Campbell wants JMM sooner than November . . .

I would love a Pacquiao vs Casamayor fight..:yep:bbb

 

That thread should have been dead a long time ago, I came back from a week's respite and couldn't believe it was still going!

 

I don't get why GBP would try to freeze Pacquiao like this, Arum has legions of bums to put MP against no names like Solis.

It would be much better for Marquez/Campbell to take place sooner and JMM win it to leave the Pacman team with no other big money fight option.

I would hate it if JMM decided to fight until November, August at the latest would be great.

 

JMM will beat Campbell, probably by TKO or KO.

 

You're missing the point here. Everyone knows that Casa will have to basically kill Juan Diaz to even get a draw. Casa already screwed up GBP's plans by beating Katsidis. If he doesn't knock out Diaz, no way he wins the fight. Period. So lets all assume for a second that Diaz wins a decision vs. Casa in Sept. GBP then wants to do Juan Diaz vs. Pacquiao. What better way to get leverage on Arum, than to eliminate Pac's 2 other best options (Campbell and Marquez)? If Campbell and Marquez are fighting each other in November, then Pac doesnt have a high profile dance partner available at 135 for his projected Nov-Dec fight. Except of course for...... you guessed it..... Juan Diaz.
Now I'm sure the GBP press releases would simply talk about how great they are, and how they get their guys the best fights, and how everyone should sign with them, and blah, blah, blah, but make no mistake. They are more than willing to serve up Marquez to Campbell, in order to increase their chances of making Pac-Diaz.
Campbell-Marquez happening in August serves no purpose for GBP, which is why they will never let it happen that soon.....

 

Bingo.

 

It actually a no-lose situation for them, as long as the fight takes place in late October or November. If Marquez loses, then so what. Campbell is still unavailable for a Pacquiao fight, leaving Juan diaz as the only available high-profile opponent for Pac at 135. And should Marquez win, then they control 3 of the 4 belts at lightweight. Then they put Marquez in with the Pac-Diaz winner.

The only thing that could screw them, would be the fight happening in August, and Campbell winning. Should Campbell dominate or KO Marquez, since Pac has 2 disputed decisions with Marquez, then the battle cry for Pac-Campbell would be too loud to ignore, and Diaz would be the odd man out. But then maybe Marquez could fight the Katsidis-Chavez winner for the "Ring Interim" title. lolol

 

We would never agree to fight Marquez in November. We cant wait that long. We have a WBO mandatory that will have to be dealt with also. And nobody can say for sure exactly what will happen with Pac on June 28. So there's no way we would lock ourselves into a fight with Marquez for November, not knowing the status of our WBO mandatory, or the status of Pac-David Diaz. We have no problem with the Marquez fight, but it would have to happen in August.

 

It's only a shallow excuse because you dont see the whole picture. We have a WBO mandatory due. Currently its casamayor, who wont fight Nate. So the WBO has to strip him, appoint Khan, let Khan step aside, and appoint Peterson. Until that process happens, we cant make long term plans. The WBO will allow us to fight 1 voluntary defense right now, because of the mess with their mandatory sitaution. That voluntary needs to be Marquez, if they want it (if they dont, then Nate will fight someone else). Pac in November would be a unification (WBC), so the WBO rules permit that to take priority over a mandatory defense. So if it comes down to november, we only have 2 choices: A WBO mandatory defense, or Pac (assuming he WINS). Anything else, and we'd get stripped of the WBO title. Now you might say "who cares?". Thats because you're not seeing the big picture. Frank Warren would like nothing more than for us to get stripped, so he can hand the WBO belt to Khan, without having to fight Nate. And fighting Khan in England would be a big money fight. So, it is VERY important that we keep the WBO title, as that is the ONLY way we will ever get the Khan fight. As long as we have it, then sooner or later Khan will have to fight Nate. If Khan gets the belt without fighting Nate, then we will never get that fight.