Will Floyd be the key to a third Pacquiao-Marquez bout?
Here’s a thought. Floyd Mayweather Jr. will whup both Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao when he faces the universally recognized number one and two Pound-for-Pound fighters in the world. Floyd is after all the bigger guy against both men and just a couple of years ago fighting either of them would’ve absolutely drawn fevered scrutiny among fight fans. Well that was then, things have changed now and people’s logic has been bent somehow. For that you have to thank Manny Pacquiao.
I guess it is true when they say out of sight, out of mind because just a year after Floyd released a statement announcing his retirement from the sport of boxing, everyone seems to be clamoring for him to fight Manny Pacquiao and there’s people out there who actually think Marquez has a chance of beating him on July 18.
How did the sudden change happen? Well, I guess because Pacquiao beat both De la Hoya and Hatton in a more spectacular fashion than Floyd did, and since Marquez was the last boxer that gave the Pacman fits, all of a sudden got everyone thinking differently- but it is sound rationale? Oh how things can change in a year. You can say Pacquiao kept grinding while Floyd was sleeping.
But what if a lot of people are simply just missing the point? What if Floyd’s role is to simply bring both Pacquiao and Marquez’s ego back to earth and make them realize he is still truly the best boxer in the world- pound for pound? If that does indeed happen, then maybe Pacquiao and Marquez 3 would finally come to reality as both men would surely want a shot at redemption. And if they do end up losing to Mayweather Jr., why not take it out against each other? There is no love lost between the two of them anyway.
I didn’t intend to get too far ahead of myself, but in the event that things pan out the way I just hypothesized, all parties involved win- well almost everyone I guess. (Surely, “Sugar” Shane Mosley would like for things to go down differently) Everyone gets paid more and the fans get the fights they have been clamoring for.
Fight fans, what do you think? Do Pacquiao and Marquez really stand a chance against the bigger and slick “Pretty Boy Floyd”? Comment below and feel free to share your 2 cents.
http://www.examiner.com/
I guess it is true when they say out of sight, out of mind because just a year after Floyd released a statement announcing his retirement from the sport of boxing, everyone seems to be clamoring for him to fight Manny Pacquiao and there’s people out there who actually think Marquez has a chance of beating him on July 18.
How did the sudden change happen? Well, I guess because Pacquiao beat both De la Hoya and Hatton in a more spectacular fashion than Floyd did, and since Marquez was the last boxer that gave the Pacman fits, all of a sudden got everyone thinking differently- but it is sound rationale? Oh how things can change in a year. You can say Pacquiao kept grinding while Floyd was sleeping.
But what if a lot of people are simply just missing the point? What if Floyd’s role is to simply bring both Pacquiao and Marquez’s ego back to earth and make them realize he is still truly the best boxer in the world- pound for pound? If that does indeed happen, then maybe Pacquiao and Marquez 3 would finally come to reality as both men would surely want a shot at redemption. And if they do end up losing to Mayweather Jr., why not take it out against each other? There is no love lost between the two of them anyway.
I didn’t intend to get too far ahead of myself, but in the event that things pan out the way I just hypothesized, all parties involved win- well almost everyone I guess. (Surely, “Sugar” Shane Mosley would like for things to go down differently) Everyone gets paid more and the fans get the fights they have been clamoring for.
Fight fans, what do you think? Do Pacquiao and Marquez really stand a chance against the bigger and slick “Pretty Boy Floyd”? Comment below and feel free to share your 2 cents.
http://www.examiner.com/
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