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by David P. Greisman - It was his white whale, and then he caught it.
Juan Manuel Marquez chased after Manny Pacquiao for eight and a half years. He followed Pacquiao from featherweight, where they fought to a controversial draw in May 2004, to junior lightweight, where Pacquiao won a close split decision in March 2008. He continued to go up division after division in pursuit, to lightweight and to junior welterweight, and then into the welterweight division.
It was there, within a catch weight of 144 pounds, that Pacquiao and Marquez had their third fight, this one coming in November 2011, this one once again ending with Marquez coming up short, the verdict once again one with which he passionately disagreed. He infamously stormed to his dressing room at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where he sat with nothing but a sombrero covering his privates while HBO’s Max Kellerman interviewed him about the result.
There had been others fights, of course. He’d turned down the terms for a rematch with Pacquiao after their first meeting and ended up flying halfway across the world, taking very little money to face Chris John. That was solely to save his world title, the best leverage he had at that moment, except he would be robbed both of the decision and his belt. He’d later beat Marco Antonio Barrera, stop Joel Casamayor, battle with Juan Diaz in one of the best fights of 2009, and lose a one-sided bout to Floyd Mayweather. [Click Here To Read More]
Juan Manuel Marquez chased after Manny Pacquiao for eight and a half years. He followed Pacquiao from featherweight, where they fought to a controversial draw in May 2004, to junior lightweight, where Pacquiao won a close split decision in March 2008. He continued to go up division after division in pursuit, to lightweight and to junior welterweight, and then into the welterweight division.
It was there, within a catch weight of 144 pounds, that Pacquiao and Marquez had their third fight, this one coming in November 2011, this one once again ending with Marquez coming up short, the verdict once again one with which he passionately disagreed. He infamously stormed to his dressing room at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where he sat with nothing but a sombrero covering his privates while HBO’s Max Kellerman interviewed him about the result.
There had been others fights, of course. He’d turned down the terms for a rematch with Pacquiao after their first meeting and ended up flying halfway across the world, taking very little money to face Chris John. That was solely to save his world title, the best leverage he had at that moment, except he would be robbed both of the decision and his belt. He’d later beat Marco Antonio Barrera, stop Joel Casamayor, battle with Juan Diaz in one of the best fights of 2009, and lose a one-sided bout to Floyd Mayweather. [Click Here To Read More]
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