Brilliance is as brilliance does. Juan Manuel Marquez punches with such precision he ought to call himself the ?Surgeon General? of big time boxing.
Juan Ma marched into Juan Diaz?s hometown and administered a thorough beating to the 10 years younger man Saturday night. It was a sizzling bout, as expected, but the difference was Marquez?s unflappable attitude and his overall ring savvy.
Oh, yeah, I almost forget. Another big factor often overlooked is that the punching power of ?Baby Bull? has always been overrated.
Does Marquez deserve a third fight against Manny Pacquiao? Don?t be ridiculous as people are beginning to question whether JMM or Megamanny is really the Pound For Pound king.
History deserves a third Pacman-Marquez. It will transpire as surely as night follows day.
He?s now been cut and beaten to a pulp by both Nate Campbell and Marquez so where does aspiring law student Diaz go? Well, you can?t throw a 25-year-old with his skills on the scrap heap off two defeats, crushing though they were. You do have to wonder how Diaz will get his ring confidence back because he and his camp can?t blame Don King or a Cancun bull ring on this loss.
As for Chris John, he got stiffed by the judges who gave him a ?hometown draw? after 12 rounds against perennial world title bridesmaid Rocky Juarez. Despite Juarez?s ferocious late round comeback, even Ray Charles could see that the slick boxing Indonesian won seven or eight rounds.
Who?s the genius in the John camp who gave the OK to fight Juarez, 0-4 now in world title bouts, in his backyard for a slim purse?
Showtime offered a spirited show Friday night in Newark. HBO came back Saturday night with two hotly competitive bouts, the Marquez-Diaz scrap being a classic matchup of young and old, of aggressive boxer and canny counterpuncher.
A tisket, a tasket?isn?t boxing supposed to be in the casket?
I?m not seeing any rigor motis, do you?
