MANNY Pacquiao remains the odds-on favorite over Juan Marquez as we wind down the clock of their rubber bout at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Bettors are waging Marquez gets stopped by Pacquiao in the third leg of their trilogy.
That leaves the 38-year-old challenger winless in their long-running feud if it happens, right?
A dollar wins eight mackerels if you go for the challenger of Pacman?s World Boxing Organization welterweight title.
Absurd?
Not when the numbers say Juan Manuel Marquez is fighting in a division, where he?s had his worst beating–a welterweight thrashing by Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Speed, which the Sarangani crackerjack has plenty of, will create openings that could draw to a close Marquez?s brilliant career.
Paquiao?s rapidity of movement and power blows will beat Marquez.
Manny starts the 12-round fistic debate with his usual unpredictable bearing. Pacquiao challenges El Mexicano from the get go. Marquez counters with excellence?the complement.
Keep in mind that both warriors swore to a knockout ending of their Nov. 12 extravaganza.
Sustained violence in the early going?
Absolutely.
Reviewing tapes of previous volatile contacts with his Mexican rival, the boxing congressman early on displayed power-boxing at the lighter weight levels.
Four knockdowns in two encounters by Manny on Juan remember?
It would be difficult for Marquez to pull together ready-made strength to get him out of trouble once Pacquiao gets going.
