Marquez became insane due to high altitude training?

[BoxingAnalyst]

Marquez is asking for 1.5M dollars to fight Manny "PacMan the Destroyer" Pacquiao. Is he insane? I don't know why he would ask for something like this. This amount is reserve for fighters who have power in their punches or excitement in their punches. Against Salido,he did not show excitement and power.

There are two reason I could think of at this moment:
1. He might be jealous of his countrymen Barrera and Morales for getting maybe more than 2M dollars. I don't even believe Barrera and Morales deserved those amount for the reason that they don't usually knock down each other in those three fights. They might have fooled their sponsors.

2. Marquez might be thinking of aborting the fight with Manny "PacMan the Destroyer" Pacquiao. He knows he's not gonna get those amount, that's why he asked for it so that if he doesn't get it, he won't fight.

[ELPacman]

Actually, Marquez has valid points. He has the titles, he's been training since November, even skipping holidays just to train, and showed how good he was in the first fight. I don't know if 1.5 is too high though I don't think he's too far off on his arguments on why he should be getting the amount. He should get the same as Manny and maybe abit more if you ask me.

[ispayder]

I am just one of legions of boxing fans waiting for this rematch to happen. JMM knows Manny signed the contract for $900,000.00. I am thinking he would settle for less than $1.5M but higher than $0.9M, him being the champion, which I think is just fair under the circumstances. He may be a boring fighter but he is still the champ. I don't think he will waste all the efforts and sacrifices that goes with his training at present. So, I believe that he will eventually sign the contract and face Manny on Feb. 26. Of course we don't know what is in Team JMM's plan but this is a very good opportunity for JMM to avenge his 3 knockdowns in their first fight.

[JOM'S]

i have to agree with you guys JMM being the 2 belt-champ deserve to get at least the same purse as PAC ...

we should remember that this two guys can really tango, they are made for each other ...

[BoxingAnalyst]

Actually, Marquez has valid points. He has the titles, he's been training since November, even skipping holidays just to train, and showed how good he was in the first fight. I don't know if 1.5 is too high though I don't think he's too far off on his arguments on why he should be getting the amount. He should get the same as Manny and maybe abit more if you ask me.

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No, no, no,no,no. why. There are a lot of people called champs but those are just regular champ. they don't get paid that much. But there are those champs that are truly champs like tyson in his hay days. Champs that do knock outs in the opening bell,a knock out artist, very exciting champs who initiate punches. These very exceptional champs are the one who deserves very high amount of dough - in millions. Keywords: excitement, knockdowns, knockouts, power, speed. But not a regular champ who just react when thrown a punch. Otherwise, all those who rate no. 1 champ in all the alphabet soups will demand millions. Period.

[PacKillsMorales]

marquez should be fighting for mexican pride..
he cant be expected to make millions when the
only name hes fought is pacquiao.

and after his last show he should just get on
with the fight and guarantee the bigger fights.

the guys been an assclown since the fight and he
better be training as hard as hes making out he is.

hes gonna get stung and then well see how much
of a champ this guy is...controversy aside

[jack_the_rippuh]

I dunno...but for some reason I think he deserves it. He did comeback strong after what seemed to be a sure loss against Pacquiao to even the odds..

[MetalVomit]

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No, no, no,no,no. why. There are a lot of people called champs but those are just regular champ. they don't get paid that much. But there are those champs that are truly champs like tyson in his hay days. Champs that do knock outs in the opening bell,a knock out artist, very exciting champs who initiate punches. These very exceptional champs are the one who deserves very high amount of dough - in millions. Keywords: excitement, knockdowns, knockouts, power, speed. But not a regular champ who just react when thrown a punch. Otherwise, all those who rate no. 1 champ in all the alphabet soups will demand millions. Period.

The CHAMPIONS deserve more money. Not people who can KO people more often. You said earlier that Marco A. Barrera and Erik Morales didnt deserve 2 mil? are you sick? They are 2 of the top 10 fighters on the planet, they deserve millions of dollars for dedicating themselves to the sport and becoming as good as they are. Let the paper champs ask for more money, they arent going to get it and they know it. Bottom line....JMM is more accomplished than Pac, and he deserves more than Pac because he has the belts, and he's had them for a while. He's an accomplished fighter. Other than MAB, who has Pac beat?

[onikami]

Nothing wrong with him demanding that sum. If they are willing to pay, why not?

[ELPacman]

The CHAMPIONS deserve more money. Not people who can KO people more often. You said earlier that Marco A. Barrera and Erik Morales didnt deserve 2 mil? are you sick? They are 2 of the top 10 fighters on the planet, they deserve millions of dollars for dedicating themselves to the sport and becoming as good as they are. Let the paper champs ask for more money, they arent going to get it and they know it. Bottom line....JMM is more accomplished than Pac, and he deserves more than Pac because he has the belts, and he's had them for a while. He's an accomplished fighter. Other than MAB, who has Pac beat?

Well I agree with this although who has Pac beat, well, let's see. He was the Flyweight Champion for awhile and made defenses of the title until he got knocked out cause he couldn't hold the weight no longer without dehydrating himself to death. Then he went up to Bantam Weight and won the IBF title there by KOing what HBO experts thought would be a linear IBF Bantam Weight Champion in Ledwaba. Then he makes defenses with that belt again undefeated Lucero, at a time, very impressive, Jorge Julio, and then moves up to take on Barrera. I'm probably leaving many gaps and holes in between though if you just go to boxrec.com and check out his record. Manny has faced top notch fights and most with very nice records that he ended up blemishing.