac to outdo Mayweather without getting in the ring with him, and it backfired. Team Pac was so confident of a KO in this one, one of 'em said even God couldn't help Marquez. ba dum....kshhhh

This is probably the biggest backfiring cherry pick in my lifetime. Evander Holyfield was right around the corner yet Iron Mike gave Buster Douglas for a supposed easy pay day. No one gave Buster Douglas a chance. For Pacquiao vs Marquez 3, the majority of Pacquiao Fans thought that Marquez was a dangerous and credible opponent. We had two fights on the indicator of how the fight will play out. However, the media and Pacquiao haters were dismissing this fight outright. They were expecting domination, Marquez was too small, i'm not excited about this fight, the Pactards are just hyping up the fight, etc. Only haters and those delusional about Pacquiao's skills think this was a cherry pick. i disagree with the bold print. if you go back and read the post of the average pac fan, you will see most of them had pac by ko win. and some even said JMM would probably spend the night in the hospital. i posted they were crazy and asked how many times have pac ko'd JMM in the first 2 fights? that bit of history didnt seem to matter to pacs fanatical fans. they were very wrong and i posted the 3rd fight would end in controversy just like the first two.

Make no mistake, this was an attempt by team Pac to outdo Mayweather without getting in the ring with him, and it backfired. Team Pac was so confident of a KO in this one, one of 'em said even God couldn't help Marquez. LOL i guess god showed ariza not to use his name to hype a prize fight.

I mean, if we're talking fights that are supposed to be easy but ended in upset, there have been countless this decade alone. Pacquaio fought Morales just to stick his name on his resume on his way to bigger things. Morales wasn't supposed to have a chance. How about Mosley-Margarito? Another easy formality gone all wrong. Pavlik-Hopkins was supposed to be Kelly's coming out party. Ever heard of Rumble in The Jungle? Ali, having lost to Frazier, was supposed to be easy work for Big George. It **** like this that makes boxing exciting to watch in the first place. good post great historical perspective. kelly was suppose to be the first fighter to ko b-hop and shane was suppose to be another big name victim for margarito. good work paulf.

are you on crack? how was marquez a cherry pick being the #5 in the world?Make no mistake, this was an attempt by team Pac to outdo Mayweather without getting in the ring with him, and it backfired. Team Pac was so confident of a KO in this one, one of 'em said even God couldn't help Marquez.