Paquiao-Marquez in negotiations!!

[Daredevil69]

WBC ORDERS MARQUEZ-PACQUIAO II
By Matt Goldstein


BREAKING NEWS: Although slated to defend his title on November 3rd against Rocky Juarez (27-3 with 19 knockouts), WBC 130lb champion Juan Manuel Marquez (47-3 with 35 knockouts) has been ordered by the WBC to defend his title against Pilipino superstar Manny Pacquiao (45-3 with 35 knockouts). If Marquez defeats Juarez, he will have 30 days to negotiate for the Pacquiao fight. This does not seem to be a problem according to Ignacio Beristain as he explained that Golden Boy Promotions have already started negotiating with HBO for an early date in 2008. In the first fight, Pacquiao knocked Marquez down three times in the first round and Marquez shockingly got up to brawl and box his way to a draw. The final decision was not without controversy however as one judge did not realize they could have actually scored the first round 10-6 in favor of Pacquiao. Had the first round been scored correctly, the result would have been a split decision win for Manny. Remember where you heard it first! 8:00am est.

Question is, what if Juarez pulls out an upset against JMM? Will Pac still fight JMM for the biggest pay day of his life, or will he cry forever regretting he ran away from pac before for a bigger pay day?

[Bogler]

hope this happens, though it'll be really hard to negotiate. since jmm has the belt, a win over barrera who got 2M w/ pac, and coming off a draw and not from a lost to PAC like barrera, he surely would want no less than 2M i guess.

but being a weaker ppv draw than MAB, plus the WBC sanctioning fee, this will be hard to make, but i sure hope they do.