He got screwed over by Floyd not honoring the contract. Everyone knew this was a money grab by JMM. He felt he wouldn't get roughed up and physically beaten down (I thought he'd get stopped and would never get the fight he really wanted - Pacquaio III) so he took the $3m plus $600k for the weight advantage Floyd (didn't need but) bought. Marquez was very frustrated at GBP for being underpaid and underexposed. Berto was making more money on his under card than he got headlining in those days and pressured GBP into getting bigger paydays since they were failing to deliver Pacquaio III.
If you look at what he and Nacho were saying prior they were saying they will give their all and are working on things but didn't say they will win. They knew the size of the task and Nacho even said he didn't like the size of Marquez or his speed prior to the fight.
Not sure you were watching back then or know the stories but that's how things played out.
This actually was a gamble that paid off for Marquez because TR would never have given him fight III yet now they wanted to use him at 147 as a measuring stick for Pacquaio and tried to bring him in as a lamb to the slaughter and it backfired and Marquez schooled him in fight III and KO'd him in fight IV giving Marquez something Floyd never had - a win over a great fighter.
I've always been Marquez fan. I am not blinded fanboy. I went to pretty much every Marquez fight from Barrera to Alvarado (missed Juarez, Ramos and Senchencko only) and can view his career objectively.
If you look at what he and Nacho were saying prior they were saying they will give their all and are working on things but didn't say they will win. They knew the size of the task and Nacho even said he didn't like the size of Marquez or his speed prior to the fight.
Not sure you were watching back then or know the stories but that's how things played out.
This actually was a gamble that paid off for Marquez because TR would never have given him fight III yet now they wanted to use him at 147 as a measuring stick for Pacquaio and tried to bring him in as a lamb to the slaughter and it backfired and Marquez schooled him in fight III and KO'd him in fight IV giving Marquez something Floyd never had - a win over a great fighter.
I've always been Marquez fan. I am not blinded fanboy. I went to pretty much every Marquez fight from Barrera to Alvarado (missed Juarez, Ramos and Senchencko only) and can view his career objectively.

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