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After Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barreara were gone, Juan Manuel Marquez is the new pride of Mexico in boxing. He’s a fundamentally sound boxer with under-rated power and speed and courageous heart that never backs down.
He was floored by Manny Pacquiao four times in 24 rounds he still managed to be competitive throughout the fight.
Others say he won both fights. I say, the results were fair. It’s a fight that you hate see someone loosing. It’s a fight that can go either way. It’s a fight that you couldn’t predict that winner until the final bell. It’s a fight worth paying to see but who wants his bet to loose. Though he’s claiming he won both fights. I see that the verdicts were fair enough.
The man they call Dinamita is ready to die every time he steps into the ring as he says. What courage and dedication this warrior has. He will never quit. He’ll stay in shape all year round. He’s not the typical fighter that parties when there’s no training camp. I’ll give him the maximum contract if he were an NBA player.
Though he’s an admirable fighter, my observation was he’s not the ideal sportsman that people can idolize in terms of character. You can admire his work ethics but not his personality.
He refuses to accept defeat. He was bitter with his defeat and draw to Pacquiao and Indonesian Chris John, respectively. He was worse in accepting the loss against his former in their second fight.
Analyzing the events that happened during and after the two fights, he has somehow developed a personal grudge with the Pacman.
He never touches gloves with the guy during fights unlike the Morales, Barrera, Dela Hoya and others. He doesn’t even congratulate the guy after finishing the fight. It was Manny who actually comes up to him after each fight and embraces him with no response from Marquez.
Juan Manuel came to Manila. He was warmly welcomed by the Filipinos but when a live feed on national TV pitted Pacquiao and Marquez together he acted like a spoiled brat crying asking for some candies that he couldn’t have. He showed disrespect to his hosts. It was conduct unbecoming of a champion. It was a disgrace. It was pathetic.
We have never seen classy champions Ali or Dela Hoya or Sugar Ray Leonard or Lennox Lewis act like that after a loss.
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