Prelude To A Championship

IOWA CITY (BASN) -- The big event in boxing coming up is the Marquez-Mayweather affair and the question for boxing fans is how rusty will Floyd Mayweather be?

On the surface, this looks like a Mayweather victory, for he's not only the bigger fighter but he may be the faster fighter; which negates any advantages Juan Manuel Marquez would have as the smaller man.

This fight is the prelude to even a bigger fight with the winner setting up a bigger pay day with Manny Pacquaio, the main money fighter in the game today. Neither Mayweather nor Marquez have proven to be money makers on their and they were often the other guy. Mayweather found himself playing second banana to the likes of Oscar De La Hoya or even Ricky Hatton.

Marquez was always overshadowed over his more famous rivals, Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera and never seem to get the love of his own countryman until Morales retired and Barrera skills slipped.

For both of the fighters, this is their chance to be the stars and not be the opponents for others. Mayweather have been one of the best pound for pound over the past decade but that title moved to Manny Pacquaio when Mayweather took his sabbatical with Marquez holding on the number two spot due to his two close fights with the Pacman; one a draw and the other a lost.

The key to this fight will be first whether Marquez can stand up to Mayweather power and managed not to hit the canvas. In his two fights with Pacquaio, four knockdowns proved the deciding factor in losing both fights in very close fashion.

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