JMM vs...

i think he beats Naz much like Barrera done it

 

A fight with Jose Legra would be interesting. Legra had long arms and a great reach advantage, but he didn't have much by way of inside fighting ability and body punching. If Marquez tries to counterpunch his way through him, I see him dropping a decision. If he can get on the inside and apply pressure, then he could win. It would be interesting to see how he would go about it.

I think Azumah Nelson would bully him and possibly stop him if he's in top form. Too strong physically and his speed of punch will bother Marquez.

A fight with Brian Mitchell would be close and entertaining. Mitchell is quite a basic fighter, but I don't think Marquez is any more special than Brian. Marquez has shown a bigger heart, but I'm not sure Brian wouldn't go towards matching him there if he had to. Can see this one going either way.

 

Haven't seen too much of him myself Rock. I'm awaiting his second fight with Rojas which should be coming in any day now, and I'll have a go at a breakdown once I've seen that.

 

Not yet mate. I'll watch it as soon as it comes in, and report here soon after.:good

 

JMM very easy to draw into a fight....at 126 his chin was vulnerable (but his recuperative powers great) so I'm not certain how a Naz fight goes.

At LW I'd put him in against most of the fringe greats such as Mancini and Philip Holiday. He'd beat these guys but lose against the top guys such as Ortiz and Duran. Also, Mosley at LW would probably beat him (alhtough JMM would've been the best guy he fought there, I personally think Shane was beter as a Welter)

Only my opinion though.

 

I think Mancini would outmuscle him and outmaul him. Marquez will land some flush shots like Duek Koo Kim did, but like Duek, he won't have the power to discourage Ray.

 

I just watched the second Saijo-Rojas fight. I think with the kind of form he was in that night, Saijo would give Marquez all he could handle.

He has great punching skills, a good jab and left hook, a good straight right hand, and he can explode when he has his man hurt, despite looking quite lanky.

Also has good movement and body rhythm (kinda like Jiro Watanabe), can bounce around for 15 rounds quite comfortably.

Like most tall, lanky blokes he does have a tendency to get hit, and whilst he will hit Marquez with plenty of shots, I think he will receive just as many in return, mostly with the left hook (does drop his right hand a little from time to time after echanges).

Big question for me is how he takes punishment and returns fire after getting hit consistently. Rojas really struggled with his reach disadvantage and wasn't able to put Saijo under consistent pressure. Marquez will. I'd like to watch a bit more of Saijo to see how he responds after taking a beating. I might nab his fights with Kobayashi and Stevens to see if I can get some clues as to that. I've seen his last fight against Gomez, but he seemed a different man there to the one that faced Rojas.

 

Cheers Rock. I'll check the Kobayashi fight out on the Tube. I've been told that his fight against Rojas was pretty much his signature performance, so maybe I'm taking him at his absolute best and he had some more underwhelming performances throughout his career.

I'm sure RB and Mantequilla have seen an adequate amount of his body of work to give a more realistic perspective here.

I'll see if I can get a few more of his fights and find out what his true level was. Hard to do with only a fight or two.

We'd think Camacho was superman if all we had seen was the Ramirez and Limon fights. So sometimes it pays to see more.