During their last 3 outings, I had the fight 1 win for Pacman and 1 win for Marquez and the other one is a draw. This 4th upcoming fight, they promised both that they will knockout each other. May the best man win. For me, this fight will determine who will be the Greatest and Pound-for-Pound fighter of the World. Hail them.. I know this will be a very exciting and interesting fight. Toe-to-toe and a tooth for a tooth. ;)
Marquez - 39 y/o. 5'7" tall, 69" reach, (54-6-1, 39 KOs) 4 division champion, alias "Dinamita"
Pacquiao - 33 y/o. 5'6" 1/2 tall, 67" reach, (53-4-3, 38 KOs) 8 division champion, alias "Pacman"
Choose Your Bet (Pacquiao VS Marquez IV)
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nuclearfist78
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Re: Choose Your Bet (Pacquiao VS Marquez IV)
IMO I don't think the winner would be a clear world #1... other fighters are up there too. Pacquiao 'losing' to Bradley, some will take that into account, others won't - neither him or Bradley making a rematch, well we'll see. It's not as if it needed building up after the first fight... Apart from that his last eight fights have been unsurprising, at least to me, I picked him to win all of them (Hatton onwards) and thats not me blowing my own trumpet, I think they were very clearly his to win.
Marquez in his last eight (Casamayor onwards) has not beaten the same level of people that Pacman has in the same timescale... the fact that he gets the plaudits for the wins I think indicates he is nearer the level of his opponents than Pacquiao is. Would you ever countenance Pacquiao, or Mayweather, taking the Likar Ramos fight? You can't be #1 and have warmups like that, its big fights or none.
The fact that Pacquiao and Marquez are in close fights with eachother is testimony to the stylistic qualities of the matchup, its not an indicator IMO that Marquez is ready to be crowned #1 in the world. But Pacquiao, unless he makes this one an emphatic win, won't consolidate it either.
Marquez in his last eight (Casamayor onwards) has not beaten the same level of people that Pacman has in the same timescale... the fact that he gets the plaudits for the wins I think indicates he is nearer the level of his opponents than Pacquiao is. Would you ever countenance Pacquiao, or Mayweather, taking the Likar Ramos fight? You can't be #1 and have warmups like that, its big fights or none.
The fact that Pacquiao and Marquez are in close fights with eachother is testimony to the stylistic qualities of the matchup, its not an indicator IMO that Marquez is ready to be crowned #1 in the world. But Pacquiao, unless he makes this one an emphatic win, won't consolidate it either.
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SaadOffTheDeck
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Re: Choose Your Bet (Pacquiao VS Marquez IV)
Ward and mayweather will be my #1 & 2 fighters no matter what happens. I'll play Marquez by decision again and take it on the chin.
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The 1bangkid
- Light Heavyweight
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Re: Choose Your Bet (Pacquiao VS Marquez IV)
SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Ward and mayweather will be my #1 & 2 fighters no matter what happens. I'll play Marquez by decision again and take it on the chin.
Re: Choose Your Bet (Pacquiao VS Marquez IV)
Why is this in BOTP?
Anyway, I'm going with Marquez, decision, close
Anyway, I'm going with Marquez, decision, close