Exactly, but the Marquez fight is a much better option. Completing of a trilogy that some people view as controversial(i do for the second fight), a chance for Pacquiao to whup a dominant LW champion, and a guaranteed exciting fight on styles. Mosley's old as ****. He has no titles or p4p standing worth a ****. He just got embarassed by Pacquiao's rival last year. Why even bother? Because it's easy money. Manny should take the opportunity to show Marquez who his daddy is for the record.
140 could have been good but I'm not even sure at this point. At 147 I would have been concerned about Marquez health to be honest. As much as I dont like the Mosley fight I'm glad Marquez didnt get the fight at 147.
A better option? Marginally. In theory, Marquez is a better choice...but we'd all be half expecting Marquez to go down several times in the opening 3 minutes. We'd be half expecting him to stay down this time. Seeing Mosley legitimately stopped would actually still be a source of shock for some of us.
Why would it be good? Manny's only fight at 140lbs lasted two rounds. He devastated a pretty good fighter in double quick time and rendered him completely unconscious with a single, solitary punch. That was infinitely more devastating and emphatic than anything we've seen the Filipino do at 147lbs.
Marquez goes down more than a cheap slut. But he always gets up... I really would gain no pleasure from seeing Shane get KTFO. As much as I dislike him i'd prefer for the dude to just hang em up before somebody really hurts him. But I guess I'm asking for too much.
How do you think Marquez/Margarito would have gone at 147lbs? Let's assume Margo was fighting fit and in the best shape of his life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Mosley#Steroid_use_in_2003 Hard to say. Styles STRONGLY favor Marquez in some ways but I see brickfists putting on a ton of pressure and at least taking a UD. I just don't know if Marquez could hurt Tony enough to discourage him. Not sure. I definitely think the Margo of the Cotto fight slaughters him.
I would laugh my ass off if any of those handpicked old, washed up,previously severely ko'ed, drained or never were ever would actually pull the upset.............eventually it will happen. BTW , when was the last time Pac fought anybody on the upside aka at the top of his game, lol, Barrera /Marquez ? So give or take two draws and a win, lol, no thats impressive for the so called best fighter on the planet..............carefully matched with smoke and mirrors for the average Joe Blow who is not a boxing fan but simply a Pac fan......most likely 5 foot 4 120 pounds with a David and Goliah complex.
So I assume most of your 5000 + plus posts are of similar quality.......lol FIY, noob your hero could not stop the totally washed up no skill no defense slow as Molasses whilewing everything but the kitchen sink at him and got even a couple of times hurt against this can of the cans.......while Grandpa Mosley gave him the KTFO...........Pacs power at 147 is wayyyyyyyyyyy overrated and average at best, Hearns or Tito would have sent Cheato into a coma, FACT. Anyway , he ain't stopping Mosley, most likely he get a UD while getting busted up and hurt in the process.
The style matchup makes this a competitive at, almost, any weight. Pacquiao has always had speed, youth, size, and strength advantages over JMM. JMM has always had a technical and ring IQ advantage over Pac. JMM is not looking so faded that he won't have his moments against Pac. Therein lies the problem.