Mayweather-Marquez 24/7: Pt. 2 Reviewed

[NachoMan]

Hmm. I think that a lot of serious boxing fans believe that Marquez has a fair shot at winning. I wonder how the author defines a serious boxing fan? I hope he doesn't mean the supposed 'elite' group of boxing web-zine reporters. Btw, how about a spelling and grammar check on these reviews?

[crold1]

"Are you freaking kidding? Marquez is not lost at sea or anything, right? The gym is landlocked, correct? Marquez explains this disturbing scene, something about vitamins.

Dude, go to GNC!"

Seriously dude...that was gross.

[lcheezy]

marquez has a very good chance to win early. if this fight gets to round 4 and beyond. marquez is in for a beating. floyd's been gone for awhile and everything he does is timed with speed. that said then he'll be off a little so jmm better get him early or the beat down will be ugly.

[NachoMan]

floyd closed the doors on the sparring and then they showed the end results with the head gear. it does'nt look good for marquez.

Is this sarcasm? The fact that his opponent had to emphasize that his bloody nose was 'real' blood made me pause for a second. At any rate, JMM can handle a bloodied nose just fine. It's Money May who might actually pass out from seeing his own blood.

[crold1]

marquez has a very good chance to win early. if this fight gets to round 4 and beyond. marquez is in for a beating. floyd's been gone for awhile and everything he does is timed with speed. that said then he'll be off a little so jmm better get him early or the beat down will be ugly.

Gotta disagree. Floyd is SMART about matchmaking and is much more likely to win early. Marquez has a career long penchant for being stunner badly, or dropped, in big fights. Norwood, Pac, Diaz...all examples. While not known as a puncher, Mayweather is usually an excellent finisher and given his speed and size has a chance to hurt Marquez early and look spectacular. I think it's why he took this: the chance to stop one of the P4P guys. If he doesn't, if Marquez guts it through, Mayweather could end up in a fight late but have a lead he'll be stingier with than any of the aforementioned.

[NachoMan]

marquez has a very good chance to win early. if this fight gets to round 4 and beyond. marquez is in for a beating. floyd's been gone for awhile and everything he does is timed with speed. that said then he'll be off a little so jmm better get him early or the beat down will be ugly.

Not so sure about this assessment. Marquez has shown that he stays pretty strong for the duration of a fight. He's far from a four-round fighter. That said, I think it would be smart of JMM (he knows it too, of course) to get as many of the early rounds in the bag to force Floyd to be more aggressive in the latter half of the fight. The way I see it JMM has to win 8 or 9 rounds clearly to win a decision. I just can't imagine him getting a decision in a fight that he doesn't clearly dominate.

Floyd may be faster, but I, for one, don't believe that he is as significantly faster as many in the media are claiming. In terms of speed and skill, I don't view this fight as anything close to a mismatch. It remains to be seen if size and power present a mismatch though.

[crold1]

Not so sure about this assessment. Marquez has shown that he stays pretty strong for the duration of a fight. He's far from a four-round fighter. That said, I think it would be smart of JMM (he knows it too, of course) to get as many of the early rounds in the bag to force Floyd to be more aggressive in the latter half of the fight. The way I see it JMM has to win 8 or 9 rounds clearly to win a decision. I just can't imagine him getting a decision in a fight that he doesn't clearly dominate.

Floyd may be faster, but I, for one, don't believe that he is as significantly faster as many in the media are claiming. In terms of speed and skill, I don't view this fight as anything close to a mismatch. It remains to be seen if size and power present a mismatch though.

Here's what I find interesting about size. Had these two met when Floyd was at 130, it's just shy of pick 'em. In a hypothetical, both at 135 knowing what we know of their time though? Easy to assume a great fight. At 144? Until we see how JMM handles the weight, all we have is knowing Floyd grew into a quality Welter. I don't think anyone could call it a mis-match but Marquez winning still seems far fetched under these conditions.

[Random1]

I've never seen you quite so sarcastic Cliff. Given the reactions here, it might have been just a bit too much. Didn't bother me though, but I've had the tendency to be too sarcastic in my life...

[SkillspayBills]

Drinking his own pee. Oh boy........there is a REASON its pee.

[steptwome]

Well at least we have something to look forward to. I have to agree with the comments on the urine scene. That's definitely out of the norm.