February 26th for Pac-JMM is off

[Mr. Violence]

That's a good thing for JMM cuz he was about to get knocked the *** out.

[( do )]

nope...remember why manny didn't sign the contract on his birthday? coz he's afraid this thing may happen (jmm backing out and getting less than the offer)...so he insisted to change the clause to "any opponent acceptable to hbo" so he can still get the same purse no matter who hbo dangles with him.

right, PAC insisted on havin' this clause sa as not to affect his purse..

this is what we call foresight and wisdom..

[evosbm]

damn! Juan Manuel Marquez! he claims he is the champion but trying to threat the rematch out of money just to have a reason of not getting in to it instead of proving what he's realy made of. if he could beat Pacquiao clearly, then i think there's no question he's the best and could demand for a big purse. but now is just not the proper time. he still needs to prove himself that he could realy beat Manny. why does he have to say, "my two title belts are at steak here," if he knows that he can realy beat Pacman? this clearly shows his own doubt in his capability.

[whdempsey]

Wow. This is really frustrating. This was a terrible decision on Marque'z part. There will be dreadful backlash. Puss.

[whdempsey]

Honestly, though, this may be a good thing. For Pacquiao and the Ring magazine, anyway. Most people think he got robbed in the first fight, and he won't run the risk of losing to a better prepared Marquez. Also, it serves to further credit the Ring's championship policy. When the alphabet groups champ backs out of a fight with the Ring's champ, you know that someone has to be wrong.

[reebox8225]

I figured JMM would back out, he said after the first fight that he didn't won't a rematch.

[Chups]

As you see Pacman ducks no one, the "avoided one" Marquez is now the "Avoiding Juan". Just like my sig, Pacman is being ducked, what the F@ck does he has to do to get an opponent!!! Damn Chickens!!

[ELPacman]

That's one hilarious pic Chupacola I think this is all JMM trying to mess up Manny's preparations now. Maybe he's trying to make Manny train less or be more fustrated and not as focused. Who knows though I want to know who the heck will Manny be facing then. Hmmmm.

[ELPacman]

Wait 1 second, what about this that Marquez said.

Marquez expressed doubts though on Pacquiao’s readiness to challenge him anew, prompting the Mexican dual champion to dare the General Santos City-native ring punisher not to make any excuses that may derail their February 26 rematch in Las Vegas.

“A postponement isn’t possible. We have an obligation to television and to our fans to be in the ring and ready to fight. We must arrive there in top condition and any last minute protest about an injury, just would not be valid. I’m expecting this second fight will be a war, and I’m preparing accordingly,” Marquez told Boxingscene.com.

[Sir_Jose]

My god I have never seen a group of fans be so dramatic. How many articles have Pac fans posted about this fight being on, this fight being off, so and so not wanting to fight and on and on.

They screamed at the top of there lungs that Marquez was scared and didn't want anything to do with Pac, but Arum said all along the rematch was in Feburary and guess what?...The fight was scheduled for Feburary

No major web site or source has broken this news, im sorry but forgive me if I dont take a one line sentance in "El Nuevo Dia" as gospel. Dont you think its funny out of all the boxing sites(Boxingscene, Max, **********, *********..etc) and all the boxing writes the only place you have heard this is one sentance in a PR newspaper?