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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Marquez tiene aliciente extra
Hot Potato via Hollywood, California - Lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez has shown no sense of worries about his upcoming fight against Pound-for-Pound king Manny Pacquiao on November 12 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. He appeared last weekend in the Mexican television on Plaza de las Estrellas program.
HOT INSERT: Photos: Behind the scenes of Marquez's training camp
"Hago una excelente preparación, no le tengo miedo a Pacquiao (I have an excellent preparation, I am not scared of Pacquiao)," says Marquez. "Estoy muy tranquilo (I am very calm)."
"Esto es muy motivante para mi (This is very motivating for me)," Marquez adds.
Marquez, this time, does not mention that he's aiming to win by knockout.
Last week, Marquez told the media: "I want to win by knockout (referring to Pacquiao) on November 12."
Yes, Marquez has extra motivation (Marquez tiene aliciente extra). That is to ultimately win over Pacquiao, if possible by knockout. And this makes his trilogy with Pacquiao more exciting because of his increased strength and resistance, according to his trainer, Nacho Beristain.
At one level, there was media frenzy in the past eight weeks in Mexico that dominated the headlines in the sports section of the Latino newspapers. And today, the same excitement among the boxing aficionados and fans continues. Printed T-shirts and hats with both names of Pacquiao and Marquez become the hot commodities, especially in Mexico City, according to Mexican media.
"He deserves tremendous media attention in his home city of Mexico because he is a true Aztec warrior, " says Saul Martinez, a boxing fan from Mexico City who now lives in Los Angeles. "We like him because he never gives up."
Despite his four knockdowns he took upon from the hands of the Filipino Superstar in their previous encounters, Marquez continues to refuse to be stampeded into passing acceptance of defeat from the hands of Pacquiao.
And there is one significant difference this time, however: Marquez emerges with his credibility intact. Where he might be tempted to sacrifice his reputation, he chooses the most difficult challenge to fight the best and the younger Pacquiao, even at his late age 39. His record speaks: 53-5-1, boasting 66.1% wins by knockout versus Pacquiao's 53-3-2, inclusive of 65.52% wins by knockout.
Marquez is said to stage a sparring exhibition at Santa Anita Park on Breeders’ Cup Classic Day, this Saturday, Nov. 5.
Stay tuned for more!
Source: Examiner.com
HOT INSERT: Photos: Behind the scenes of Marquez's training camp
"Hago una excelente preparación, no le tengo miedo a Pacquiao (I have an excellent preparation, I am not scared of Pacquiao)," says Marquez. "Estoy muy tranquilo (I am very calm)."
"Esto es muy motivante para mi (This is very motivating for me)," Marquez adds.
Marquez, this time, does not mention that he's aiming to win by knockout.
Last week, Marquez told the media: "I want to win by knockout (referring to Pacquiao) on November 12."
Yes, Marquez has extra motivation (Marquez tiene aliciente extra). That is to ultimately win over Pacquiao, if possible by knockout. And this makes his trilogy with Pacquiao more exciting because of his increased strength and resistance, according to his trainer, Nacho Beristain.
At one level, there was media frenzy in the past eight weeks in Mexico that dominated the headlines in the sports section of the Latino newspapers. And today, the same excitement among the boxing aficionados and fans continues. Printed T-shirts and hats with both names of Pacquiao and Marquez become the hot commodities, especially in Mexico City, according to Mexican media.
"He deserves tremendous media attention in his home city of Mexico because he is a true Aztec warrior, " says Saul Martinez, a boxing fan from Mexico City who now lives in Los Angeles. "We like him because he never gives up."
Despite his four knockdowns he took upon from the hands of the Filipino Superstar in their previous encounters, Marquez continues to refuse to be stampeded into passing acceptance of defeat from the hands of Pacquiao.
And there is one significant difference this time, however: Marquez emerges with his credibility intact. Where he might be tempted to sacrifice his reputation, he chooses the most difficult challenge to fight the best and the younger Pacquiao, even at his late age 39. His record speaks: 53-5-1, boasting 66.1% wins by knockout versus Pacquiao's 53-3-2, inclusive of 65.52% wins by knockout.
Marquez is said to stage a sparring exhibition at Santa Anita Park on Breeders’ Cup Classic Day, this Saturday, Nov. 5.
Stay tuned for more!
Source: Examiner.com
Marquez's strength trainer has a sordid past
Angel Hernandez, the new strength and conditioning coach of RING and WBO/WBA lightweight champ Juan Manuel Marquez, is widely known to have a past history of being involved in performance enhancing activities, according to reports.
Marquez (53-5-1, 39 knockouts) hired Hernandez in preparation for his third bout with Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Marquez will challenge for the WBO welterweight belt owned by eight-division titleholder Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KOs) in the HBO Pay Per View-televised clash.
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum said he only recently became aware of Hernandez's past and was not involved in Marquez's hiring him but declined further comment. Neither Marquez nor any of his camp members could be reached on Tuesday.
Marquez was to hold a national conference call with the media on Tuesday, but it was pushed back to Wednesday due to "a crush of media" during his workouts in Mexico City, according to Top Rank Inc. publicist Lee Samuels.
Identified as Angel Hernandez during Episode 2 of HBO's 24/7 series, Hernandez, who is 36, who apparently went by his real name, Angel Heredia in May of 2008. That's when he testified in a San Francisco Court that he supplied former track stars Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery with illegal substances, according to a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Heredia admitted to giving the blood-booster EPO, growth hormone and insulin to Jones in 2000 at the request of her then-coach Trevor Graham, who was on trial. Heredia also sold banned substances to Montgomery.
Having competed for Jamaica at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Graham sparked the investigation into the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) in 2003.
Controversial BALCO founder Victor Conte tweeted his knowledge of Hernandez's past on Monday. Conte apparently has gained in popularity and credibility in the sport of boxing since becoming aligned with WBO/WBC bantamweight titleholder Nonito Donaire, and, more recently, Andre Berto, who credited Conte with helping him to overcome problems associated with over-training and anemia prior toward dethroning Jan Zaveck as IBF welterweight titleholder by fifth-round knockout on Sept. 3.
Conte also worked with Zab Judah prior to his fifth-round stoppage loss to WBA and IBF junior welterweight beltholder Amir Khan.
Marquez, meanwhile, has won three straight fights, including the last two by knockouts, since debuting in his lone welterweight bout -- a one-sided unanimous decision loss to present Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September of 2009.
Marquez and his trainer, Nacho Beristain, blamed rapid weight-gain for slowing down the fighter during his performance against Mayweather.
"I think that as a fighter you must change. I've always fought as a lightweight," said Marquez on 24/7. "I have to gain weight, and somehow, I have to get up there and still keep my speed and power."
Marquez, who was floored once by Mayweather, has also expensed with throwing boulders in the mountains, which he did during his preparation for Mayweather.
"That training was different. He was carrying rocks, and it changed his natural flexibility. He became a little more slow, as if he had lost his explosiveness," said Beristain on 24/7. "All of this, combined with Mayweather's natural ability and his weight advantage, and we didn't stand a chance."
For Pacquiao, Marquez and Beristain wanted to try something new, which also meant abandoning Marquez's longtime habit of ingesting his own urine as a means of gaining strength.
"Yeah, they saved my life. No, I think that I felt fine. On the advice of my doctor, and my physical trainer, Angel, They told us that we should stop," said Marquez on the series.
"We're looking for what can help me, and if the doctor says that no longer drinking it will help, then we'll stop."
Enter Hernandez, a graduate of Texas A&M's exercise science program who believes that his state of the art techniques are better suited for helping Marquez to gain weight.
"A lot of the drills focus on speed and strength in his arms and shoulders," said Hernandez. "So his reactions will be more about muscle balance."
Marquez said that he likes the changes.
"It's something that I've never done in my career. I really feel confident," said Marquez on HBO. "I think that when the time comes, it will serve me well."
Pacquiao has battled to a draw and a split-decision victory over Marquez, as a featherweight and as a junior lightweight in May of 2004 and March of 2008, respectively.
Pacquiao won a title in a record eighth weight class when his unanimous decision victory over Antonio Margarito earned him the WBC's since-vacated junior middleweight belt in November.
The win over Margarito ran Pacquiao's undefeated streak to 14-0 with eight knockouts since losing to four-division beltwinner and current WBC junior welterweight titleholder Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KOs), of Tijuana, in March of 2005.
Source: http://ringtv.craveonline.com
Marquez (53-5-1, 39 knockouts) hired Hernandez in preparation for his third bout with Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Marquez will challenge for the WBO welterweight belt owned by eight-division titleholder Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KOs) in the HBO Pay Per View-televised clash.
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum said he only recently became aware of Hernandez's past and was not involved in Marquez's hiring him but declined further comment. Neither Marquez nor any of his camp members could be reached on Tuesday.
Marquez was to hold a national conference call with the media on Tuesday, but it was pushed back to Wednesday due to "a crush of media" during his workouts in Mexico City, according to Top Rank Inc. publicist Lee Samuels.
Identified as Angel Hernandez during Episode 2 of HBO's 24/7 series, Hernandez, who is 36, who apparently went by his real name, Angel Heredia in May of 2008. That's when he testified in a San Francisco Court that he supplied former track stars Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery with illegal substances, according to a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Heredia admitted to giving the blood-booster EPO, growth hormone and insulin to Jones in 2000 at the request of her then-coach Trevor Graham, who was on trial. Heredia also sold banned substances to Montgomery.
Having competed for Jamaica at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Graham sparked the investigation into the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) in 2003.
Controversial BALCO founder Victor Conte tweeted his knowledge of Hernandez's past on Monday. Conte apparently has gained in popularity and credibility in the sport of boxing since becoming aligned with WBO/WBC bantamweight titleholder Nonito Donaire, and, more recently, Andre Berto, who credited Conte with helping him to overcome problems associated with over-training and anemia prior toward dethroning Jan Zaveck as IBF welterweight titleholder by fifth-round knockout on Sept. 3.
Conte also worked with Zab Judah prior to his fifth-round stoppage loss to WBA and IBF junior welterweight beltholder Amir Khan.
Marquez, meanwhile, has won three straight fights, including the last two by knockouts, since debuting in his lone welterweight bout -- a one-sided unanimous decision loss to present Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September of 2009.
Marquez and his trainer, Nacho Beristain, blamed rapid weight-gain for slowing down the fighter during his performance against Mayweather.
"I think that as a fighter you must change. I've always fought as a lightweight," said Marquez on 24/7. "I have to gain weight, and somehow, I have to get up there and still keep my speed and power."
Marquez, who was floored once by Mayweather, has also expensed with throwing boulders in the mountains, which he did during his preparation for Mayweather.
"That training was different. He was carrying rocks, and it changed his natural flexibility. He became a little more slow, as if he had lost his explosiveness," said Beristain on 24/7. "All of this, combined with Mayweather's natural ability and his weight advantage, and we didn't stand a chance."
For Pacquiao, Marquez and Beristain wanted to try something new, which also meant abandoning Marquez's longtime habit of ingesting his own urine as a means of gaining strength.
"Yeah, they saved my life. No, I think that I felt fine. On the advice of my doctor, and my physical trainer, Angel, They told us that we should stop," said Marquez on the series.
"We're looking for what can help me, and if the doctor says that no longer drinking it will help, then we'll stop."
Enter Hernandez, a graduate of Texas A&M's exercise science program who believes that his state of the art techniques are better suited for helping Marquez to gain weight.
"A lot of the drills focus on speed and strength in his arms and shoulders," said Hernandez. "So his reactions will be more about muscle balance."
Marquez said that he likes the changes.
"It's something that I've never done in my career. I really feel confident," said Marquez on HBO. "I think that when the time comes, it will serve me well."
Pacquiao has battled to a draw and a split-decision victory over Marquez, as a featherweight and as a junior lightweight in May of 2004 and March of 2008, respectively.
Pacquiao won a title in a record eighth weight class when his unanimous decision victory over Antonio Margarito earned him the WBC's since-vacated junior middleweight belt in November.
The win over Margarito ran Pacquiao's undefeated streak to 14-0 with eight knockouts since losing to four-division beltwinner and current WBC junior welterweight titleholder Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KOs), of Tijuana, in March of 2005.
Source: http://ringtv.craveonline.com
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
POTENTIAL FIGHT EXPLOSIVENESS IN PACQUIAO-MARQUEZ III
Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez is a uniquely different contender to fling down the gauntlet against eight-division title-holder Manny Pacquiao.
Pacquiao cannot afford to hyperbolize his presumed advantages against Marquez. He doesn’t have an assurance to warrant “presumptuousness” heading to a “star war” against the boxer who made him stagger in the air and gave him some real hurting blows in their first two encounters. Only the Marquez camp knows for certain at this juncture who Pacquiao would be up against on fight night.
The room for improvement has no restrictions. Every person has equal opportunity and access to it. Pacquiao went through that room and has emerged a complete boxer. So does a “better” Marquez approaching destiny. But as to what type of a fighter Marquez has evolved to this day against Pacquiao since they last figured in a brawl, the odds makers can only play their familiar game (to guess), wildly as they please.
Marquez is confident and already in a fighting mood as he exuded readiness and determination during a recent interview: “This third fight would be just like the two-closely- fought fights and very much a war... the smarter, better-conditioned fighter will win this fight.”
The Filipino champion has found his match in the Mexican counter-punching specialist who knows how to get up twice each time he falls down. Unlike Pacquiao’s previous opponents, Dinamita has the resilient “distinct style” suitable to challenge the Pacman dynamo (in every round and angle), good enough to cause “shiver” in the heart of Freddie Roach and Buboy Fernandez, the reason being why they tried to avoid making the trilogy happen. For styles indeed make fights, and make fights intense and classic.
All being invariable in the equation of both fighters’ strength and weakness in style and ability, there is going to be fierce exchange of punches again between Marquez and Pacquiao come November 12, but on one condition. This time, though, it’s going to be a knockout win for either of the two champions, but, again on the same one condition. Other than that, there will be nothing much different in the vaunted upcoming welterweight contest in Las Vegas except that Pacquiao is not the same static, single-dimensional and “less-powerful” fighter anymore from his two previous bouts against Marquez. Thus it would be a great undoing for Marquez to engage Pacquiao exactly the way he did before if he doesn’t pass the test.
Hence the requisite: Unless Marquez catches up with the big improvements of Pacquiao, the outcome of the Pacquiao-Marquez III would be a one-sided sensational and devastating knockout victory within seven rounds in favor of the Filipino sports icon.
Pacman continues to soar. He “lightly” calls the fight to be “personal” to him, a simple- sounding harmless word that carries a lot of weight to what it means and something that the team Marquez ought to take cautiously, and with much preparedness.
The excitement, therefore, of the forthcoming third matchup between a “Superman” and a “Spiderman” is laid heavily on the shoulders of the Mexican “swinging” hero; for him to do enough in training and conditioning to gain grounds in areas where Pacquiao has made adequate strides and has effectively put in place significant “adjustments” to become versatile and stronger inside the ring, or in space.
If Marquez improves just the way he should, he has the chance to pull an “upset” in a surprising fashion or he could be the toughest foe that the current top pound-for-pound pugilist would have ever fought and will ever likely face in the future which may include Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Sergio Martinez.
The ultimate “finale” between Pacquiao and Marquez ought to be suspenseful and very explosive as both fighters could be aptly described in their long-running rivalry as Dynamo vs. Dinamita. Though if not, it is going to be just another “fireworks” exhibition hit-show on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena amid the rousing applause of the entertained “happy” crowd.
Source: PhilBoxing.com
Pacquiao to set out boiling moments, then a freezing point on Marquez - Ariza
Exclusive HOT POTATO Update - Over a foggy Monday morning hovering upon Griffith Park of Los Angeles, renowned conditioning coach Alex Ariza sees a clear picture come on fight night of November 12 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas highlighting Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao versus his longtime nemesis, Juan Manuel Marquez.
"I could see Pacquiao setting out boiling moments before knocking Marquez out anytime in the first three rounds," smiles Ariza as he heads out to Palazzo Apartments after the usual treacherous outdoor training with the congressman of the Philippines. "Marquez may not see it coming."
Ariza insists an early knockout is inevitible as Pacquiao is seen to have added an extra push on his training and extends extra miles to his usual regimen this time.
"He is going to be too much for Marquez to bear on their trilogy," Ariza adds. "He (Marquez) will freeze once he feels the impact." Ariza is referring to a single knockout punch which he believes Pacquiao would fire upon Marquez at the heat of their heavy exchanges in the first three rounds.
HEALTH CONCERNS FOR PACQUIAO WITH FANS
Meanwhile, Pacquiao, as always, is not without a huge crowd of fans closing in with him for glances, autographs and pictorials, even stolen kisses by some female fans.
Last Saturday, Pacquiao had his outdoor training at the Pan Pacific Park right across Palazzo. He had shown slight body weakness and manifested episodes of "runny nose", a likely symptom of common cold which prompted him to shorten his outdoor exercises for the day, according to Ronnie Lu, one of Pacquiao's trail-tracers.
"He only jogged two rounds and went home quickly," Lu adds.
But, this morning, Pacquiao was upbeat and has shown no signs of retreat. Like a wild horse in the desert, he goes full speed and dusting the Hollywood lanes at 360 degrees focus, even at 56 degrees farenheit.
Some observers, however, have raised concerns about some fans who dare to get close to the champion and even leave inoculating marks of kisses with potential microscopic buccal fluids.
"They should be prudent not to get close to him, that if they really care about him," says James Garces from Long Beach who came along with his friends, all asking Pacquiao to sign autographs on their boxing gloves.
Even then, Pacquiao remains too gracious to his fans and only failed to entertain a few comers who came late to Charles Turner Hollywood Hiking Trail just when his driver whisked him away. Eli Sechback, an ardent and fairly known boxing fan videographer for his own ESNEWS website, was one of them who was not entertained. He wanted his boxing gloves signed. Even after his attempt to compel him to slide down the window by showing off his face through the windshield of the passenger's side of the SUV's front where he was seated, Pacquiao secured himself in and signaled he must leave, at least for now. It was 9:05 when Pacquiao left back to the Palazzo Complex, about eight miles away from Griffith Park.
"Limits to close contacts with fans should be set as Pacquiao nears his fight date," says Marco Sabanal, one of the fight fans from West Covina.
Stay tuned for more!
Source: Examiner.com
Monday, October 24, 2011
Marquez will be taught a lesson - - Freddie Roach
When Juan Manuel Marquez arrived in The Philippines wearing a shirt that said, '' I beat Pacquiao twice'' it wasn't very funny in the eyes of Manny and his team. Recently I spoke with famed fight trainer Freddie Roach and he informed this writer that the little prank played by JMM didn't sit well with Manny Pacquiao at all.
Roach explained, '' Manny felt disrespected when JMM showed up in The Philippines wearing that shirt. I think he will teach him a lesson inside of the ring in November.''
Roach also commented on the intense training camp that Pacquiao is having thus far, ''This may be the best Pacquiao I have ever seen. The way he is taking out sparring partners and being so aggressive says something. I don't think he will let up on Marquez like he did with his last 2 opponents. I think he will keep Marquez on the floor this time.''
Pacquiao usually is a very humble guy but with this camp he seems irritated with Marquez and that probably does not bode well for the Mexican brawler. Marquez has shown in the past that he can compete with Pacquiao, but most say that with this fight he is in for a much tougher time.
A normal Pacquiao sends his opponents to the hospital. Ask Tony Margarito about that. A mad Pacquiao could be an even more dangerous monster to deal with.
What was Marquez thinking? Did he think that he could just fly into The Philippines and wear a shirt that disrespected Pacquiao and get away with it? Or is Marquez actually the clever one and by doing so he will take Manny out of his game?
We will certainly get the answers in November.
Source: Examiner.com
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