old school does come to mind when i think of marquez

There is a Rockyesque quality to Marquez. I see parallels in Rocky 4 with Rocky going old school in his training methods and the is the massive underdog vs the physical marvel.

It is kinda funny… I remember seeing Nacho making all his fighters bang on a tire with a sledgehammer years ago… and now everyone is doing that as a part of their training.

will always hate JMM (respect the dude but i’ll never root for him)

Juan Manuel Marquez, above nearly every fighter ever profiled on 24/7, is a throwback to the old traditional fighter – a man who fights for family, god, and country.

sounds exactly like manny pacquiao to me

Drinking quail eggs, training at high altitude, drinking your own piss, and the hyperbaric oxygen chamber (which seems counter-productive along with the high altitude training….). All of these things are gimmicks that would only be employed by a fighter desperate for some sort of edge. Is this the behavior of a confident champion? I don’t think so. Marquez is lacking two things that will absolutely kill him in this fight; speed and confidence. And yes I am going to root for the arrogant SOB in the fight. What’s wrong with trash-talking? Ali did it effectively and so does Floyd (DLH and Hatton were pretty pissed before their fights), so what’s the issue here?

This is a thoughtful fan post, but it’s a bit naive, too, imho. Marquez is hardly the first boxer to portray himself as “a throwback to the old traditional fighter – a man who fights for family, god, and country.” But he is, to my knowledge, the first major athlete to drink his own urine on national television. Honestly, I think that “wee” bit is the take-away buzz of the whole 24/7 thing. When people remember Marquez’s role in 24/7 five years from now, if they remember it at all, they won’t recall him being such an upstanding family man. They’ll recall the pee incident.

For the record, I personally could care less if Marquez buys the new age argument about drinking pee (I had a hippie at a Dead show once try to explain the same thing to me, except he said something about toxins, not vitamins). It makes me think no worse of him. And who knows, it’s something that has been done for centuries by certain groups (Google it, if you’re so inclined). Maybe there really is something to it (not that I’m about to try). My point is that this little anecdote is what stands out about the whole series the most. We already knew the rest of it.

Anyone know if they found another fight to replace the Judah disaster or are they going to cut us one short on the undercard?

mason_beer, Great write up.
Unfortunately most people are intrigued by car wrecks and accidents. People stop and stare. Many people would love to see Mayweather lose or get KO’ed.

When Mayweather faced De La Hoya, he knew in order to make the fight interesting, he had to play up to the crowds and become more of the “Money” Mayweather persona. Some times you gotta work the crowds.