Nacho Beristain: Marquez is not ready for Mayweather

by Johpin on Aug 24, 2009 10:20 PM EDT Comment 8 comments

Nacho Beristain had a recent interview with the Mexican media saying that Juan Manuel Marquez is not %100 ready for Floyd Mayweather Jr. for their upcoming fight on Sept. 19. Reported by Philboxing.com:

"Juan Manuel is very strong, he looks like a natural welterweight, but it worries me a lot that we can't get to the speed level that we are looking for us to be at ease, we can't compete with a fighter of the quality of Floyd Mayweather with that fu***** lack of speed. The sparring partners are not a problem, it is the work we did to increase the muscle.

He is tense and as I said he is very strong and buffed, but he has no speed at this point and that is because the weight lifting he did was excessive. Is like a soccer player after working with weights they are strong but they lack the speed and the rhythm to compete. That is the way Juan Manuel is right now I am desperate at this point. But there is still time to get him speed but the problem is that the weight lifting is giving us a hard time." said Nacho who know Juan Manuel extremely well.

If Marquez is unable to bring his speed up, his chances of beating Mayweather has become a lot more slim than they already are.

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Nacho has become a joke at this point in his career

He insisted he’d figured out Pacman and that DLH was gonna smoke him. He ruined any chance DLH had and now he’s going to ruin any chance Marquez has against Mayweather. Lifting weights to add bulk before fighting the fastest guy in boxing? Is he retarded? JMM should have just hired Freddy Roach.

Gimme 1 round!

by ItBurnzWhenIP on Aug 25, 2009 2:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Could be mind games though....

You never know.

by SmittytheCutman on Aug 25, 2009 11:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

True

For Nacho’s sake, I hope it’s just mind games because this sounds like a stupid training strategy to begin with. Why would there be so much focus on building muscle when first of all, Marquez is not that small and second, Mayweather is not an aggressive power puncher who would try and bully Marquez.

All you have to do is watch the Marquez v Diaz fight to know that lack of speed was almost Marquez’s downfall in the fight. Sure, he knocked Diaz on his @SS in beautiful fashion but up until the fight ended, Marquez was sluggish and was taking shots all night. He was lucky DIaz is feather-fisted. From that fight, Nacho should have known that Marquez loses a lot of speed when moving up in weight and it would only be much worse fighting at 143-144 agains the fastest guy in the sport.

by Natdizzle on Aug 25, 2009 11:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He was lucky DIaz is feather-fisted.

I’ve been saying the same thing since that fight. It was an awesome, gutsy, inspiring performance by JMM, but I thought he looked a bit over his head at 135 that night. He looked good against Casamayor, but that fight was also a lot closer than people remember it being (if they remember it at all) and he was slower there than at 130, too. He’s really fighting over his head, which is crazy.

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by SC on Aug 25, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Totally right

Absolutely right. JMM’s victories at 135 were well deserved but very misleading. I just can’t see him doing the same to Floyd. I’m defintiely not a Floyd fan but I do recognize the fact that he is a world-class athlete therefore all the talk that he’ll have ring rust and will be weight-drained is just silly. He is way too disciplined to allow any of that be a factor. Besides, he’s one of the few boxers out there who walks around at or near is actual weight class. Coming down a few pounds won’t kill him.

by Natdizzle on Aug 26, 2009 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs