http://www.thering-online.com/ringpages/ratings2.html Come on then, sort out the third match already! And Calzaghe, pull your finger out and fight Pavlik if you look good beating Jones. Might still be the chance for you to retire p4p no. 1 and undefeated. Back to Marquez & Pacquiao. I really admire the way Marquez has chased Manny through the weights and established himself as the 2nd best in the world. It demands a third match. I personally think Paqcuiao would rather not fight Marquez again unless he has too.
Personally, though I think JMM is probably most deserving a fight with Pac, Im just not interested in it at the moment. Pac has fought Morales 3 times, MAB twice & JMM twice. Thats 7 fights right there but only 3 names...Pac has wasted alot of big fights on rematches. If he rematches JMM again he would have fought 3 fighters 8 times. Id rather he fought 8 different elites once each. I wanna see Pac-JMM as Pac's final match, right now, there's more intriguing fights out there. I wanna see for example how Pac's style would blend with hatton, Juan Diaz or Campbell, ODLH, even Guzman. I've seen how his style blends with JMM's, twice.
After DLH it would be Hatton... Marquez should pray hard that pac loses to hatton coz if he wins he'd probably call out PBF and Floyd will not hesitate to fight him that would easy money for him.
Are there 8 different elites that Paq could have fought? Hatton, Diaz or Campbell aren't in the class of Marquez, Barrea, or Morales. It's ludicrous to suggest that the rematches were "a waste of time". There should be MORE rematches of fights that end closely or rubber matches when fighters have a win apiece.
Pac-JMM III is the fight I want to see out of all possible future fights. I don't even care who wins as long as its as competetive as the first two though hopefully with a more definitive finish. Congrats to JMM for moving up to that most deserved #2 slot.
Which sounds more impressive: MAB*2 Morales*3 JMM*3 Or MAB Morales JMM Nate Campbell Hatton Juan Diaz Joan Guzman ODLH IMO history will look back and look at how many names is on a fighter's resume, not how many fights over the same names.
I'm sorry to say but these Ring fellas have no global view on the subject. I dare to say it should work something like this: name fighter beats another name, moves up until someone else does the same and, in the mean time, the rating machine keeps rolling... It must be rather ridiculous to rate two fighters p4p one after the other and at the very top just b'cause they fought each other twice and twice ended in close controversial decisions in smashing PPV events, moved up from a given weight class and have beaten two titlists one weight class above ( 5 pounds north). Politics.
The Barrera rematch was WHOLLY unnecessary. Pac flat out dominated him the first time out over 11 rounds before MAB's corner threw in the towel. When was the last time someone got what was essentially a 12 round schooling and came back to win a rematch? Other than Paul Williams, who didn't receive any whwere near the physical beating MAB did btw, I can't think of one, and there was no chance in hell MAB was going to knock out Pacman. Hell, when was the last time someone took a drubbing like that and even got a rematch?
I don't think PAC rather not fight JMM...I just think MONEY is a bigger factor right now than a guy whom he's beaten twice already....Although both fights were close and very exciting, the better man came out victorious both times and now he is sitting right at the top of the boxing world. Options are overwhelmingly being tossed at the feet of PAC and he has to sort through them to see what makes the most financial sense. Legacy for PAC is in tact....and right now his focus is money. Towards the end of his career I think he'r re-focus on legacy and make fights that will look "flossy" on his overall resume.
