Leaning forward in his statements, as he has been during his career above the ring, Juan Manuel Márquez spoke in ‘To the blows’ of the statements made by Érik ‘Terrible’ Morales to the effect that he did not need four fights to defeat the Filipino Manny Pacquiao, with whom ‘Dinamita’ faced the same number of times in fights that had a high degree of octane rating.
“He (Morales) says he did not need four fights to beat Pacquiao,” said ‘Dinamita. “You have to remember that Érick Morales did the first fight quite well and then, what happened? He ended up knocked out by the Filipino fighter. I needed four fights, why? That is very noticeable and people know it, because each of those fights ended with controversial decisions, decisions where I practically beat him, in my opinion, the four fights, but everyone has his opinion, and I respect him, but he defined himself in four fights because Pacquiao himself was not satisfied with what that he had made in every fight, and even the decisions, especially in the third fight, was a dispossession in a deserted area, “said Márquez.
“The fight never happened, the right thing was never done, I was in the best disposition to fight for the championship”
Juan Manuel Marquez
“In some way, I respect the career of any fighter, his opinion, in this case of Erik Morales, but I do not agree with what he says; people know what I was capable of, people know what I did on the ring and he mentions that he only needed one fight to beat him, but, he told you, after it happened, the second and third fight, I needed four, 42 rounds to show who had won in the previous fights and the truth is that I was very satisfied having done what was done, facing at the time a great fighter like Manny Pacquiao, “he added.
Márquez, three times world champion in three different divisions, also spoke of the reasons why he never faced in the ring, monarch, for his part, in four different categories of boxing and emphasized that excessive care in the Administration of the ‘Terrible’ was the main reason why the combat did not occur.
“The fight did not happen because it must be remembered that at the time when you are a fighter supported by the promoter and by an organism, what both parties least want is for the fighter to lose and not to continue generating business for the promoter and for the body, that’s what happened, “he explained.
“The fight never happened, the right thing was never done, I was in the best position to fight for the championship, I was ranked number one, we even went to the house of the president of the World Boxing Council to request that opportunity; if I remember correctly, when Barrera beat Erik Morales the third contest, Barrera left the title vacant, I was ranked number one in the WBC and the body is the one that sets the rules and what he did was face Eddie Morales and Paulie Ayala were given the opportunity to Eddie Morales after losing the contest.
“Morales was the WBC Super Bantamweight world champion but later he went up to Pluma, so he gained weight, it seems that he faces Barrera there in that third contest, if I remember correctly, he was already fighting the Pluma division and I was ranked number one As an official challenger to the Council title and I was willing to fight whoever was the champion, in that case, Erick, but, as I tell you, when a promoter, an organization protects and has the fighter’s business, what is it that Want more ?, that the golden goose will not end, why, because I was ranked number one and the business of both the promoter and the agency could be lost. “
‘Dinamita’ Márquez clarified that outside the ensogado he has had no encounter with the Tijuana player, so there is no apparent explanation for the animosity that exists between the two fighters.
“No, nothing, I haven’t exchanged a word with him. Since I started fighting as a professional, not when he was a champion, nor when I started being a champion, I never crossed a word with him, I don’t know why circumstances turned like that. “
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