Comments Thread For: Marquez-Golden Boy Situation To Be Sorted Next Week

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Golden Boy Promotions CEO, Richard Schaefer, said that next week's meeting in Mexico with WBO and WBA lightweight titlist, Juan Manuel Marquez will not only address the status of their contract with each other, but also, the fighter's desire for a third bout with eight-division champion, Manny Pacquiao.

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[Check_hooks]

Bull****. Like Top Rank gives a **** about promoting a 38 year old piss drinker whos not a draw. Arum already said he doesn't care about promoting Marquez.

[SluggerFan]

Unfortunately, I don't think a fight between Pacquiao vs. Marquez can be done unless GBP isn't involved. Since JMM asked if he could talk to Top Rank directly, I think it would be a one fight exception. GBP overpriced JMM when they submitted their demands to Top Rank because GBP wanted to be paid! I think JMM wants to go them directly, state something like I want $2.5 million and a percentage of PPVs above a certain number and that be that. Arum doesn't want to promote JMM, he just wants to be the sole promoter for Pacquiao vs. Marquez. Now, I am not saying I agree with that, I am just saying that is the bottom line. And I hope it can be worked out because I want to know who is the best between two. Plus the first two fights were great fights so there is no reason to think the third won't be a barnburner either...

[ivan49]

JMM and Top Rank are on the same wavelength here. GBP is dumb not to see it. Knowing that there is a provision in JMMs contract that they can match any offer offer by a rival promoter, in this case TR, JMM will just let it expire and TR will not even approach JMM until he is a free agent. When the GBP contract is extinguished, thats when JMM and TR will make a deal for a November 2011 fight with Pacquiao. GBP is desperate to get involved in the promotion. TR is just laughing its way to the bank.

[Seleção No. 13]

Golden Boy are in a lose-lose situation with the Pacquiao-Marquez fight. They should've just accepted Marquez's offer of GBP promoting his other fights except for the one with Pacquiao. Otherwise, Marquez will be a free agent.