LAS VEGAS–It’s kind of funny but not amusing funny. Floyd Mayweather has accused Manny Pacquiao, among other things, of fighting his “leftovers.”
Certainly Antonio Margarito is not in that category since the Mexican and Mayweather never crossed gloves.
But now seven years after their first bout, Pacquiao is fighting Juan Manuel Marquez in their third fight. Marquez is undoubtedly not the same fighting force he was moving up to a contract weight of 144 pounds. He peaked as a lightweight and was the world’s best at that limit.
This Chapter III bout is a leftover of a leftover after their 2004 and 2008 bouts which were enthralling and competitive from start to finish.
But the clock on the wall says that’s all now for 38 year old Juan Ma and so sorrow until tomorrow.
A peaking Pacquiao is going to thrash Juan Ma, maybe right from Jump Street and it won’t be pretty but it will be a definitive victory.
