Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez will engage in an intriguing battle on November 12. Pacquiao will make the boxing world want Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather more than ever after he defeats Marquez for the third time.
He’s taking it personally. “I’m not upset, but I get excited because he’s claiming that he won the fights,” Pacquiao said. “That’s why I train hard, because I want to end this, all the doubts. This is our last fight.”
Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO) is faster, stronger, younger and more cerebral in the ring than Marquez. He wants to finally put to rest that Marquez should have received better results in their two previous fights.
Marquez (53-5-1, 39 KO) is 38 years old, nearing the end of his career and has lost twice to Pacquiao already. Sometimes people have one another’s number and Pacquiao has his.
There really isn’t much more to it: Pacquiao is the better overall fighter. He will prove that on November 12 because he wants to show the world just how much better of a complete fighter he is than Marquez.
Fighting style will be the biggest deciding factor in this fight. If Marquez elects to go toe-to-toe in a brawl, he may get himself in trouble because that is playing right into Pacquiao’s hands.