I love the way PBF is saying in interviews that manny in trying to duck him because when asked about who would you fight next, manny responded "its all up to my promoter". Now PBF is saying manny is ducking him, EVEN THOUGH THAT HAS BEEN MANNYS RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION SINCE HE BEGAN AS A FIGHTER!!!! Hes a modest fighter who knows what his job is. What erks me even more is that PBF himself responded the same way to the question many times.
He's screwed either way because:
A) The general public and casual boxing fans will know what hardcore boxing fans have known for years- He's a ????? who has ducked many great fighters to preserve his record.
B) Pac-Cotto did a higher PPV # then PBF-Marquez, so he can't claim that he is such a higher draw then pac and deserves more money, ruining the negotiations.
Also, the fact that Pac had trouble with Marquez and PBF handled him easily proves nothing. PAC-Marquez was at 130 LBS, Marquez natural weight, when Marquez was 34 years old and still a decent fighter. PBF-Marquez took place when Marquez was 36 (2 years is a very long time in regards to a fighters diminishing skills), and PBF made him go up to 144 LBS, a full 14 LBs over his natural fight weight, making a slow, sluggish fighter even slower. Floyd even came in overweight for that fight after he stipulated the catch weight!! (even though he was fined about 200k for each LB he was over, I still contend he had no intention of making the weight to have a bigger advantage).