One would think after two tough fights against Manny Pacquiao, where the Pinoy pound for pound boxing stand-out knocked him down four times in 24 combined rounds, Juan Manuel Marquez would have some personal ill will against his archrival.
Not the case said Marquez from his training camp on Monday.
Coming off a press tour which touched down in the Philippines, Mexico, Los Angeles, and New York to bring attention to a November 12 Las Vegas fight, Marquez insists that the perception of bad blood between the two is a media creation to sell tickets.
?After two hard fights there is a rivalry,? said Marquez. ?But any talk of hate between me and Pacquiao is ridiculous. We are not friends, we are just rivals.?
That being said, Marquez has been promising a knock-out against Pacquiao for several weeks and once again said he would finish of the Filipino in their third, and likely final encounter.
