Pacquiao vs. Marquez: Fight Only Increases Appetite for Floyd Mayweather Bout

Manny Pacquiao is preparing for his fight with Juan Marquez, however, instead of getting fired up for this fight most boxing fans just grow hungrier for Pacquiao vs. Mayweather.

There always seems to be something keeping this fight from happening though.

Hold-Ups

All of the following things that have kept this fight from happening have left plenty of fans feeling that it will never happen.

The reason for the hold-up depends on who you talk to. Mayweather insists that he needs a different drug testing policy for this fight to happen. 

He has often insinuated that Pacquiao uses performance enhancers in quotes like these from ibtimes.com:

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"I know what happens in this sport. A guy don't all of the sudden get to a certain age and just become good. Certain years, where was this guy at? He all of the sudden just pop up, become good and just punching hard out of the blue? C'mon, man. Make this make sense."

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Then, of course, there is the issue of money. Here is Pacquiao on the subject, as quoted in the Telegraph.com:

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“People want this fight [with Mayweather] to happen but I don't know whether his promoter and my promoter will talk and negotiate about this fight. It comes down to money. He wants too much money for the fight.”

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There is also another reason being tossed around. And that is that Mayweather is scared.

The Distraction

This fight looms over every other fight. Actor Omar Epps sums this feeling up:

This distraction will not go away unless these two finally meet in the ring. And with the more time that passes that they don't fight, the interest and hype over a possible bout only grows.

Hype

The hype continues to grow for this super fight. It is a matchup of boxing fans dreams, and for many it holds the possibility of being one of the best events on the sports calendar.