Blood and sweet will be spilled, that's for sure, the third match of Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez will charge the fans with adrenaline and entertaining in a lot of scales. Everyone knows the powerful jabs of the Filipinas machine and some even have declared that he will dominate the fight. But Pacquiao knows that Marquez is a tough opponent to deal with, and overconfidence is not a tool he could use.
Pacquiao recognizes Marquez as his greatest nemesis, and even quoted during the HBO Face Off that not even Morales, who he already had fight on three matches has been as difficult as Marquez has proven to be. Morales defeated Pacquiao the first time, but the Filipino won the next two by knockout.
Against Marquez, on the first time they met Pacquiao knocked down Marquez three times on the first round; by the second knockdown, when Marquez rise up once more Manny knew the man in front of him will be tough to defeat. They faced each other again on 2008, the match was so balanced that it was hard to define the winner, and at the end the victory was for Pacquiao by split decision. Marquez has argued many times that he has won both fights... now he will have another chance to prove it.
November 12 is the destined day for the match, the fighters are excited to get in the ring and define this fight once and for all, but they are not the only ones charged with excitement, their coaches and trainers also share the thrill to see the results of the expected match.
Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach is training with him at Brentville, Baguio City, at the Philippines and keeping the boxer in exceptional condition; while at the same time, trainer Nacho Beristain does the same for Marquez, molding his fighter talents and punches with new strategies and techniques to assure hits on the Pacman or shifting away of his dangerous jabs. Both trainers have trust on their fighters and they look forward to an epic fight and the best result for their side.
Most of the predictions aim a victory by knock out at the hands of Pacquiao; certainly the faith on the Filipino is big and his results on past fight can give support to these predictions; but is his preparation what makes him the best choice. Manny has improved a lot his fighting skills and can be considered a complete boxer. His whole body is a fighting machine. How much time will take for Pacquiao to try to take down Marquez is hard to predict, we must consider that the Mexican will be a hard bone to gnaw for Pacman. Daring forecast by some predictors and boxing veterans says that Pacquiao will knock out Marquez between the 1-6 rounds.
Marquez is positive and promises a great fight, these predictions are nothing to worry about, he has prepared well for this moment and he is hungry for victory.