Comments Thread For: Marquez: Ball is in My Court, 4th Pacquiao Fight in Mexico!

[puga]

I'll pay you $500 to make a video proving pacquiao landed 176 punches in this fight definitively.

I give you a 1 in 3 million chance to prove the compubox numbers accurate.

i'll pay you $500 to go outside and just check the mail....

[boxingfan76]

WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez arrived to Mexico City earlier today, and received a hero's welcome, with an anxious crowd of over 300 people, including press, radio and television, fans and family. Many carried banners with expressions of admiration and support for last Saturday's controversial twelve round majority decision loss to Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

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yes absoluley stick to your guns juan,they did it to you 3 times already,in mexico with mexican judges is the way to go,these idiots are hellbent on making a mayweather fight pacman will only lose anyhow you will never get a fair shake in vegas or the united states,people are brainwashed with the pac hype,you won you call the shots if they dont like it they can fawk off and continue selling their hype job with a 3 defeats to JMM.

[heat27]

Ur wrong there amigo.Its either Marquez or floyd.Manny cant fight bradley
or anyone else no more.

yes he can...who going to stop arum from making that fight???

[salitap4p#1]

JMM should never fight Pac again. He has shown the world the truth and what he can do at 38 yrs old against the lb for lb best fighter in the world not named Mayweather.

He should retire and ride off into the sunset and take care of his family and keep working on ESPN Deportes.

JMM has nothing to prove and he will never get a dec win over Pac....ever. Not as long as a mega payday with Mayweather is looming out there.

Agreed. And at 38 how much can he still keep on giving in his training and when he gets to the ring? It's almost as if this will keep happening until age catches up with him and then finally there's the decisive win for Pac. Further fights to settle this will help his bank balance but could harm his legacy. He has to decide which is more important to him.

I'd tell Arum and Pac's team to go F themselves. Their credibility and reputation have been hammered and Marquez can retire a legend or take a lesser (but still big) money fight elsewhere. That sounds like a good ending to me.

[4Corners]

Well, since Pac and Arum aren't negotiating a fight with Floyd, in favor of a fight with JMM, than I applaud Marquez for this.

The ball IS in his court, no matter what ANYONE says. Pac and Arum, after last nights revelation, are percieved as avoiding the Floyd fight, for a fight with him. Marquez should demand $10 Million and a fight in Mexico City. If they decline, f**k them. Marquez can still go back down to 135 and fight Rios, DeMarco, Guerrero. Or he could move up to 140 and fight Maidana, Bradley, etc. Or he could retire after making another big payday of 5 million, plus some of the PPV profit.

Than, if Manny declined that fight with Marquez, he would be forced to make the fight with Floyd, or fight Bradley and than it would look even more evident that they are avoiding Floyd.

Manny is in a bad spot right now, even the most delusional Pac fans can't deny that.

[chav]

JMM should say he wants 50:50, in Mexico etc.

Arum doesn't want to watch Pacman get taken apart by Mayweather and JMM knows this, so he should be a boss and treat Arum and Pac like punks and get what he wants.

No way will he win in the USA unless he stops Pacman. Viva Mexico!!!

[x3_bazooka_x3]

LOL ..nice try jmm but no....pac aint american either just like you .. anywhere is cool(altho not practical) but mexico or philippines...

Pac doesnt have to be American for Marquez's statement to be correct, Manny brings in big money to HBO, and a Marquez loss spells trouble for the Pac May build up and revenue...
thats a fact, HBO Contracts fighters what do you think it means when fighters sign a six or seven fight deal? the networks make millions with them fighting on their network and to have the biggest richest fight in history collapse all because of a 38 year old Mexican nightmare, you think HBO is going to let that happen?
Or the Casinos that had Manny a huge betting favorite with thousands of Marquez fans there who bet on Marquez...
Use your ****ing brain, Pro Boxing in America is Big business its not a ****ing sport... its sports entertainment.

[puga]

ii dont want this fight unless its in mexico

only mexican want this to happen in mexico and it's not going to happen and it should'nt....

[arraamis]

JMM should never fight Pac again. He has shown the world the truth and what he can do at 38 yrs old against the lb for lb best fighter in the world not named Mayweather.

He should retire and ride off into the sunset and take care of his family and keep working on ESPN Deportes.

JMM has nothing to prove and he will never get a dec win over Pac....ever. Not as long as a mega payday with Mayweather is looming out there.

Exactly!!!

The goal is not to serve JUSTICE to JMM, it is to get Manny a more convincing win. This means that JMM will have to surpass his efforts in fight III because for certain, he will be fighting the paid-off judges, Manny in the ring, the HBO announcers and everyone else who's determined to keep Manny's stock high and sell-able.

[Capo Loko]

Smart, smart move from Juan Manuel. Brilliant even

He's bright enough to realize that even though Manny's the cash cow, he's the one in the driver's seat. Not only should he insist on the fight being on his turf, he should ask for more than $10 mil guaranteed. $15 mil+ PPV upside sounds about right. This past fight did some monster numbers across the board (9th all time gate in Nevada, most watched Boxing event in Mexico's history, most buys for a Pacquiao fight according to early reports).

They could fill Azteca stadium to capacity in 2 days. If Pac's side says no, JMM can walk away and Top Rank would be forced to parlay with Haymon and co. and if they instead choose to go to some other bull**** like Tim Bradley, the backlash would be epic.

Brilliant.

You're the only smart Filipino I know. Green k.



Marquez should ask for this:
50/50
No cs. Make it at 135-140
Mexican judges

Take or leave it.... Floyd will be waiting!


Wtf at the people saying this should be in the Philippines? Lulz.