Juan Manuel Marquez: record, next fight and profile →
Nacho Beristain, the manager and trainer of WBO 140-pound champion Juan Manuel Marquez, says his boxer will receive word in the next few days on whether or not a fourth fight with Manny Pacquiao will actually happen.
For most of this year, WBO 140-pound champion Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 39KOs) has been holding out for a fourth meeting with Manny Pacquiao. Marquez is still hoping for a fourth bout with Pacquiao on November 10th. The way it appears at the moment, WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley is the most likely candidate to face Pacquiao in November. Bradley won a controversial twelve round decision over Pacquiao in June.
Nacho Beristain, the hall of fame coach of four time world champion Juan Manuel Marquez, believes there is an 80% chance that a fourth fight with Manny Pacquiao will take place on November 10th. On June 9th in Las Vegas, Pacquiao lost a controversial twelve round split decision to Timothy Bradley. Nacho says a fourth meeting between Pacquiao and Marquez will generate a lot more interest and a lot more money than a Pacquiao-Bradley rematch.
The youthful manager of IBF Pan Pacific lightweight champion Al Sabaupan will not allow his boxer to fight Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez unless Marquez’ WBO light welterweight title is on the line.
The wheels appear to be in motion to stage a fourth fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez this coming November, likely either in Las Vegas or in Mexico City. Pacquiao is coming off of a highly-controversial split-decision loss to Timothy Bradley earlier this month in a fight that the public overwhelmingly saw in his favor. One fight earlier, this past November, Pacquiao struggled yet again with Marquez but managed to pull out a majority-decision verdict.
The focus is now quickly shifting to a fouth showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez for November 10th. Despite Timothy Bradley winning a controversial twelve round split decision over Pacquiao last Saturday in Las Vegas, the rematch doesn't appear to be in Top Rank's plans until 2013.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is still in favor of staging a fourth fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez on November 10th. Arum appears to be moving away from the idea of having an immediate rematch between Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, who won a controversial twelve round split decision over Pacquiao last Saturday in Las Vegas.
STRENGTH and conditioning guru Alex Ariza yesterday claimed that Manny Pacquiao’s planned rematch with Timothy Bradley will not take place in November. Instead, it will be Pacquiao against Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez in a fourth encounter following the hugely controversial majority decision win by the Filipino ring icon in their third fight.
Ryan Burton catches up with WBO interim-junior welterweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez to get his thoughts on Pacquiao decision loss to Tim Bradley.
Moments after the official verdict of the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley fight was announced, members of the media and various boxing insiders began pouring into the MGM Grand’s media center in anticipation towards the evening’s post-fight press conference. Bradley would score a shocking upset, coming away with a split-decision verdict over Pacquiao after two 115-113 scorecards were read in his favor while the third 115-113 tally was for the sport’s only eight-division champion.