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watch the mayweather fight free
Nutty:
Interest definately has waned, especially after the way Pacman lost.
Plus Marquez don't owe jack. Especially after the farcical that was the third fight. He deserved his win....and the KO too.
I'd like to see Pacman/Mayweather, just to shut people up...... but it's a few years too late.
DeeezNuuuts83:
I feel Marquez DOES owe Manny another shot, especially when people will watch it and he can pick up the biggest paycheck of his career.
Regardless of who you felt won each fight, the reality is that Manny agreed to more fights when Marquez had not yet officially won. Even the rubbermatch was weird, as it usually follows two fights where both fighters are 1-1 in terms of wins and losses against each other, though Marquez was 0-1-1. And going into the fourth fight, he was officially 0-2-1. Did he deserve to win the third fight? Maybe. But none of the three judges saw it that way, and you can at least argue that maybe Manny really did win, as the punch stats back that up. To quote Roger Mayweather after the split decision was announced at De La Hoya-Mayweather, "Check the mothafuckin' punch stats."
Also, after the first three fights, Marquez has always pretty much been an asshole. I can get his frustrations, but all he ever did was swear up and down that he won and insisted that he was robbed by blind judges. He first followed Manny to the Philippines (where he was treated nicely upon his arrival), then he was wearing that yellow "PACQUIAO YOUR [sic] NEXT" shirt and then just walked off after the third fight once he wasn't announced as the winner. It's basically a huge diss not only to your opponent but also to the judges. At least Manny has always been a gentleman. Between them, the worst thing he ever did was say, "Yeah, I think I won that fight." Nothing cockier than that. And even when he got completely robbed against Bradley (which was WAY worse than the judging of ANY boxing match), all he said was that he thought he won but that he respected the judges decisions. No marching off the ring, no stupid T-shirts with grammatical errors.
Marquez might as well cash in while the time is right. It's like Mayweather -- people will still watch Pac-May, but due to the waning interest, it's likely not going to be the 3-4 milliion PPV buy people expected it to be, which means that their cut isn't going to be what it could've been, approaching $100 million each. IF Pac loses to Rios, then he will probably retire then, and Marquez holding out for a bigger paycheck (remember that he was asking for $20 million, then rejected the $13 million offer to fight Bradley for a fraction of that) will have been in vain and then he gives up pretty much making what he's made over every fight he's done in one match. BUT he'd still at least have the satisfaction of winning the last fight by a KO... but why turn down an offer more than double what you got before (and also your career-high payday) to fight a guy who you just knocked out?
It would be interesting if Bradley ends up beating Marquez though, even though I don't see that happening.
Nutty:
Fair point. But its hard to see Marquez wanting to go a 5th go with Pacman, he got his win.
We'll have to wait and see.....
Didnt know the DLH/Mayweather was a split decision.
DeeezNuuuts83:
--- Quote from: Nutty on May 08, 2013, 05:59:12 PM ---Fair point. But its hard to see Marquez wanting to go a 5th go with Pacman, he got his win.
We'll have to wait and see.....
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It's obvious that Marquez is just playing hard to get and wants to cash in, otherwise he'd never have even spoken about demanding a HUGE purse (which was originally $15 million but grew to $20 million before officially declaring Bradley as his next opponent). Why else would he continue to fight after such a significant win over someone like Manny, especially against someone like Bradley for literally a fraction of what he was offered for a fifth fight with Manny? But it does make sense in some respects, as most rematches that aren't required by contract aren't going to be immediate anyway, especially since the loser should win again to be back on the upswing.
But again, it would be funny if this backfires on Marquez in the form of Bradley winning. Remember, that years and years ago, Marquez turned down a rematch with Manny for a pretty good guarantee (at least to him at that point in his career) for a fraction of the money, then he ended up losing. And then in that case, we can see Paquiao-Bradley II, and Bradley can argue for getting a $10 million check. That would be something, because if that goes down and then Manny does beat Bradley, he can say that he beat the guy who beat him last time, but he's up on the official scorecards (2-1-1) against Marquez. But that's WAY the fuck down the road.
--- Quote from: Nutty on May 08, 2013, 05:59:12 PM ---Didnt know the DLH/Mayweather was a split decision.
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Yeah, it was the only non-UD/KO/TKO of Floyd's career.
Sccit:
--- Quote from: Nutty on May 08, 2013, 05:59:12 PM ---Fair point. But its hard to see Marquez wanting to go a 5th go with Pacman, he got his win.
We'll have to wait and see.....
Didnt know the DLH/Mayweather was a split decision.
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that would be gay...pacman gave him 3 rematches, and marquez cant even give him 1? we better get a 5th if pacman wants it.
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