It looks as though both Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2) and Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0-0) have their next fights set and ready to be dominated. According to numerous reports and confirmations, Pacquiao will be facing Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1) in November. This will be their third fight, as their last two left the fans with many questions and doubts. Their first bout in 2004 ended in a controversial draw, and their second fight in 2008 ended in a split decision win for Pacquiao, also resulting in much speculation and disagreement between the fans. Their third fight has been expected for a long time, with fans begging to close the drama-filled scenario and give everyone closure on the subject. Floyd Mayweather Jr. has decided to make a comeback this year, and will be facing the newly rejuvenated Victor Ortiz (29-2-2) in October. Ortiz has recently showed that he is not at all a faded fighter by decisively defeating the previously unbeaten Andre Berto. With Ortizs stock through the roof, Mayweather Jr. picked a very good opponent to fight in his comeback. Depending on the weight that Pacquiao and Marquez will be fighting at, I see their bout going one way: Pacquiao destroying Marquez in a very aggressive, statement-making fashion. Of all the fighters out there, I give Marquez the biggest chance of beating Pacquiao. Still, at this point in time, with Pacquiaos constant improvement, Marquez will be too small and too weak to tough it out with Pacman in the middle of the ring. A brawl is unavoidable, which will result in Marquezs downfall. Staying outside and using his ring IQ is the only way for Marquez to hang in there and spend more time standing upright on the canvas. Once they get close and start mixing it up, Pacquiaos power (as seen and heard of via Shane Mosley) will devastate Marquez quickly. I see this as being a very easy fight with a guaranteed victory for Pacquiao. Floyd Mayweather Jr. on the other hand will be facing a younger and hungrier fighter in Ortiz. Not only is this by far the biggest bout in Ortizs career, its the most dangerous one as well. I am aware that Mayweather Jr. is not a knockout artist, and that his power despite being underrated by many, is only slightly above average. Nevertheless, the reason that he is a dangerous opponent is due to his ability to dominate his opposition from a technical point of view, exposing their lack of ring intelligence and technical skill. Mayweather Jr. can toy with most fighters, and get away with it while embarrassing them in front of their fans. Having said all that, I dont think he should be testing Ortiz in such a way, as Ortiz is more than capable of coming through and landing. Ortiz will likely go for the body, eliminating the possibility of Mayweather Jr. to stand in the corner and defend with his famous shoulder roll. Floyd will have to use his feet extensively in his upcoming fight, and will need to be careful with every step he takes. All in all, while I dont think this is a fight Mayweather Jr. will lose, I do see him having to work much harder than in his previous few fights. So, who do you think will be facing tougher opposition this year, Pacquiao or Mayweather Jr.?
Both have tough fights ahead IMO. I'm really looking forward to both of them, I think Marquez and Ortiz are the best opponents available right now since Floyd doesn't want to step in with Manny.
Watch Marquez at WW (vs. Floyd) and Ortiz at WW (vs. Berto) and you know that one fight is living off names, the other is a genuine threat. I root for both JMM and Ortiz to score a devastating knockout, but while Ortiz has about 30% doing that, Marquez' chances are close to 0. His best option would be winning on points, but if the last 2 fights weren't enough, no way he's winning over Top Rank judges this time.
too much excuses upon reading this. and how did you come to a 30% chance of ortiz stopping floyd when he could not even stop a shaky-chinned over-hyped berto?
Dunbest **** i ever heard.... Ortiz is gonna look worse than JMM.. It was simply a bad style matchup of big man vs small man with the wrong gameplan.... Ortiz will get stopped b powder pufff Floyd bet on that:good:good:good:good
LOL. What a dumb ass statement. Marquez fought Floyd Mayweather. Ortiz fought Andre Berto. Nuff said.
Floyd easily. Floyd is coming off a 17 month layoff against a young southpaw who looked good in his last outing. Pacquiao is fighting a 35 year old who hasnt won a bout above 135.
So what you are saying is that Floyds "big" wins over Oscar and Mosley dont mean as much since they were coming off longer stretches of inactivity????:happy:happy:happy
They werent coming off longer stretches of inactivity. Hell Mosley wasnt even inactive since he was in camp preparing for Berto. But yes mean more then Pacquiaos victories since Floyd beat them first. As to why it'll mean more then PAcquiaos victory over Ortiz next year.
Pacquiao is fighting a certified hall of famer and Mexican legend in an epic trilogy. [yt]CBJ4dupFli4[/yt] Floyd is fighting who?
Gotta love *******s. Floyd shuts out Marquez. He's fat, old, and slow. A lightweight fighting a welterweight. Pacquiao fights Marquez, and its an epic trilogy.
Yeah Marquez is cooked. No way he makes it an interesting fight. Then again, i put nothing past him and he just might surprise me
if you look back at my posts before Mayweather vs Marquez I said that it was a good fight. The only thing that really bothered me later is that Mayweather wasn't even able to make the 144lb agreed weight which shows that he was a whole ****load bigger than Marquez. I can guarantee you that Pacquiao will make the weight easily. But despite the huge size advantage of Floyd, I still gave him credit. But now that Pacquiao is fighting Marquez, it's a **** fight all of a sudden typcal ***** attitude. Make up any bull**** lies just to hate on Pac [yt]CBJ4dupFli4[/yt]