Top 10 reasons why Juan Manuel Marquez may defeat Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

[Picazo]

Great article, very true.
But what about things you cant exactly "see" or measure.
Things like heart, like fighting spirit.

Marquez possesses these things as well, I cant wait to see how he integrates these things into his plan fighting mayweather.
GO MARQUEZ! for your legacy and for boxing altogether.

[tesla_power]

On September 19, 2009, unanimous current number 2 pound-for-pound fighter, Juan Manuel Marquez, will face former number 1 boxing retiree, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Vegas odds have the fight favoring Mayweather by a heavy margin, but here are my top 10 reasons why the odds-makers may be wrong and why Marquez may defeat Mayweather, Jr.:

Number 10. Tale of the tape. With the exception of a reach advantage that Mayweather rarely uses in his favor, there is only a one inch height advantage. It is assumed that Floyd, Jr. will rehydrate more after the official weigh-in, but not that much more. I do not expect to see a naturally bigger Mayweather in the ring next month because he simply cannot sacrifice speed in favor of power against Marquez. In "short," this will not be a big guy v. little guy fight, which works to Marquez's advantage.

Number 9. Roger Mayweather. Without question, Uncle May needs mad props for training an exceptional athlete--his nephew. Team preparation was not all that impressive against a declining Oscar De La Hoya though, and a win against the overrated Ricky Hatton came down to nothing more than baiting predictable Rick to walk chin first into a check hook. Team Mayweather also has Roger's recent legal problems as a distraction. Camp drama is never a good thing when preparing to fight anyone let alone an elite class warrior like Marquez.

Number 8. Mayweather's ribs. If we believe him, then Mayweather suffered a rib injury in training camp that caused the original fight date to be postponed. Everything is fine just two months later? If the rib injury is real, then Mayweather will have a ***** in the armor that can be exposed.

Number 7. Nacho Beristain. Nacho is part trainer, part drill sergeant. Not that Marquez needs to be motivated, but he will come into the fight absolutely prepared for battle--physically and mentally.

Number 6. Chinny chin-chin. Marquez is like those one of those old Weeble Wobble toys. He goes down, but always pops back up. No man has ever earned a knockout of any variety over Marquez. Aside from Ricky Hatton leading with his chin, Floyd hasn't knocked anyone out since Sharmba Mitchell in November 2005. Don't expect Mayweather to be the first man to knock Marquez out.

Number 5. Work ethic. See also No. 6 above. Like Mayweather, Marquez may be a natural counterpuncher, but he is also a pressure fighter who makes his opponents work every round. If Mayweather cannot knock him out, then Money May better be ready to work for the full 36 minutes.

Number 4. Momentum. See also No. 5 above. A significant portion of Marquez's knockouts have come in the last half of his fights and he is coming off two great wins over Juan Diaz (TKO 9) and Joel Casamayor (TKO 11). He simply will not fade down the stretch like Oscar De La Hoya did.

Number 3. Ring intelligence. Both men have Ph.D.'s in pugilism; however, Marquez has shown that there isn't a fighter who he can't match intellectual wits with. Juan Diaz punished Marquez until Juan Manuel figured him. Once that happened, it was game over for the Baby Bull.

Number 2. Ring rust. Mayweather hasn't fought since December 2007. Up to that point, he was on about a two fight per year average. If his defensive mastery has deteriorated in any way, Marquez will exploit it.

Number 1. Manny Pacquiao. It is safe to say that Marquez is not looking past the Mayweather fight; however, he must fully understand that the only realistic shot he has to secure another date with Pacquiao is by defeating Floyd, Jr. A loss to Mayweather would be catastrophic to that goal and Marquez is as focused as any fighter in the sport today. Some may argue with this point, but Marquez and Pacquiao are better fighters today than they were before they fought each other. They may be rivals, but the hell they both walked through during the 24 rounds that they faced each other was an invaluable education in heart and guts. I'm not sure that Floyd, Jr. is not already looking beyond Marquez to a bigger potential payday with Manny.

Those are my top 10 reasons why Juan Manuel Marquez may defeat Floyd Mayweather, Jr. next month. On Wednesday, I will publish my Top 10 reasons why Mayweather may defeat Marquez. Is it September yet?

http://www.examiner.com/x-8370-Boxin...-Mayweather-Jr

Hmm. Easily this could be the reasons that Mayweather will win depending on how you look at it.

number 10: It was summed up that it will not be a big guy vs lil guy fight which works to Jmm advantage. It could not be an advantage if jmm level is at most equal. I see this factor that advantage of the tale_of_the_tale would be like --- PBF is greater than or equal to JMM

number 9 : Roger is still a trainer... distraction or otherwise. Plus, the Mayweather clan lives on camp drama. This would be nothing new.

number 8 : this could be a lie and a bait for Jmm to go for the ribs when there is clearly no advantage there. Pbf could have been leading Jmm to go for it.

number 7 : Nacho is good but if he does not incorporate a new weapon/gameplan for JMM this could be an advantage for PBF as he could just study JMM from previous tapes and be confident that the JMM there would still be the same.

number 6 : The same can be said on Mayweather. He has even less KD's than Marquez

number 5 : The same also. Mayweather may be a prick but he has exceptional work ethic

number 4: I kind of agree but did not see the significance of the De la hoya comparison. Pbf does not fade down the stretch.

number 3 : Ring intelligence is not an advantage for JMM. Pbf is no pacquiao ( not in anyway a dig at my fave pac but real talk, pac ring intelligence is nowhere near pbf or jmm. he offsets it by having a very good corner). Pbf will adjust and adjust until he could figure out Jmm.

number 2: True. This is JMM's real advantage but we don't know how much until fight night.

number 1: PBF has the same motivation but different reasons than JMM. JMM sole reason is to get back at Pac for those draw and arguable loss. But PBF motivation is P4P supremacy and MONEY.

IMO, if the old PBF shows up, he would be bringing everything that JMM has to offer... maybe even better. Factor in PBF body of work at WW and you could logically say that PBF would probably win. That said, I still hope that JMM could somehow find a way to win or lose valiantly, get a fight with Pac, and stage another epic battle with him.

[RisAri0]

JMM will be the smartest boxer Floyd has ever faced. To me thats pretty scary.

[MaD RoBoT]

Me too. War Dinamita!

****, Mang

your sig sends shiver down to my spine

ill stay away from your post

[Roxas]

Mayweather will win easily

[Burner]

Mayweather will win easily

Exactly..Marquez will not win one round...........

[Bhopreign]

Number one reason he wont win: Floyd Mayweather.

[Burner]

Number one reason he wont win: Floyd Mayweather.

Diaz was rocking JMM....and Pacs wild swinging ass was.

Floyd is going to kill this guy.........

[MaD RoBoT]

Diaz was rocking JMM....and Pacs wild swinging ass was.

Floyd is going to kill this guy.........

i don't know bout that

JMM survived 24 rounds with Pac with broken nose, cuts & all

suddenly featherfisted, rusty Floyd "kills" him

[Kalion]

i don't know bout that

JMM survived 24 rounds with Pac with broken nose, cuts & all

suddenly featherfisted, rusty Floyd "kills" him

How do you claim Floyd is Feather fisted?