We all know Pacquiao was cheated out of a victory by the judges in the Bradley bout, but was he also cheated in his other recent loss against Juan Manual Marquez?
I'm a big fan of Marquez, but suspicions is growing around the man now nicknamed "Juan Manual Schwarzenegger"
In their 4th fight Marquez looked huge compared to Pacquiao, suprising because Pacquiao had been fighting at the higher weight for longer.
People have said, Marquez is the only man to go through puberty twice, such was his change from when he first stepped up above the 140lbs limit to face Mayweather.
This huge rise in size and KO power, coincided with hiring Angel “Memo" Heredia, a guy heavily involved in the BALCO doping scandal, where he cheated the tests for years and came up with new undetectable PEDs
His KO power seemed to go through the roof, Pacquiao, normally iron jawed, walked through big punchers like Cotto and Mosley and took the best JMM had to offer for 36 rounds was flattened by a monstrous punch
by Marquez. You may say Pacquiao walked on to that one, but then we have the first KD as well, which Pacquiao had his guard up. It was evident Marquez's power had increased dramatically.
This seemingly caused concern for Bradley who had it in his contract that USADA or VADA would carry out extra testing, random blood and urine testing.
But now Marquez and his team are not willing to have this testing. Why? And now the fight could be in jeopardy. Bradley says he will walk away if the extra testing is not done.
But what really increased my suspicions was when he trainer said, " You will never find any PEDs in Marquez"
Not that he was a clean fighter, but you will never find them.
Does not look good when you have an expert of using methods to make illegal PEDs go undetected, even when carrying out the most stringent tests, working on your team.
http://www.maxboxing.com/news/max-boxing-news/the-bob-arum-nevada-testing-agency-is-failing
http://www.maxboxing.com/news/max-boxing-news/will-arums-proposed-nevada-testing-endanger-marquez-vs-bradley
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/sports/13doping.html?ref=othersports&pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://www.boxingscene.com/nacho-bradley-you-never-find-peds-marquez--68027
Was Pacquiao cheated twice???
posted on 2/8/13
Kamran
I think at least 50% of all top athletes are on them. Wouldn't suprise me if the likes of Pacquaio, Mayweather etc were on them either. Drugs in sports is rife including football.
posted on 2/8/13
I had a feeling Marquez was going to KO Pacquiao after watching this clip in the build up to their fourth fight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgmtZOCNUOI
posted on 2/8/13
Huge power to one punch KO someone with big 16oz gloves on and headguards.
Shouldn't Marquez be on your p4p punch power list?
posted on 2/8/13
RGK
Ariza or any of his athletes have ever been caught up in any doping scandal, and I'm unaware of what relationship Ariza and Memo have if any.
It is not up to the fighters to set doping protocols, it up the commission and governing bodies and to a lesser extent the promoter.
Sauerland Promotions blood test all fighters for their fights and have done so way before Mayweather.
I don't know if Marquez is using or not, it would be a shame for the sport if such a respected individual should be caught doping.
But what troubles me is that he must have agreed to it, because Bradley has a signed contract, so why try to back out of it now?
And Nacho's words did not help matters.
posted on 2/8/13
Has Alex Ariza clients gone through random drug testing whilst working with him? The answer is a big fat zero.
Would a self respecting clean worker want to be friendly with a cheat like Memo? So why all of sudden Ariza and Memo best friends. Why has Alex Ariza gone on record saying he does the same thing as memo.
d4 gets destroyed again.
http://www.doghouseboxing.com/John/Raspanti_121712.htm
posted on 2/8/13
Plenty of tough fighters would have been dropped by that punch Marquez landed on manny and caught him flush coming in. It was a great shot drugs or no drugs
posted on 2/8/13
Kneerash
That first knockdown. Marquez has landed that same punch countless times on Pacquiao and never had the effect it did till their fourth fight.
posted on 2/8/13
It looks like GGG will be fighting Martin Murray in Madison Square Garden on November 2nd. Good stuff.
posted on 2/8/13
Murray did well against Martinez in his last fight, he was unlucky to not get at least a draw imo. If the fight wasn't in Argentina, he'd have got the decision imo
posted on 5/8/13
Was Pacquiao cheated twice???
Marquez was cheated thrice!!!