The Cruelest Sport » Juan Manuel Marquez http://thecruelestsport.com A Professional Boxing blog Fri, 17 May 2013 21:25:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 The Ugly American: Those Stars You Gaze Upon, or, On Marquez-Pacquiao http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/01/07/the-ugly-american-those-stars-you-gaze-upon-or-on-marquez-pacquiao/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/01/07/the-ugly-american-those-stars-you-gaze-upon-or-on-marquez-pacquiao/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:44:55 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5398 **** I have a regular column, “The Ugly American,” featured in ESQUINA, a new boxing magazine based out of Mexico City. The column runs in Spanish in the print version of Esquina and in English on their website. The latest edition of “The Ugly American” focuses on the suspicions surrounding Juan Manuel Marquez after his [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/01/07/the-ugly-american-those-stars-you-gaze-upon-or-on-marquez-pacquiao/feed/ 0 The Chilling: Juan Manuel Marquez KO6 Manny Pacquiao http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/09/the-chilling-juan-manuel-marquez-ko6-manny-pacquiao/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/09/the-chilling-juan-manuel-marquez-ko6-manny-pacquiao/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:22:40 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5343 **** Despite the tortured logic of an army of zealots, history was not revised Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. That Juan Manuel Marquez prevailed over nemesis Manny Pacquiao does not prove he won the previous three encounters, or that he was robbed in not winning. Nor does the sinister [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/09/the-chilling-juan-manuel-marquez-ko6-manny-pacquiao/feed/ 0 FAILBETTER: Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/07/failbetter-manny-pacquiao-juan-manuel-marquez-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/07/failbetter-manny-pacquiao-juan-manuel-marquez-preview/#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:20:46 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5341 **** “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Beckett Contemporary boxing is so ersatz—from tinfoil stars mass-produced by premium cable networks to P-4-P stalwarts who are soon wandering HTML Palookavilles when ADD worrywarts and Super Bloggers are momentarily distracted by their own navels—that it almost seems comforting to see Manny [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/07/failbetter-manny-pacquiao-juan-manuel-marquez-preview/feed/ 0 The Last Detail: Can Juan Manuel Marquez Defeat an Aging Manny Pacquiao? http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/07/the-last-detail-can-juan-manuel-marquez-defeat-an-aging-manny-pacquiao/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/07/the-last-detail-can-juan-manuel-marquez-defeat-an-aging-manny-pacquiao/#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:00:57 +0000 Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5305 **** The first two installments in the rivalry between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez-who will meet for the fourth time on December 8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas-were marked by explosive surges intermittently disrupting steady craftsmanship. In 2004 Marquez climbed out of a three-knockdown deficit by stringing together stretches of dominance, only [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/07/the-last-detail-can-juan-manuel-marquez-defeat-an-aging-manny-pacquiao/feed/ 0 Only the Lonely: Tim Bradley Without Manny Pacquiao http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/18/only-the-lonely-tim-bradley-without-manny-pacquiao/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/18/only-the-lonely-tim-bradley-without-manny-pacquiao/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:10:37 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5223 **** With yesterday’s press conference announcing the final chapter in the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez quadrilogy, December 8th should find this rivalry renewed under the lights of the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It was on that same blue canvas that Pacquiao suffered a split-decision loss to Tim Bradley in June. It was [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/18/only-the-lonely-tim-bradley-without-manny-pacquiao/feed/ 0 My Next Victim: Juan Manuel Marquez Takes Aim at Morales, Gesta, Rios, & Alvarado http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/25/my-next-victim-juan-manuel-marquez-takes-aim-at-morales-gesta-rios-alvarado/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/25/my-next-victim-juan-manuel-marquez-takes-aim-at-morales-gesta-rios-alvarado/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:47:15 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4803 **** Juan Manuel Marquez has answered all the questions his vocation could pose to him. Now, like a university student who has completed his degree requirements with a few credits remaining, Marquez is in position to take only the electives that interest him. So which course will Marquez choose? If Marquez is motivated by cultural [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/25/my-next-victim-juan-manuel-marquez-takes-aim-at-morales-gesta-rios-alvarado/feed/ 8 DOUBLE SHOT: Marquez Defeats Fedchenko to Keep Pacquiao in His Sights, Rios Slinks Past Abril http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/16/double-shot-marquez-defeats-fedchenko-to-keep-pacquiao-in-his-sights-rios-slinks-past-abril/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/16/double-shot-marquez-defeats-fedchenko-to-keep-pacquiao-in-his-sights-rios-slinks-past-abril/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:15:09 +0000 Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4789 **** Fighting in Mexico City for the first time in nearly 18 years, Juan Manuel Marquez easily outpointed Serhiy Fedchenko Saturday night by the scores of 119-109, 118-110, 118-110 to win the interim WBO light welterweight title. That Fedchenko, now 30-2 with 13 KOs, is a competent, durable fighter with reluctant hands helped make this [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/16/double-shot-marquez-defeats-fedchenko-to-keep-pacquiao-in-his-sights-rios-slinks-past-abril/feed/ 4 Winner Take Nothing: Manny Pacquiao W12 Juan Manuel Marquez http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/11/14/winner-take-nothing-manny-pacquiao-w12-juan-manuel-marquez/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/11/14/winner-take-nothing-manny-pacquiao-w12-juan-manuel-marquez/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:09:01 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4391 **** Manny Pacquiao was lucky to exit the ring with a “W” on Saturday night after going 12 tactical rounds with his archrival Juan Manuel Marquez, notching a majority decision by scores of 114-114, 115-113, and an absurd 116-112 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. There were no real winners, however, as Pacquiao [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/11/14/winner-take-nothing-manny-pacquiao-w12-juan-manuel-marquez/feed/ 68 ACT III (Or Something Like It): Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/11/12/act-iii-or-something-like-it-manny-pacquiao-juan-manuel-marquez-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/11/12/act-iii-or-something-like-it-manny-pacquiao-juan-manuel-marquez-preview/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:29:15 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4382 ***** Manny Pacquiao returns to the ring tomorrow night in Las Vegas trailing the usual mixture of glee, outrage, and incomprehension that follows him whenever he so much as arches an eyebrow. To some, this fight deserves a flashing neon asterisk beside it; to others, it is a long-awaited sequel to a pair of blistering [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/11/12/act-iii-or-something-like-it-manny-pacquiao-juan-manuel-marquez-preview/feed/ 10 Feeling Safe: On Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez III http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/08/17/feeling-safe-on-manny-pacquiao-juan-manuel-marquez-iii/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/08/17/feeling-safe-on-manny-pacquiao-juan-manuel-marquez-iii/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:52:52 +0000 Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=3858 **** On November 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao will meet for the third installment of a rivalry that has thus far been classic. In bloody chess matches in 2004 and 2008, the two were as evenly-matched as possible. Both possessing deep reservoirs of moxie, Pacquiao overcame [...]

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