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

[The_Demon]

Pac is a freak of nature....but still smaller than Floyd.

And anyway, Floyd and Pac aren't fighting.

and if they do pac gets schooled

[Pugilistic™]

Reasons why Mayweather will win:

He is naturally bigger, stronger, faster and better defensively.

Mayweather is actually superior to Marquez in almost every category. Thats not me hating on Marquez, Mayweather is just that good.

Marquez is my boy though, Hopefully he can pull off the huge upset.

[BennyST]

Reasons why Mayweather will win:

He is naturally bigger, stronger, faster and better defensively.

Mayweather is actually superior to Marquez in almost every category. Thats not me hating on Marquez, Mayweather is just that good.

Marquez is my boy though, Hopefully he can pull off the huge upset.

...and even more importantly, he is also much younger and in his prime still whereas Marquez has obviously been fading for some time, evident by all the wars and the amount he has been getting hit lately and taking longer to adjust and take out his opponents.

Sadly, Marquez doesn't have much of a hope, but I'm still glad he got his huge payday before the end of his amazing career. I don't like Mayweather for taking a fight that is so very obviously in his favour in every sense possible, but then you also must give Marquez great credit for taking the fight and willing to challenge Mayweather two divisions up from a division he really doesn't belong in anyway (135), being such a natural featherweight/S. featherweight.

I agree with whoever in that Mayweather is really only taking this fight because Marquez is old, small, doesn't present much of a risk and he knows that he can win while also being able to say he did something that his 'new nemesis' Pacquiao couldn't, that being beat Marquez without controversy.

It's the best way of him being able to take a fight he can win easily while also making the typical Mayweather-like point of "Hey, I beat Marquez and Pacquiao couldn't so therefore I don't need to fight him because I already beat the guy he couldn't so I would beat him easily anyway". It seems to have been a major point for Mayweather not taking all the big fights that most considered the only proper challenges and legitimate fights he should have had, apart from Corrales/Castillo etc in the very early days. His ability to spout the whole triangle theory of "I am the best fighter in this division, and I beat the guy who beat such-and-such therefore I don't need to fight him because I know that I can beat him", and his fans would happily back him up that he didn't need to actually prove it in the ring.

If they weren't Oscar-like paydays, though none were apart from him obviously and Hatton, they supposedly weren't worth his time and if they presented a good risk then they weren't even good enough to step in the ring anyway and he didn't need to prove that they weren't.

Oh well, I just desperately hope for the Marquez upset. Sadly, I think this is not one of the upsets like Douglas/Tyson that may actually have a possibility of coming to fruition. I think it would be a dream of all boxing fans, apart from the Mayweatherites, to have Marquez pull such an amazing career ending, career defining fight and it would also give Mayweather a much greater need to fight Pacquiao to prove that he could beat him and that the Marquez fight was a fluke or something. That would be the greatest thing in my lifetime to happen for me in terms of being a boxing fan. The Marquez upset!

Pray for it people! Not only will it be great for Marquez, it will also end up being greater for us because it would mean that Mayweather would have to take some real challenges to bring back his name and big cash-flow. He would need to take on Pac, Mosley, Cotto etc.

[JM1]

damn i thought i posted in this thread the other day cant find my post lol

deja vous?

[JM1]

Did you write both the articles, if you did then props bro

I don't really mind who wins, i like both fighters

not me bro the link was provided below. thanks for posting

[Pullcounter]

Number 10. Defense versus lack thereof. There may not be a fighter today (well circa 2007) with better defensive skills than Floyd, Jr. Combine that with the fact that Marquez is very hittable and you have a potential recipe for a Mexican disaster.

Number 9. Flash. See number 10 above. Marquez is the king of taking flash knockdowns, which are scorecard killers. Mayweather's counter punches are so quick and precise that I expect Marquez to hit the canvas at least once during the fight. Marquez will never be able to make up the ground in the late rounds if he gets too far behind.

Number 8. Hit and don't get hit. The essence of boxing is Mayweather at his best. Tell me all you want about the glorious charges made by Oscar De La Hoya and Jose Luis Castillo; however, the reality is that no fighter has ever come close to defeating Money May.

Number 7. Nacho Beristain. Yeah, he makes both lists for the simple reason that I question his ability to get the job done in major marquee fights. He trained Oscar De La Hoya and Marquez against Manny Pacquiao. In those fights he ended up 0-2-1. Granted the opponent in those fights is the absolute best in the sport right now, but Marquez also took too much punishment against Juan Diaz before he closed the show. Juan Diaz is no Manny Pacquiao. Either Nacho's fighters are too old to pull the trigger, as Freddie Roach would say, or there is a preparation problem against elite opposition.

Number 6. Blood. Marquez's forehead may well be pure scar tissue by now. If Mayweather can cut him, then Marquez will press more and make mistakes. Nobody gets away with mistakes against Mayweather.

Number 5. Experience and power. I'm talking about fight experience and natural power north of 140lbs here. Mayweather has fought as high as 154lbs and hasn't fought at lightweight since 2003. By contrast, Marquez has fought as high as 135lbs, but only twice. Like Roy Jones, Jr., Mayweather can hit when he wants to and Marquez is going to learn that Juan Diaz and Joel Casamayor did little to prepare him for the difference in punching power.

Number 4. Styles make fights. Styles do make fights, but they also make mismatches. If you're going to buy this fight, then be prepared for a chess match and not a war. Unfortunately for Marquez, he needs a war to win in my view; however, Mayweather never goes to war. If Marquez cannot dictate the action, then this thing will be Oscar De La Hoya all over again without a split decision.

Number 3. Road wear. In my last article I mentioned that the tale of the tape between the two men doesn't necessarily give Mayweather a significant advantage. I said nothing about age though. The older Marquez is battle tested and durable, but nobody can dispute that he struggled early against Juan Diaz. Mayweather may not throw as many punches as Baby Bull, but he is by far more dangerous. Marquez has taken a lot of punishment in his career, Mayweather hasn't taken any. As such, Marquez's best moments may have already been punched out of him.

Number 2. Manny Pacquiao. Since his "retirement" in 2007, Floyd, Jr. has been driven stark raving mad by all of the attention that Manny has received. He knows that Manny struggled against Marquez, and Mayweather is not about to give up a bragging right. The reality is that Pacquiao is the only non-financial reason why Mayweather came out of retirement and Marquez is his "what Manny can do, I can do better" project. Mayweather's post-fight speech is already written whereby he will talk about how he "dominated Marquez…something Manny couldn't do." This is the only reason why he is fighting Marquez in the first place--an attempt to trump Pac-Man. Floyd understands that failure is not an option and neither is a close fight with Juan Manuel.

Number 1. Sugar Ray Leonard. Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are the players they are because they "want to be like Mike." Floyd, Jr. is the fighter he is because he is motivated by the legacy of Sugar Ray Leonard. The analogy is imperfect, but it is very real, at least to Mayweather. Sugar Ray found a way to win (almost) every time and Floyd is convinced that he possesses the same ability. So far, he has.

Some of you may disagree with how I ranked numbers 1 and 2 above, which is fine because I struggled a bit. At the end of the day though, my belief is that Mayweather puts legacy over money. In that respect, I think he will be the biggest Miguel Cotto fan in the world on November 11th. If Cotto wins, then the Manny problem goes away (along with an enormous paycheck) and the legacy remains in tact. The hard part is still in front of him though--Juan Manuel Marquez.

http://www.examiner.com/x-8370-Boxin...Manuel-Marquez

this is a no brainer. jmm has no hope.

[JM1]

this is a no brainer. jmm has no hope.

never write-off a warrior

[Pullcounter]

never write-off a warrior

jmm is not outclassed, he is outgunned.

[- JCHING -]

All very good points and obviously the reason why Mayweather is gonna be such a huge favourite coming into this fight.

But I still think JMM could pull off the upset. Mayweather hasn't fought in the ring for a long time now. He picked up an injury in the build up. Where as JMM has looked fantastic in his last two fights and beaten Pacquiao twice.

If JMM wins it will be a close decision win. If Mayweather wins its gonna be by KO/TKO or wide UD.