Manny Pacquiao chooses Marquez over Bradley and Cotto – Boxing News
Marquez’s fans would be excited to know that Filipino fight king Manny Pacquiao has chosen to lock horns with Mexican fighter Juan Manuel Marquez once again. According to reports, the bout has been confirmed. However, no official announcement has been made
yet.
Moreover, the date of the event is not decided yet. Initially, Pacquiao was slated to fight on November 10 but later on the date was shifted to December 1. Earlier this week, Pacquiao’s adviser and friend Michael Koncz revealed Pacquiao’s fight date might
roll back to November 10. As of now, there is no confirmation as to when the former WBO champion will step in the ring.
This will be Pacquiao’s fourth encounter with Marquez. Pacquiao has won two of their three previous matches. The first match ended up in a tie, the second one ended with Pacquiao as the winner and so did the third one.
As of now, Pacquiao has ditched Bradley and Cotto and has chosen Marquez to fight with. Probably, this is what Top Rank promoter Bob Arum was hoping for. According to Arum, a showdown against Marquez would be a bigger sell-out than a fight against Bradley.
On the other hand, Timothy Bradley, the current WBO welterweight titlist, was eagerly hoping for Pacquiao to select him as his opponent. In his recent interview, Bradley asserted that he is the most sensible opponent for the Filipino.
“This guy can choose anyone he wants to fight, but I don’t know how he can pick anyone other than me. If he wants his belt back, he has to come through me to get it. He relinquished it to me. Regardless of what everyone might think of how I beat him – the
controversy – I’ve got a win on my resume over Manny Pacquiao, and it’s going in the history books that way,” said Bradley in an interview to The Times yesterday.
Now, the champion would be disappointed to know that Manny Pacquiao does not care much for his Bradley’s victory over him. It seems like Pacquiao is trying to give fans a couple of epic fights before he retires, and the fight against Marquez is just that.
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