Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez --- POLL

[Steak]

I think that Marquez is a little bit overrated just because he is the last of those three really skilled Mexicans...Barrera, Morales and Marquez, of course. I mean, Barrera and Morales both at their best around 10-8 years ago, when they were both ruling at Super Bantamweight and made multiple title defences there, and both took a big chunk out of their career when they fought each other.

Marquez has been around nearly as long and not been in as many hard fights, and has only been winning titles for 4 years(which is still excellent haha, but just not nearly as amazing as Barrera and Morales, whose primes had already passed by the time Marquez started taking over featherweight)

Marquez had a very hard time with an older Barrera, who was a very skilled boxer puncher still, definately, but he had trouble with guys like Juarez not long before and his punch power and stamina had gone way way down since his earlier years.
Marquez has also slowed down himself a little...not as quick imo, and has become a bit too much of an offensive fighter to work fantastically as he did in the first Pacquiao fight.

Ill go with Pacquiao by Decision. should be a very fun fight!

[Liaison]

I wouldn’t pick Marquez merely on the last fight, it was 5 years ago. Since then Pacman has added a lot to his game while keeping his force of nature aura about him, JMM has merely gotten slower and older.

If they fought 6 months after the first fight I would put my house down on JMM, now I’m not very confident in his ability to fend off Pacs rapid-fire shots.

[GooGoo]

I think Pac will stop Marquez in the 9th round.

[PrtyBoyDlicious]

PACYAW YAW YAW YAW by KNOCK THE **** OUT between Round 1 and Round 12!!!!

[Horus]

Who's taking this one and how?

I like Manny by late round TKO

I got 20k on Pacquiao

[-Antonio-]

Marquez by split decision. I dont think Pac is as fresh as he was at 126 regardless of what they say, and I think that's more important than the small inprovements he's made to his attack.

A trilogy would suck. Pac has been wasting his prime fighting the same three guys. We'll never know how he would have done against a much better boxer in Guzman or a reckless power puncher like Valero.

[sinep]

i got pacquiao by tko!

[Crazylegs77]

I cant make a call on this one, Pac was stronger in the beginngin of their first fight but Marquez proved his toughness so its too close to call for me.


If Pac can stun Mar early with his power and swarm him I wouldnt be suprised though if it was a 1 rounder.

[damian5000]

Marquez by split decision. I dont think Pac is as fresh as he was at 126 regardless of what they say, and I think that's more important than the small inprovements he's made to his attack.

A trilogy would suck. Pac has been wasting his prime fighting the same three guys. We'll never know how he would have done against a much better boxer in Guzman or a reckless power puncher like Valero.

Pac was coming up from 122 to fight at 126 in their first fight. Now this time around Pac is the bigger man. And in more prime. Pac has added to his game while if anything, Marquez's change to his technique will fall right into Pac's hands. I think this is going to be close, but not so close as people think.

Pac by UD or by TKO in rounds 7-9

[JOM'S]

imho as what we have seen what happened this last four years, if they had this rematch instead of pac-em 1, jmm could probably have been A superstar ...

but four years is a long time ago ... pac by late rounds ko/tko