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Marquez gambles a lot by hulking up scientifically

He doesn?t look like that bloated lightweight chump who fought Floyd Mayweather two years ago. Not bad at all.

From all angles, Mexican boxing legend Juan Manuel Marquez (53-5-1, 39 KOs) looks ripped (and big). There must be something team Marquez is doing right at their end. Well, it could range from adapting scientific methods of bulking up to totally disdaining the inclusion of bladder juice in his training regimen.

Also, speculations that surround Marquez?s strength and conditioning coach Angel Hernandez float over the Mexican?s sudden increase in muscles mass.

But will the immediate rise in weight and size help the Mexican dynamite to, at the very least, come competitive against his upcoming opponent, WBO welterweight titlist Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KOs)?

Nothing is set in stone, or so the old adage goes.

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