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I mean he came up in weight for this trilogy and still managed to make Vasquez look like somthin out of a horror flick each time out, he even managed to carry his power up to super bantamweight and break Vasquez's skull in the first fight. Skill-wise, he's beyond Israel and I think he's had a far better career. His only real flaw as always, has been his stamina, defense, and shakey chin. He could be rattled at bantamweight, but he didn't need to utilize nearly as much headmovement as he desperately needed for these bouts with Vasquez because he would just eventually smash through his opponents.
I really didnt think it was smart of him and his team to take on Vasquez as soon as he came up, I remember before the first fight that I felt it's going to go either way. He really needed to test the waters at super bantamweight before takin on a Vasquez, he needed to feel a big punch at this weight, he needed to see what it feels like when he fades at this weight in order to know that he has to pace himself better (wich he actually did in this 3rd fight), and he just needed that experience. If he would have got it sooner, I really doubt he would have tried to out muscle Vasquez in their first two fights.
Not takin anything away from Vasquez, he's always been strong, always ate alot of punches, and always been a workhorse type fighter. Takin punches just to give his own. But Marquez, the fact he's far better, far more skilled, far more accomplished...To see him fall victim of bad decision making by his team, he really doesn't deserve that. The dude was top 10 p4p easily, and you saw that. I mean he rocked Vasquez like 3 times in this third fight, even knockin him down. It's just they put him in there against someone who was just too big for him. I think he deserves better handling then that, I'm not sayin these fights shouldn't have takin place, but they shouldn't have taken place so soon.
Anyways, Marquez still has a jab that can turn human skin to ground beef and a right hand that can decapitate. So he's still got some moves to make. I'd like to see him stay at super bantamweight, maybe take what he's learned and see how far it gets him and eventually, come back for one more against Vasquez.
I really didnt think it was smart of him and his team to take on Vasquez as soon as he came up, I remember before the first fight that I felt it's going to go either way. He really needed to test the waters at super bantamweight before takin on a Vasquez, he needed to feel a big punch at this weight, he needed to see what it feels like when he fades at this weight in order to know that he has to pace himself better (wich he actually did in this 3rd fight), and he just needed that experience. If he would have got it sooner, I really doubt he would have tried to out muscle Vasquez in their first two fights.
Not takin anything away from Vasquez, he's always been strong, always ate alot of punches, and always been a workhorse type fighter. Takin punches just to give his own. But Marquez, the fact he's far better, far more skilled, far more accomplished...To see him fall victim of bad decision making by his team, he really doesn't deserve that. The dude was top 10 p4p easily, and you saw that. I mean he rocked Vasquez like 3 times in this third fight, even knockin him down. It's just they put him in there against someone who was just too big for him. I think he deserves better handling then that, I'm not sayin these fights shouldn't have takin place, but they shouldn't have taken place so soon.
Anyways, Marquez still has a jab that can turn human skin to ground beef and a right hand that can decapitate. So he's still got some moves to make. I'd like to see him stay at super bantamweight, maybe take what he's learned and see how far it gets him and eventually, come back for one more against Vasquez.
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