MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada-- Juan Manuel Marquez (55-6-1, 40 KOs) brought an abrupt and devastating end to his four-fight series with Manny Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38 KOs) with a brutal last-second knockout in the sixth round of their schedule twelve-rounder. Before that closing overhand right that sent the Filipino icon face-first to the canvas, however, … [Read more...]
Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez: Staff Predictions
This Saturday Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez get in the ring for the fourth time to close out a tight, hotly-contested series of battles: Here's what The Boxing Tribune staff has to say about the upcoming contest: Tim Harrison-- What can Pacquiao and Marquez show us that we haven't already seen? As I see it, not very much at this point. Both men have hit the slow … [Read more...]
Broken News: Canelo-Cotto, Pacquiao-Marquez, and Don Jose Sulaiman
by Tim Harrison Being a member of the independent media isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Sure, like most of the skulking, twitter-addicted, media-day-dwelling shills out there, we here at the Tribune can’t go out in public without having to fight adoring readers off with a tennis racket. But without the steady influx of revenue from the very subjects we’re expected to … [Read more...]
Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez IV: The Only Preview You Need
by Fox Doucette Six-division world titlist Manny Pacquiao (54-4-2, 38 KOs), coming off an undisputed robbery at the hands of Timothy Bradley six months ago, steps into the ring for a fourth and presumably final time against Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KOs), who has been more diligent in a possibly fruitless pursuit of revenge than anyone this side of Captain Ahab. The … [Read more...]
Marquez’s Time?
By Gary Purfield Saturday night from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez will do battle for a fourth time. Very few rivalries in boxing reach a fourth encounter. The sport has seen plenty of trilogies but, it is rare two fighters require a fourth fight. However, that is what has occurred between the exhilarating Filipino and the rugged, … [Read more...]