FORMER MEXICAN world champion Juan Manuel Marquez announced that he turned down an offer of $150 million dollars to fight Manny Pacquiao for the fifth time.
Marquez
was visiting Puerto Rico, where he announced an alliance with Miguel Cotto to
promote fights. On the Island of Enchantment he went to the SoLpresa program
hosted by YouTuber Chente Ydrach.
He
faced Manny Pacquiao for the fourth time on December 8,
2012. In the first three fights the record was two wins for the Filipino and
one draw. The fourth fight took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
The
Mexican scored one of the most important wins of his career with
a shocking knockout in the sixth round. After that win there
was much talk of a fifth bout, but the Mexican turned it down.“They offered on the table $150 million for a fifth fight, but I
said 'no, I don't want a fifth fight. Better the pride, the
dignity, the love for the sport', and the most important victory of my life
because we had beaten the best pound-for-pound fighter at that time,” the
Mexican boxer said.
Marquez,
popularly called “El Dinamita,” retired from boxing in 2014, and has a lifetime
record of 56 victories, 40 of them by knockout, and a margin of 7
defeats. In June 2022 he was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in
Canastota, New York. (Marca.com)
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