Even more so than last year, 2004 is the year of the Big Fight. With Wright v Mosley I and II, Jones v Tarver II, Hopkins v De La Hoya, Trinidad v Mayorga done deals and even more ‘biggies’ in the pipeline, it’s a great time to be a boxing fan.
But as good as those match-ups are/were most experts are in agreement that this weekend’s World Featherweight Title between WBA/IBF title-holder Juan Manuel Marquez and ‘the people’s champion’ Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas is the most evenly matched major fight of new century.
