Sports fanatic Manny Pacquiao, the WBO Welter Weight World Champion, is set to take on Juan Manuel Marquez November 12th. Pacquiao vs. Marquez 3 will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, at 9 p.m. ET.
Juan Manuel Marquez is fully aware of the power punching of Manny Pacquiao. The two men have fought twice, once with Manny weighing in at 125 and the rematch with Manny at 129. Marquez was knocked to the mat three times in the first round of their first battle and once in the rematch. In the four years since the second bout, Manny has gone up in weight going as high as welterweight.
Given the troubles of Marquez in dealing with the bigger Floyd Mayweather, Jr. in 2009, it's only natural to wonder how Marquez will handle the new, bigger Pacquiao.
Scott Christ of Bad Left Hook drills down into the real story of the fight and how the history and changes in each fighter is setting up:
Marquez can still box his ass off and is tougher than nails, but he's a lot less mobile than he was three years ago when he and Pacquiao last met. At one time, his style was the perfect counter to Manny. But they've both changed: Marquez has lost a step, and Manny has gotten stronger. If Pacquiao has lost just a hair, that has come against big welterweights in Mosley and Margarito. Marquez is not a big welterweight. He's a tiny welterweight, and a small lightweight.
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"The big thing is faith. Faith is the key to anything. Faith is part of having that confidence. The person who has confidence, they use what they have. They never complain about, I don't have this, I'm not tall enough, I'm not strong enough," Holyfield said. "They just go out there and put their best foot forward."
"What he has done, he's been able to do the things that people tell him he couldn't do," Holyfield said of Pacquiao.
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