Pacquia-Marquez IIII looking set for December 8th!

Pacquiao (left) & Marquez (right).

According to Fernando Beltran of Zanfer Promotions a deal has almost been reached for a fourth fight between boxing rivals Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 39KO's) and Manny Pacquiao (54-4-2, 38KO's). Now I don't need to go into detail about the controversial history between these two fighters as I'm sure almost every boxing fan across the world will know about the dodgy decisions in the three previous fights involving these two, so let's just go straight on to how the fight actually came about.

 

The fight had been rumoured for a very long time but there were other potential opponents out there for Pacquiao (rematches with Timothy Bradley & Miguel Cotto or the super showdown with Floyd Mayweather). But once again, the fight with Mayweather has been "pushed over to next year" (I wonder if "next year" will ever come), Miguel Cotto is tied up in a fight with Austin Trout and Pacquiao and his team don't want the fight with Timothy Bradley. So seeing as there is nobody else really out there at the moment and everybody believes that Marquez deserves yet another shot at "Pacman", this seems like the most logical fight at this current time.

 

Marquez's promoter Fernando Beltran claims that if the fight does happen, it will take place on December 8th. He also said that the fight is very likely going to happen, but stressed that it is not a certainty.

 

"The only reason that I can't guarantee the fight is [happening] is because there isn't a signed contract from Pacquiao in front of us. Nevertheless, in the next few hours we will have it. I can't say anything more because I am being conservative, but I can say that it is 95 percent done," explained Beltran.

 

Marquez set to fight Pacquiao and Gesta!

Juan Manuel Marquez (right) with promoter Fernando Beltran (left).

Juan Manuel Marquez's promoter Fernando Beltran has said that his 
fighter will be boxing Manny Pacquiao and Mercito Gesta in the near 
future. 

He announced the fights at a press conference for Marquez's fight on 
April 14th against Serhiy Fedchenko. 

“Juan Manuel will fight Fedchenko en April, then on July 14 against 
Mercito Gesta at Cowboys Stadium, and in November the fourth fight with 
Pacquiao,” said Beltran.
 

Beltran is thought to have been the key figure in getting Marquez his 
third fight with Pacquiao last year and the 'Pacman' has already 
announced that he wants to fight Marquez for a fourth time before he 
retires. So the fight will almost definitely happen as long as there 
are no problems. 

Although the two fighters want the bout to happen, the fans most likely 
do not. As a fight between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr seems much 
more appealing, but this is a good back up fight if negotiations 
between Pacquiao and Mayweather are not successful. 

There have also been rumours about a potential fight between Marquez and Brandon Rios, who is also fighting on April 14th. Now, this is a 
fight that the fans would certainly like to see. When we announced on Twitter that there could be a chance of a fight between Marquez and 
Rios, the response was amazing, with many people predicting it would be 
the 'fight of the year'. 

Bob Arum from Top Rank Promotions who represent Pacquiao and Gesta was 
not available for comment.