This win has a tremendous amount of meaning

You think, that after Marquez gave Pac one of the hardest fights of his career and imo beating him in the 3rd fight, that this 4th fight was a cherry pick by Pac?

You know, many many fighters, when they meet the fighter that is their kryptonite, avoid subsequent fights with said opponent, ESPECIALLY when that opponent is not a boxing star themselves (as you pointed out yourself, JMM wasnt). They chalk it up to a bad night, wrong opponent, and move on with their career, never giving the guy who ran them to the edge another shot... let alone 4.

Their first fight - tough for Pac
Their 2nd fight - tough for pac
Their 3rd fight - toughest for pac

And you think him choosing to give JMM a 4th fight was a cherry pick?

Pac should be credited with getting into the ring so many times against the guy who is so obviously his foil, in attempts to show the world who can put an (!) on their rivalry.

Instead of having just a small bit of class towards Pac for actually getting in there with a guy everyone with good boxing IQ knows is his foil, you degrade this fight by trying to label Marquez as a cherry pick. :-( Among the many other wrong statements in the initial post.

Pac knew this fight was one of the toughest fights out there for him, he chose to fight the guy again who many felt just beat him.... instead of just turning a blind eye to a controversial chapter in his career as many fighters do when they get controversial decisions.

There was nothing cherry picking about it.

 

As for the thread, it is a huge, historic win. The most meaningful victory in a long time imo.

Props to Marquez, a man on a mission. He would not accept anything less.

 

My mind is simply still buzzing from this fight, but its hard to think of a recent win more significant then this one, given the nature of the outcome.

 

Nothing to do with my post

Nothing to do with my post, in fact.... its so far off the radar it literally has nothing to do with anything ive said.

You are missing the point and being over emotional about this. Fair enough, it was quite an emotional night, for myself too as a boxing fan. But you are missing the point. Its not about that Marquez could have gotten ripped off again, its about this wasnt a cherry pick.... and Pac deserves credit for even making this epic rivalry happen, when many fighters like to look the other way of their kryptonite. Pac not only didnt look the other way, he went at it.... again, again, and again.

You feeling the need to spin that, and twist it into a negative says something.

This fight was one year after Marquez beat Pac in the eyes of many.

One year.

You want to talk about how the third fight was a cherry pick? By all means I will be quiet on that. But once it was shown that Marquez is still very much alive, and still very much Pacs peer, if not moreso, in that third fight..... for Pac to be beaten in the eyes of so many and to come back the following year to face the same guy to settle it, instead of just waiting for the Rios fight, is a credit to Pac. Any spinning of this is just dishonor to the beautiful, historic night that just happened.

Indeed.... congrats to JMM and to his fans that have supported him :good