Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Juan Manuel M�rquez wants Manny Pacquiao fight after beating Juan D�az

? Mexico's M�rquez calls for third Pacquiao contest? 'Everyone wants to see it. It's good for all fight fans'Juan Manuel M�rquez called out Manny Pacquiao after retaining his WBA and WBO lightweight titles with a unanimous points victory over Juan D�az on Saturday. The Mexican has fought Pacquiao twice before, drawing in 2004 and suffering a narrow defeat four years later."The trilogy with Pacquiao is what I want," said M�rquez, whose record improves to 51-5-1 (37 KOs). "Everybody wants to see it. It's good for all fight fans, for the Mexicans, the Filipinos. Everyone wants to see it. That's the most important fight for me now."The fight with D�az, of the US, was a rematch of a February 2009 contest in which Diaz set the pace early before M�rquez took control and scored a knockout in the eighth round.There were no knockdowns this time, but on several occasions M�rquez appeared to hurt D�az with sharp combinations. He landed more punches than D�az in every one of the 12 rounds and in total scored with 288 punches, 133 more than his opponent."I fought the best fight I could," D�az said. "I think I fought a good fight. We were trading punches. I didn't want to stand in front of him. The gameplan was to get in there, throw combinations, step around him and get out. But it was tough and I got hit with some good punches. He's a great fighter."Boxingguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

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