Comments Thread For: Juan Manuel Marquez Sets His Sights on Lamont Peterson

[Mister Wolf]

Marquez is a career FW that's pushing 40, coming off a fight with the #1 boxer on the planet. How's about we cut him some slack? Peterson is an excellent fight for him at his first at 140.

Normally i would but he's the one that called Bradley out and said all this stuff. Im sure u read the articles like i did. So is he chickening out? If he is then ok just keep it real.

[Jim Jeffries]

Normally i would but he's the one that called Bradley out and said all this stuff. Im sure u read the articles like i did. So is he chickening out? If he is then ok just keep it real.

Could be promotional issues. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Hard to imagine a guy who's fought Pac 3 times and Mayweather would be afraid of Bradley.

However, Arum may not like the idea of putting Bradley in with Marquez because he’ll be cutting off potentially one of these fighters – the loser – as a future opponent for Pacquiao.

http://www.************.com/2011/12/...quiao-rematch/

[-Kev-]

Thought he would actually retire if it wasn't Pacquiao.

There is more money in a morales fight....

But Peterson is the better fighter and that's what makes JMM who he is, he takes on the best, doesn't cherrypick, and wins most of time. He fought both Juan Diaz and Casamayor when they were the best LW's, Katsidis coming off the Mitchell TKO win, he fought Floyd Mayweather Jr at welterweight, he fought and in most people's opinions beat Pacquiao at welterweight. At 38, he asks for Pacquiao 4, Bradley or Peterson...three of the best fighters at 140-147. That's why he's one of my favorites other than him being a smart couterpuncher.

[HardAss]

way better fight than the fraud's recycle ass fight

[Larry the boss]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bruzza]

There is more money in a morales fight....

As a fight fan I don't care about the money. I just want to see a good fight. Bring on marquez vs Peterson

[Dat]

Me too. I don't think Marquez has enough left to beat the type of fighter Peterson is today. He's also now champion and becoming champion improves you automatically.

I love Marquez, and the very reason is because he does this type of stuff. He chooses the top guy out there, apart from Bradley, who just beat the 'man' of the division.

Unlike some other guys who get given titles, Marquez has earned his the truest way, by beating the top guys.

Hard fight, which I would love to see, but sadly I don't think Marquez will win it. Should be great nonetheless and man, if he did win it....

Yeah it would probably be a good fight but I don't really see Marquez beating Peterson. Lamont is one tough son of a gun who boxes great on the inside. If Marquez loses to Lamont, the first person who is probably going to laugh his arse off is Pacquiao, and that'll make a Pacquiao-Marquez 4 even more unlikely to happen because Arum will now have a good excuse. Marquez I think is better off fighting Morales, instead of fighting Lamont, if he wants to fight Pacquiao again in the future.

[Rpgboxen]

Once Marquez wins Petersons titles if they fight it would add to a Marquez Morales fight in the summer or fall of 2012 for WBA/IBF and Morales WBC title which would also bring in more interest and more money. So Marquez should try for a peterson fight first then Morales in the summer or fall and after that he'd still have options if he wanted to continue fighting.

[thebaklapacklas]

Marquez Peterson would be a good fight!

And good for the Top Rank cash cow who'll be recycling his leftovers in Cotto.

I'm sure Manny is happy to know two warriors will have a tough fight against each other and then he'll get to fight the loser or hope the winner has had enough taken out of him by the time he decides to fight him next.

[bigcursedawg]

What the hell happened to Bradley? Marquez calls him out, now he wants Bradley's leftovers. Does Team Marquez know Bradley won the Pacquiao sweepstakes or what...

Peterson isn't exactly Bradley's leftovers. Yeah he lost to Bradley but it was a competitive fight.