LAS VEGAS–Familiarity, including 36 hotly contested rounds and eight or nine weeks of massive prefight promotion times three bouts, has breeded plenty of contempt between Hall Of Famers Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao. Now the two great fighters, neither one having completely bested the other despite Pacman scoring four knockdowns and Marquez claiming multiple robberies, need to go their separate ways. For Juan Ma and for Meganny, happiness will be seeing the other in their rear view mirror. If boxing never sees a fourth fight between the two bitter rivals, meaning rounds 37 to 48 or another 36 minutes of seesaw scrapping, then I say, who cares? Just like Muhammad Ali had his fill of the problematic style of Ken Norton after three bouts, I think all of Team Pacquiao, but especially trainer Freddie Roach, has seen enough of the difficult Marquez. Pacquiao’s had enough of Marquez, and vice versa, to last a lifetime.
