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JMM: I beat Pacquiao four times, no reason for fifth time.

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#3 ·
I don't think he won the first fight but I really don't want to see JMM fight anyone now. He's been out for too long, clearly his body's breaking down and I'd hate to see one of my favourite fighters take a beating from a younger man.
 
#10 ·
He didn't beat Pac four times but he did provide the exclamation point on the saga which should have been enough for him. It's a shame the ultimate victory wasn't enough to dilute the salt.
 
#18 ·
He did let Marquez sit on those losses for years and repeatedly made him weight chase to get remathces. And those rematches were only granted because Marquez was the most lucrative name opponent available, not because Manny wanted to settle a score or finally get a clear win or because he thought he owed it to Marquez.
 
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I had it 2-2. I remember when the third fight was announced and everybody was saying Pac would walk right through him, he was "a different animal" I maintained although he had improved, he had the same style, and Marquez would give him hell. I put £10 or £20 on a draw and was so so close to winning £2500. Marquez won the fight series, but Pac is undoubtedly the better and greater fighter. Fantastic rivalry, no need for a 5th when they are both 10 years removed from their primes, the way it ended was spectacular.
 
#30 ·
Manny's best case for a win is the 2nd fight, but that fight is easiest to score round to round. The closest round is the 7th, and I think Marquez edged that one, making it 7-5.

2 judges gave round 6 to Pacquiao which was probably Marquez's most dominant round, pure corruption or at best incompetence.
 
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JMM doesn't owe Manny any courtesy, he got almost none of his demands for the 4th fight in terms of pay, weight, and each time was really a chance for Manny to repair the damage to his aura. A mentally weaker fighter would have let Manny stay with the controversy with no chance to avenge it.
 
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They did a catchweight to suit Marquez in the fourth fight and he got 3 million (guarantee plus PPV, gate etc) which was I think his third biggest payday. I know Manny will have made way more and that kinda sucks but sometimes thats just the way it is when one has mainstream credentials and the other doesn't.

I don't think either of those issues would be problematic. Juan doesn't want it because he got his fairytale ending and fair enough. Manny seems more interested in trying to coax Floyd into a rematch and fans aren't that interested because its became irrelevant after several losses for Pacquaio and Juan going into hiatus.

If it happened I would be buzzing because these guys have chemistry and would always have a FOTY contender no matter how old, what weight etc but if it didn't happen then I'm not fussed either.
 
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He damaged his legacy once he started saying this a few years ago. Would have been better if he just kept it too himself and said nothing.

They have all been close. Even the last one up until the knockout. Had he clearly without doubt won in them all then absolutely he could say he has drawn a line under fighting him but he did not. For me they won 2 each.

When people tell him that Pacquiao gave him rematches so why should he not give a rematch. His says that Pacquiao gave him rematches because he knew he had lost. That shows his complete arrogance. Pacquiao gave him rematches because of MONEY and because the fans wanted the fights.

I was a big fan of his until this happened.
 
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