MERGED: All About Pacquiao vs. Marquez III

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(("However, it was recently announced that rival sanctioning body, the WBO, would get the honor of sanctioning the bout (and charging their sanctioning fee). Since Pacquiao lost his WBO welterweight belt to Timothy Bradley last June and Marquez just vacated his WBO junior welterweight title to fight Pacquiao, the organization decided to invent a trinket for this big money bout-- The WBO "Champion of the Decade" belt.
Of course, along with the "honor" of such a title, there's the customary 3% sanctioning fee-- a substantial amount of money when considering the combined purse of the fighters involved. It could come to a seven-figure payday for the Puerto Rico-based sanctioning body, just for issuing some belt and allowing the promotion to use their organization's name.
And it was certainly enough money to set off the WBC's Sulaiman and kill all semblance of diplomacy from the 81-year-old. But rather than burn bridges with boxing cash cow, Pacquiao, the Mexico City native went after countryman and former WBC belt holder, Marquez.
Talking to Arturo Sacramento of Yahoo! Deportes, Sulaiman railed on Marquez, describing the 39-year-old future hall of famer as a fighter who became an idol because of his losses to Pacquiao and one who was not popular at all before those fights.
Characterizing Marquez as someone who chronically complains about his losses being robberies, the head of the WBC would even shoot down Marquez's claims of foul play following his most recent bout with Pacquiao-- saying that Marquez's complaints were without merit and only spurred on by a nationalistic Mexican broadcast crew. In the rest of the world, according to Sulaiman, Pacquiao clearly won.
But that's not what Sulaiman had to say back in November of last year, when Pacquiao was awarded a narrow majority decision victory over Marquez."))

katawa man ko aning JOSE SULAIMAN karon mao na ni iyang comment......Maybe because he was jealous that WBC was being snubbed by MARQUEZ?

[inxss4]

Hapit nasad ang away ni PACQUIAO.....

pOST your comments about ani mga bro....

[Renz8]

Wala na lami iya away sukad nag politico ug nag pastor na PacMan he lost the eye of the tiger na he he he

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Roach: It’s KO Or Nothing
By NICK GIONGCO
November 10, 2012, 9:08pm
Freddie Roach is so obsessed with a knockout victory by Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 8 that he won’t be certainly happy to see the fight go the full route for the fourth time.

“It has to be a knockout,” Roach said over the phone from the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood where he is finalizing the blueprint for the ultimate destruction of Juan Manuel Marquez.

Roach said scoring a knockout win over somebody like Marquez, the only fighter who has made Pacquiao shed off his Superman qualities, will be very difficult but is definitely doable.

“That’s what we are working on the gym,” said Roach, noting that Pacquiao has proven in the past that he has the punching power to put even the granite-chinned Marquez down.

Pacquiao scored three knockdowns in the first round in their first fight in May 2004 and had one in the rematch in March 2008. However, Marquez was able to stand his ground in the third match in November last year.

Roach’s feeling that Pacquiao has to win big against Marquez this time stems from the public’s desire to see the Pacquiao of old, the swashbuckling puncher who never hesitated to exchange blows.

Through the years, though, Pacquiao has morphed into a more readable fighter, something that has worked wonders for Marquez’s training team headed by the brainy Nacho Beristain.

Beristain used to say that Pacquiao “jumps in and out like a wild cat” but now that he has mellowed down, relying mainly on skills learned through the years, his makeover, has actually favored them.

Because Pacquiao has smoothen the rough edges, Beristain and Marquez have succeeded in predicting almost all of the Filipino’s every move.

But Roach and Pacquiao are currently working on bringing back the vintage style to mess up Marquez’s classic counter-punching ways.

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Wala na lami iya away sukad nag politico ug nag pastor na PacMan he lost the eye of the tiger na he he he

eye of the tiger gyod.... lisod man god c PACMAN mg multi-tasking lisod gyod kaayo.....

[sanlinux]

Kinsa jud kaha ang makadaog ani nga fight...For sure dghan mag pusta-anay ani kay bout2 ra silang duha...

[Bongoton]

Pacquiao-Marquez will ALWAYS be a DEAD HEAT.... I'd be very surprised if one wins convincingly..

[W.Axl Rose]

puola na aning salidaha uy....................

[kageron]

I hope boxing will not die again during this fight.

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Roach unfazed by Marquez size, shape
By Abac Cordero (The Philippine Star) | Updated November 23, 2012 - 12:00am
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Juan Manuel Marquez ZANFER PROMOTIONS

MANILA, Philippines - Juan Manuel Marquez raised some eyebrows when he held a media workout at the Romanza Gym in Mexico City yesterday.

Marquez looked in great shape and in fact could be in his greatest shape ever as he heads toward his Dec. 8 battle with Manny Pacquiao.

The 39-year-old Mexican, the only fighter in the last few years to give Pacquiao real trouble inside the ring, is full of muscles.

Photos of Marquez in a sleeveless shirt, working the mitts and hitting the speed ball were provided by Zanfer Promotions, and were posted on the Internet.

They didn’t escape the eyes of Pacquiao’s chief trainer, Freddie Roach.

“He’s big,” the five-time Trainer of the Year was quoted by PhilBoxing.com, The Philippines' Boxing Portal as saying.

But it’s not something Roach hadn’t seen before.

When Pacquiao and Marquez met for the third time last November, the Mexican looked like a smaller version of Lou Ferrigno.

Marquez was big and strong inside the ring, and in three meetings with Pacquiao, came closest to victory, only to take another controversial defeat.

Roach said during Tuesday’s conference call that building those size and shape of muscles won’t help Marquez.

“I don’t think it is a factor,” said Roach, also making sure that Pacquiao will be in tip-top shape for what could be the Fight of the Year.

“I don’t think muscle-men have a better chin. If anything, I think if you put a lot of muscle he will be a little slower than he used to be and we are going to take advantage of that,” he added.

Marquez doesn’t care about what others say.

“We have prepared a lot. We know Pacman (Pacquiao) and know how to fight him and how to beat him,” he said after his packed media workout at the gym owned by his trainer, Nacho Beristain.

“Now we are going for the victory, for the knockout and finally show who is the best,” added Marquez in a statement released by his promoters.