Juan Manuel Marquez Rejects Joan Guzman, OKs Rocky Juarez As Sept. 15 Foe!

Definitely not.

 

i am really surprised soto was not mentioned. and i'm happy for soto that jmm didn't pick guzman because if he did, soto will be left on the outside looking in yet again!!!! but, there are a lot more superfeathers who have more of a fight in them than juarez, i respect the dude he's got no chance. but i think juarez is a better opponent than barrios but nowhere close guzman

 

I think Guzman is a bigger draw than Juarez. Anyone whose seen Juarez since the first Barrera fight won't be motivated to stay up and watch him again. And lots of people saw him when he was on the De La Hoya vs Mayweather undercard..they won't be jumping out of their seats to go watch him again.

Whereas Guzman is undefeated, as useless as that may be today, the casual fan would be more intrigued by that.

27-0 they may not have seen before
27-3 they most likely were bored by when watching Hoya vs Mayweather.

Odds are they pick the first. And in this case it would be the better choice. Not to mention regular boxing fans want the first as well.

 

its shouldnt have been PPV to begin with with Barrios.

 

possibly a slightly bigger draw than Juarez, but its not like Guzman is anywhere near the name of JMM, Pac, MAB, EM.

 

BTW, acting as if Juarez ia a "no hoper" is just plain ignorant. . . he busted up MAB pretty good. . . a "no hoper" DOES NOT BUST UP MAB!.

 

JMM vs. Juarez is still a good fight.

 

If JMM thinks that style-wise fighting Guzman is too big of a change on such short notice, what's his excuse for not fighting Soto? Soto comes right at ya and does not require the change in training camp that Guzman would. Juarez LOST to Soto in '05 and went on to lose two title fights in a row to MAB. This is just as bad as JMM picking Barrios who lost to Guzman!

 

thats what im sayin a fight with Soto would be more exciting.It would be kind of like R.Marquez and I.Vasquez.

 

ditto.

 

That makes it even worse. Rocky Juarez is nothing than a jorneyman.

 

No, absolutely not. He isn't near their level in regards to public awareness. But Juarez's stock has dropped since the last Barrera fight. He isn't a stellar boxer, nor is he willing to exchange much (based on his last three fights). Marquez can do both, and do both well, which is why I'm not believing Juarez has any hope to do more than get lucky.

Guzman's stock however has not fallen, it hasn't risen much, but he's done nothing to make people not want to see him.

*shrugs* I just think there are way too many good fights out there that could be made, and could have been made, rather than him fighting Juarez.

 

It already says a lot when Guzman decided to step up without the need to change training camps but JMM refuses.

 

hmmmn...does it make any difference if your real good? i mean guzman will have the same amount of time to train for this, and if ever he was, he was training for a katsidis type of fighter..also not similar to JMM...JMM can beat him tho.

 

Thats true. Seems like for all the fuss about Marquez never getting recognition, or the big money fights, he seems reluctant to take on those that would be massive money and legacy building fights. Like a rematch with Pacquiao.