By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao is going to get a nice fat payday against soon to be 38-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez in their fight catchweight fight in November. The bout will be held at a 144 pound catchweight with Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight title being on the line. The fight is pretty much a done deal right now. Marquez has signed the contract and will be getting $5 million plus an upside of the pay-per-view profits.
As was already reported, Marquez can get a huge $10 million rematch with Pacquiao, plus PPV upside, if he beats him in November. Of course, the chances of that happening are pretty slim given Marquez’s age and the weight that the fight will be taking place at. Marquez already proved in the Mayweather fight that he’s painfully slow above 140, which makes this fight incredibly confusing. But if fans are interested in purchasing the fight on PPV, it’s on them.
It was clear that the Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley fight was going to be a horrible mismatch going into the fight, which is exactly what it turned out to be, but that didn’t keep fans from purchasing the tickets in droves thinking it was going to be a competitive fight. I like Marquez as a fighter, but only as a lightweight and preferably as a featherweight or super featherweight. He’s not the same fighter he once was since moving up to lightweight and is much more hittable, as we saw in his struggle to beat Joel Casamayor and the way he got knocked down by Michael Katsidis.
Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz is reportedly going to be bringing the contract for Pacquiao to sign for the Marquez fight. Pacquiao will sign it and we’ll see him face Marquez for the third and likely the final time. I can’t see another rematch. But we’re not even sure that Marquez will make it to the fight. He’s got a fight against David Diaz in July and anything can happen in that fight. Marquez may lose and mess up his fight with Pacquiao.
Frankly, I wouldn’t be surprised. Marquez is getting old, just like Mosley, and the rematch with Pacquiao is three years too late and at the wrong weight. Everything favors Pacquiao in this fight and nothing favors Marquez. I’d much rather not see another mismatch and would like to see Pacquiao step it up and face a real welterweight like WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz rather than the old and small Marquez. I’d even settle for seeing Pacquiao fight Andre Berto, even though he was recently beaten. Anyone but Marquez.
Source: boxingnews24.com
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