Juan Manuel's Choice: Khan or Katsidis?
by Scott Christ on Aug 25, 2010 12:34 AM EDT
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Dan Rafael of ESPN.com reports tonight that the option for a fall/winter fight falls to Juan Manuel Marquez: Move up to 140 and challenge titleholder Amir Khan, or stay at lightweight and defend his championship against Michael Katsidis?
"Either one is a serious fight that I would be looking forward. Either one is a fight that would be a highlight of the fall/winter boxing calendar," [Richard] Schaefer said. "It comes down to what Marquez wants to do."
These are the options most expected. The bigger money is in a fight with Khan, but it's also a fight that as good as Marquez still is, I think most boxing experts and fans familiar with where both are in their careers would expect him to lose. Khan is 14 years younger, and three inches taller, with a four-inch reach advantage. He's also extremely fast, riding a good wave of momentum at the moment, and smarter than he often gets credit for. Khan may like to talk a big game, but in the ring under Freddie Roach's watch, he's been all business and fought nearly perfectly against both Andriy Kotelnik and Paulie Malignaggi.
Then there's Katsidis, who has been barking for a fight with Marquez for about a year now. He's a dangerous prospect because of his ability to take punishment and return hard blows in kind. With Juan Diaz, Marquez really had little to fear. Diaz can't punch. Katsidis can, and Katsidis has never shied away from getting bloody or physical, physical. Marquez-Katsidis, on paper, is a war.
Disturbingly, Richard Schaefer mentioned a possible 2011 fight:
"Marquez and Morales is a fight I would love to do," Schaefer said. "We've had some conversations with Erik Morales."
For the love of God...
Anyway, who would you choose if you could advise Marquez on his next fight? WhO R U PiCkInG?
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Id RATHER see Michael Katsidis, but I think we will be seeing him against Khan. He is worth more money, he has a title, and is the stable mate of Pac and we all know how much Marquez wants to get to Pac.
"I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.'" Mike Tyson
i was distrubed when nobody made fun of WHO R U PICKING when it was first announced as the PPV title for PBF-SSM, but i’m glad that its finally getting its due
i’d rather see marquez-katsidis since it’ll be a war, and will guarantee that JMM get his ass knocked out.
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by battle axe of doom on Aug 25, 2010 2:38 AM EDT reply actions
I was letting it go at one PPV. It was bad, but as a passing thing, forgettable enough. Their continued abuse of it has brought it out of me. I can’t takes no more.
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by Scott Christ on Aug 25, 2010 3:31 AM EDT up reply actions
i swear i saw like 20 facebook updates before JMM-Baby Bull II asking WHO R U PICKING
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by battle axe of doom on Aug 25, 2010 4:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Yep. They used it when they signed Mosley-Mora too.
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by Scott Christ on Aug 25, 2010 4:07 AM EDT up reply actions
We all think of JMM as a legit Lightweight but to be fair, he has only had 5 total fights at light weight with 2 coming earlier in the career. So recently he has had just 2 opponents at the lightweight limit, Juan Diaz and Joel Casamayor. Juan Diaz has feather fists and Casamayor has some power but I feel that JMM’s chin may have diminished since the Casa fight (he did get buzzed by Diaz in the first fight….DIAZ!). Marquez is a little chinny but he does always get up, so I’m not sure that Katsidis KO’s him, but there will probably be several KD’s for Katsidis. I think I would take Katsidis in that fight and Khan by a breeze in the other.
140 is a terrible idea. JMM was 142, slow and terrible for the Mayweather fight. At 140 he would come in at 138 or something and give up a large amount of weight to Khan on fight night; a bad idea when Khan already has the speed and reach advantage.
honestly most of my prediction of katsidis KO’ing JMM is out of spite, but i really do believe he’ll KO the bastard. like you said he was dazed by the baby bull, and thats as absurd as baby bull getting dazed by paulie malignaggi. JMM can only take so much punishment, and the Australian Asswhupper has enough power to put JMM on his ass for good me thinks
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by battle axe of doom on Aug 25, 2010 4:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Marquez-Katsidis has FOTY potential
Khan-Marquez would probably be a pathetic blowout that would make Marquez look like a shell of his old self, which he is in a lot of ways.
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Khans chin makes the fight interesting
I still don’t think Khan can take a good punch. Marquez may be getting older, but he’s not shot just yet. The fact that Marquez can land a few counter shots makes this the more worthwhile fight IMO.
But i’m not going to complain about Katsidis.
I’d rather see him fight Katsidis but I think it’ll end up being Khan, unfortunately.
Khan/Marquez has “wide UD” written all over it.
Also, Marquez/Morales in 2011 is ridiculous.
How Schaefer can say the words “a fight I would love to do” is insane.
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