Manny Pacquiao Doesn’t Want To Give Juan Manuel Marquez A 50-50 Split

A lot of dominoes will fall when Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez finally announce that they are fighting each other again. Currently, three other boxers are patiently waiting for these guys to drop the charade, because their next bouts are impacted by whether or not Pacquiao-Marquez V comes to fruition.

Manny Pacquiao Is Timothy Bradley’s Preferred Opponent, Not Juan Manuel Marquez

Manny Pacquiao would much rather fight Juan Manuel Marquez than Timothy Bradley, that much we know. From both a financial and legacy standpoint, a fifth showdown against his 39-year-old rival would allow Pacquiao to avenge his recent knockout defeat, all the while securing the biggest pay day imaginable. Whereas all of his bouts with Marquez have done over one million pay-per-view buys, including the last one where he was coming off a loss, Pacquiao’s lone showdown against Bradley did noticeably less in PPV sales.

Manny Pacquiao Isn’t Even On Brandon Rios’ Radar

Brandon Rios, Mike Alvarado and Timothy Bradley have frequently been mentioned as possible end-of-year opponents for Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. While it’s widely assumed by people in the know that Pacquiao and Marquez will actually end up fighting one another, in order for both camps to retain leverage in negotiations, they have to maintain the facade that there are plenty of potential foes for their guys to choose from.

In their first few fights together, Pacquiao and Marquez had relatively little trouble negotiating terms. The latter had no grounds to demand anything; the former was the world’s top pound-for-pounder. That made discussions fairly simple. What Paquiao said would happen is what ended up happening. Whatever sum of money he wanted, he got. Marquez was just happy to get the opportunity for a big pay day and a chance to establish his all-time greatness.

That all changed with Pacquiao’s back-to-back losses – particularly the second one. Suddenly, he no longer held all the cards. Really, Marquez had tons more leverage because, if he wanted to, he could just retire without giving his Filipino counterpart an opportunity to avenge his most recent defeat. And that’s why negotiations have moved along so slowly over the past few months: Marquez wants more and, understandably, Pacquiao doesn’t want to part ways with too much.

Manny Pacquiao And Juan Manuel Marquez Are Doing Timothy Bradley A Disservice

Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez pretending as though they aren’t going to fight each other this September is fine. In theory, it doesn’t hurt anyone. Fans caught on to their little game a long time ago. The negotiators who will ultimately make this bout happen are currently hard at work doing just that, despite what either fighter says publicly. And barring some totally unforeseen catastrophe messing everything up, this thing is going down as planned at some point towards the end of 2013.

Abner Mares Says Nonito Donaire Will Beat Guillermo Rigondeaux

Nonito Donaire will take on Guillermo Rigondeaux this weekend in front of what will probably be a massive Radio City Music Hall audience. Given how close this bout came to not happening, or at least how close both fighters made it seem like it came to not happening, you certainly can’t blame folks for being excited about what they’re about to see.

Manny Pacquiao And Juan Manuel Marquez Continue To Posture, Dismiss Each Other

Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez will fight each other this September, but that hasn’t stopped them from pretending as though they won’t. Despite the fact that the public caught on to their little game a while ago both, both men continue to act like they are seriously contemplating fighting other opponents this year.