Roach now wants Pacquiao vs Marquez

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  1. danny4

    danny4 Member Full Member

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    http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/236505/roach-wants-pacquiao-vs-marquez

    If a lucrative fight with Floyd Mayweather cannot be done, Freddie Roach has an attractive substitute in mind for Manny Pacquiao.
    “Let's fight (Juan Manuel) Marquez (for the third time),” Roach told the Bulletin yesterday from Los Angeles.
    Even though Marquez is coming off a loss – a lopsided unanimous decision to Mayweather – he remains a bankable foe owing to the result of his two fights with Pacquiao.
    Marquez's bitter rivalry with Pacquiao stretches back to May 2004 when the two battled to a disputable 12-round split draw.
    Four years later, they rekindled their rivalry with Pacquiao escaping with a 12-round split decision in a fight that left the Filipino black and blue.
    Roach said fight fans are still going to be interested in seeing Pacquiao and Marquez go at it in a rubber match.
    “They're going to watch it,” said Roach, who is not so cool about Pacquiao meeting Yuri Foreman.
    Foreman, the reigning World Boxing Association super-welterweight king, is being lined up to face Pacquiao on March 20 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas most especially that Mayweather seems to be reluctant in softening up in his demand for an Olympic-style drug testing.
    Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum said it'll be historic if Pacquiao goes for his eighth world title against Foreman.
    Roach contradicts those who view Foreman as easy pickings for Pacquiao.
    “He's big, he's tall and he's rangy,” said Roach. “It's going to be tough.”
     
    danny4, Jan 1, 2010
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  2. pit

    pit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    yeah they changed their mind about the 154 class because they now know, everyone is watching manny. And if he move up again and beat 154 fighter ?!?! Its a wrap his new name will be Roid Pac...!!!
     
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  3. Moth

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    Sounds pretty dangerous for Pacquiao. But he holds the weight a lot better than Marquez.
     
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  4. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    Pacquiao/Marquez would be a virtual mismatch.
     
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  5. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    JMM is coming of a loss to fraud let him fight Hatton first to see if he still has it,if he does i wouldnt mind seeing a third fight but only if it is at 140 and not at 147 a weight where its clear that JMM isnt half the fighter he was at the lighter weights.
     
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  6. jjax

    jjax Active Member Full Member

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    Marquez shouldn't play along with this ****, going against a suspected cheater way above his natural weight class. Marquez is a 126/130lb fighter who has aged significantly. Why did they choose to fight David Diaz instead of Marquez again when it was relevant? Roach truly has no shame.

    Take Hatton for the easier payday.
     
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  7. Danny_Rand

    Danny_Rand Slick N Quick Full Member

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    Hear that? Marquez just came.
     
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  8. EpsilonAxis

    EpsilonAxis HNIC Full Member

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    I disagree, and their previous two fights suggest otherwise.

    I see this as a VERY dangerous fight for Pac to take...JMM is, and always will be all wrong for him.
     
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  9. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    Roach is too arrogant now, and thinks that he and his fighter are above having to make the best fights happen. It's almost a Mayweather-esque "I'm so good I don't even need to prove myself" mentality.

    Perverse.
     
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  10. SAS2

    SAS2 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    stupid jacka$$ Pac has never failed a test. this is all rumor BS started by crackhead chickensh!t mayweather.:deal
     
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  11. Kush

    Kush Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Agree. Roach and Balquiao are a joke
     
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  12. Boxing Fanatic

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    Marquez. Unbelieveable. Another fighter who Pac will beat easily. Come on, Freddie.
     
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  13. Atlanta

    Atlanta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Manny will still have to take the blood tests, Marquez is a golden boy fighter, and do you really think that Golden Boy is going to let this go? Pacquiao doesn't have the options his ******ed fans thinks he does, he has just a as many as Mayweather and after this fiasco probably less.
     
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  14. finalfight

    finalfight Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No deal. Paulie was the one who first made it high profile after the Cotto fight but rumours have been floating around for a while now.

    Face it, your boy is ducking Mayweather.

    To be the man you gotta beat the man.
     
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  15. hagman1989

    hagman1989 the boxing site , try it Full Member

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    only relavent down at 135 .. 140 at a push
     
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