  PACQUIAO-MARQUEZ III HAS EXPLOSIVE POTENTIAL By Reni M. Valenzuela 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
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 favour 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
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