Marquez has unfinished business with Pac Man
Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez says people keep telling him he beat
Manny Pacquiao in their three previous fights, but he is not going to
rest until the referee raises his hand in the centre of the ring.
"A lot of people feel I beat him," Marquez says. "But I want to have
my hand raised. I want the judges to really look at what they are doing
and get it right this time." Marquez lost a controversial decision to
Pacquiao 13 months ago. He lost a tight split decision in 2008 and they
fought to a draw in their first fight in 2004.
Organizers have decided to use Kenny Bayless as the referee who will
be in the ring with the two fighters. The three judges, John Keane,
Steve Weisfeld and Adalaide Byrd, were not part of any of the three
previous bouts.
"The only thing I am asking for them is to be fair and for them to
qualify what is happening in the ring," Marquez says. "It is a great
selection of judges. They are very professional." When Filipino southpaw
Pacquiao and Marquez enter the ring Saturday for their non-title
welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Hotel it will be the fourth time in
eight years they have fought.
Neither one goes out of his way to antagonize the other but they
aren't chummy.
"We are both professionals," Marquez said. "I don't think there is
any hate there. There's a rivalry but it is professional. "Looking back
on the last three fights, I know I can compete with him and beat him.
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