I am starting to look at the Mayweather Jr Vs Juan Marquez fight coming up on July 18 th 2009
A 11 month layoff is no big deal and it should not affect the outcome of this fight. I dont think we have to worry about both fighters being in extreme good shape for this matchup.
Honestly I dislike Floyd Jr quite a bit and would hope to see him get a ass kicking. But that wont distract me from a winning wager.
His Daddy Floyd Sr is back in his stable and will be paid for being with him for this fight.
Mayweather, at 32 does not have that many years left to be a top contender. There is a danger in future fights of him losing and going into retirement after a huge payday.
I do not like the fact that Juan Manuel Marquez, will move up two weight classes to get his share of the riches a Mayweather fight can produce.
He will be a weaker version of himself.
When Mayweather announced his retirement last June instead of fighting a rematch against Oscar De La Hoya that made me wonder about him and his thinking.
That led to Pacquiao getting the shot that he capitalized on.
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Mayweather, who is unbeaten in 39 fights, brushed off questions about the state of his finances, saying he made $8 million last year without having a fight and that the rumors he was in financial difficulty were just that. But the lure of many more millions was in the back of his mind as he began sparring once again in recent weeks, the itch to fight returning.
Mayweather was always well known in boxing, but it was the HBO reality series "24/7" featuring his dysfunctional family before his fight with De La Hoya that really cemented his fame. He took advantage of it to appear as a contestant on "Dancing With The Stars," made an appearance as a wrestler in Wrestlemania and currently appears in an AT&T television commercial.
"I bring the most controversy to the sport," he said. "The others are too nice. This is a brutal sport."
Mayweather and his advisers were coy about the contract weight for the Marquez fight, saying it would be a welterweight bout. But De La Hoya, who will be promoting the fight, said it calls for a 143-pound limit instead of the 147-pound welterweight limit.
That was a concession to Marquez, who just last year weighed 129 pounds for a fight against Pacquiao and has only fought twice as a lightweight. Though moving up in weight, Marquez is still considered a dangerous opponent, and many thought he won both his fights against Pacquiao
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