Why did Marquez lose when stepping up?

[Zaroku]

add Orlando Salido to JMM list of great wins Orlando Salido turn out to be better win then most thought it would be at the time he fought him.

Siri is awesome!

[TheBoxingXpert]

Imagine how badly Marquez would lose if he fought Errol Spence. Marquez is very easy to hit.

[ramses07]

Imagine how badly Marquez would lose if he fought Errol Spence. Marquez is very easy to hit.

you're clearly trying to bait ppl bro

why did u even bump this thread? spence is a young prime WW, and jmm is an old man

get a life guy

[soul_survivor]

Juan diaz
Joel casamoyer
Barrera
Katsidis
Manny

Barrera was well past his best and the Manny win is su****ious as hell, although JMM did give Manny fits for 3 previous fights.

JMMs example is a bit like Norton, a guy well remembered for his Ali trilogy (and win) and maybe the fight with Holmes but other than that, someone who was always there and there about but never managed to really go to that next level.

That shouldn't take away from either fighter, it's just that they weren't an upper echelon great.

[TheBoxingXpert]

Barrera was well past his best and the Manny win is su****ious as hell, although JMM did give Manny fits for 3 previous fights.

JMMs example is a bit like Norton, a guy well remembered for his Ali trilogy (and win) and maybe the fight with Holmes but other than that, someone who was always there and there about but never managed to really go to that next level.

That shouldn't take away from either fighter, it's just that they weren't an upper echelon great.

I guess we could call Marquez a high-level gatekeeper, then?

[SunSpace]

Marquez is a legend. That man is smart, and he will do whatever it takes to get an edge. That's a tough combination. Watching him do all that crazy stuff on 24/7 is so weird that it's inspiring. I don't think you can count him out against anyone. At the very least, you know he's up somewhere at extreme elevation, doing all he can to beat you. He's a great fighter.

[soul_survivor]

I guess we could call Marquez a high-level gatekeeper, then?

Definitely not a gate keeper. Marquez is a former world title holder in multiple divisions. He just isn't an out and out great like a Manny or a Floyd or the 2 great Mexicans of his generation.