{"id":5784,"date":"2010-11-30T19:41:39","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T00:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=5784"},"modified":"2010-12-02T10:20:47","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T15:20:47","slug":"the-man-that-beat-manny-pacquiao-twice-floyd-mayweather-jr%e2%80%99s-road-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=5784","title":{"rendered":"The Man that Beat Manny Pacquiao Twice & Floyd Mayweather JR\u2019s Road Rage"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>By Geno McGahee<\/strong><\/div>\n
Pacquiao \u2013 Marquez III<\/strong><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Juan Manuel Marquez, 52-5-1, 38 KO\u2019s, went to war with the tough Aussie, Michael Katsidis last weekend, battering the brave challenger until the referee rescued him in the ninth round.\u00a0 Immediately afterwards, the call for a third encounter with Manny Pacquiao was heard.\u00a0<\/div>\n

Of recent note, outside of Erik Morales in 2005 and Juan Manuel Marquez on two occasions, no fighter has been effective against Manny Pacquiao.\u00a0 Much like the opponents of Mike Tyson in the 1980s and 90s, the opponents of Pacquiao tend to jump right into survival mode, looking for that final bell instead of going for victory.\u00a0 Morales was left in a mangled heap in two rematches with Pacquiao, while Marquez held his own and many believe, as he does, that he was robbed of two victories.<\/p>\n

With Team Pacquiao not holding their breath, waiting for Floyd Mayweather, JR., to finally sign the contract, they have shifted focus to Marquez, but there is a catch.\u00a0 Manny was a light middleweight in his last fight, twenty pounds heavier then the division that Marquez rules.\u00a0 Marquez wants to fight at 135 but will fight at 140, or so the reports have claimed, but Pacquiao wants a welterweight showdown.<\/p>\n

Marquez tried the welterweight division in 2009 and was dominated by a true 147 pounder in Floyd Mayweather, JR.\u00a0 He\u2019s not effective at the heavier weights. He\u2019s sluggish and his power did not follow him up through the divisions.\u00a0 He needs to stay at or below 140 and Team Pacquiao, knows this and this is why they have proposed a meeting at a heavier weight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They are the bigger name by miles at this point and want to stack the deck in favor of the Filipino and if they waive enough money in the face of Marquez, he will come in at heavyweight. He has proven this by taking an unwinnable fight with Floyd at welterweight.\u00a0 It\u2019s boxing.\u00a0 It\u2019s about the money a lot of the time, and the immediate refusal to fight at 147 will be silenced quickly enough when the money is brought up.<\/p>\n

With Andre Berto not being taken too seriously by any boxing fan due in large part to his soft opposition, Marquez is one of three men that are acceptable fights for Pacquiao at this time, followed by Floyd Mayweather, JR., and Sergio Martinez.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think too many want to watch Shane Mosley carried out on a stretcher should he face Manny, which some have suggested.<\/p>\n

With Martinez being too big for Pacquiao, Floyd being disinterested on the surface, Mosley being too old and shot, and Berto being unproven, that leaves Marquez and if Floyd doesn\u2019t jump soon, we will see a third encounter, which isn\u2019t a bad thing, but it\u2019s not exactly what the public wants to see.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMoney\u201d Mayweather\u2019s other Fight<\/strong><\/p>\n

Floyd Mayweather, JR., 41-0, 25 KO\u2019s, is in demand\u2026but it\u2019s not just by Manny Pacquiao and Sergio Martinez.\u00a0 In the Mayweather family tradition, Floyd is in legal trouble after an alleged beating of his ex girlfriend and some vehicular violence toward an ex-employee.<\/p>\n

Facing 34 years in prison, Floyd must once again convince his ex to testify that he did nothing wrong and that she lied.\u00a0 It may be a tall order here.\u00a0 There have been battery charges in the past placed against Floyd by his girlfriend, but she withdrew her allegations and they reconciled, but recently, he not only reportedly beat her again, but took her Iphone as well, which added a felony theft to long list of charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If that weren\u2019t enough, Mayweather is under investigation for allegedly trying to kill one of his ex associates, running him of the road.\u00a0 The road rage took place in Las Vegas, where Quincey Williams, a former associate of Floyd, claimed that \u201cMoney\u201d tried to run him off the road.\u00a0 Mayweather has also been accused of hitting a security guard in the face and will be investigated for that as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Money troubles, legal troubles, and boxing fans ready to give up on him have pushed Mayweather into a mental breakdown, obvious by his recent behavior and mad ramblings in video comments.\u00a0 At this point, as much as I favor him to beat Pacquiao, it\u2019s hard to imagine him not being distracted and it only takes one moment of distraction for Pacquiao to land and end the fight\u2026if the fight should even happen.<\/p>\n

Julio Cesar Chavez JR out of the Fight<\/strong><\/p>\n

A pay per view that was to pit Julio Cesar Chavez, JR., against Alfonso Gomez, has totally fallen apart.\u00a0 Initially, Gomez pulled out with an injury, making room for late replacement, Pawel Wolak, but Chavez, JR., would become ill and attempt to pull out, only to be forced into it, reportedly, by his promoter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After waking up with a near 103 degree fever, Chavez, JR., put his foot down and officially pulled out of the pay per view, leaving Wolak to face the unknown Jose Pinzon.\u00a0 Nonito Donaire facing another unknown is also being used to sell this card, but all indications are that it will lose money considering that the main event has fallen completely through.<\/p>\n

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