Why is Floyd being so respectful towards Marquez?

[The Scientist]

Maybe those long stare downs with Marquez stirred something deep within little Floyd, and he realized that it's more than a feeling.

[ILLuminato]

He wants it to look like he's actually in a competitive fight

[THRILLA77]

How can u not respect marquez hes a true warrior.........

[Ekscape]

You can bet your ass (no ****) that if that Pacquio fight happens then the old Floyd will re-emerge x10 with avengence...

[The Golden Boy]

aint nothing changed, there are just certain fighters PBF respects and JMM is one of them. Same with Kostya Tzsyu, he would be talking trash bout all these fighters during an interview but as soon as someone mentions Tzsyu he has nothing but nice things to say.

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

Is he 32? I think people generally tend to grow up by that age. Or maybe he's taking a leaf out of Manny's book because he sees that he doesn't need to act like a goon to be successful.

Nah, it's because he respects Marquez and likely doesn't see any benefit in playing up that angle.

People act like Floyd has never refrained from pre-fight trashing guys he respects for whatever reason.


That's why I don't think there'll be any inordinate trashing of Manny by Floyd if that fight ever gets made (apart from to say he's better than Pac, naturally). That, and there'd be little point in doing so besides. He might trade some with Roach, though, but we'll see.

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

People act like Floyd has never refrained from pre-fight trashing guys he respects for whatever reason.

True respect.




Lil' Floyd is a funny lad, but he ain't what you guys make him out to be. There's a decent guy in there.

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

And who wouldn't respect Juan Manuel Marquez????????!!!!!!!!!! The man's a beast and a dog and a motherfuckin' problem!!!!!!!!!!


I canna wait for this fight now!!!!!!!!!!!

[The Hammer]

Marquez is much smaller and several years older, and was hand-picked for those reasons.

So Floyd isn't trashing him because he's confident, he doesn't feel insecure and threatened by the natural featherweight JMM.

I would love to see JMM upset Mayweather, but it's unlikely to happen.

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

So Floyd isn't trashing him because he's confident, he doesn't feel insecure and threatened by the natural featherweight JMM.

He didn't feel threatened by Hatton and was supremely confident! And he trashed him to fuck, hahahahaha!


You got to drop the grudge and be real, ~Buddy!








If JMM beat Floyd it would be something special. Initially I wasn't so sure, but now I think we can't really lose in this fight. Mayweather wins, we likely get Pac-Mayweather. Marquez wins, HOLY ****, and we likely get Pac-Marquez III.