PACQUIAO WANTS TO FIGHT MARQUEZ IN THE PHILIPPINES
By Maloney L. Samaco
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 16 Jan 2017
Senator Manny Pacquiao is looking beyond the scheduled fight with Jeff Horn on April 23 Australian time. He is charting his last quarter assignment against his Mexican nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez.
Pacquiao asked the Department of Tourism to fund his fight at the end of the year with P 3 billion or $ 60 million. According to DOT Secretary Wanda Corazon Teo, they would only grant the said amount if Manny would fight popular fighters like him.
The names of Marquez and Floyd Mayweather cropped up. The fight with either of the two big names would be easier to sell. Manny in a separate interview chose to fight Marquez than Mayweather.
Floyd has been preoccupied with some verbal and social media tussle with Conor McGregor hoping to lure the mixed martial arts audience in his fight with the world's most popular UFC fighter.
A healthy PacMan of course is more dangerous than the Pacquiao with a torn rotator cuff. It's much safer to fight an MMA fighter who had just secured his boxing license in a boxing match.
Pacquiao would want to fight a tiff that could create a colossal impact on the fans and viewers. His remaining bouts are limited to four and he cannot waste it by fighting bums.
Aside from Mayweather, the fighting senator has to settle a score with Marquez. The Mexican Dynamite is hinting a comeback.
But against Pacquiao he said he will no longer fight him because he already knocked the senator out and had nothing more to prove. During their fourth clash, Pacquiao was ĺeading in the judges' scorecards when the shocking KO came.
Marquez, his nose bleeding and had difficulty in breathing, even admitted he could be stopped anytime had he was not able to strike Pacquiao's face and send him to the canvas first.
Marquez will not be giving any chance for Pacquiao to win again by not fighting him for the fifth time. He said he was robbed of victory three times. He would be afraid of being robbed again especially if the fight will be held in the Philippines.
Marquez is already 43 years old and has not fought since a unanimous decision win over Mike Alvarado in May 2014. That is more than two years of inactivity which could be his disadvantage against Pacquiao who has fought twice last year.
But one thing is sure, being a counterpuncher and not a runner, Marquez will give Pacquiao one helluva fight. PacMan should determine what price is right for JMM to face him in the Philippines.
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