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Marquez may price himself out of fifth Pacquiao fight

Nick Giongco


The handwriting is on the wall. Juan Manuel Marquez is starting to let Manny Pacquiao know and feel that he won’t settle for crumbs in the event they face each other for the fifth time in September.
A report from Mexico said that Marquez has been offered a juicy $15 million purse to bring his act to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to fight an obscure South African.
Although the offer is not being given much thought, the message Team Marquez wants to relay is loud and clear: Pacquiao has to agree to some sort of a salary cut and for Marquez to get a bigger slice of the pie for the blockbuster fight to take place.
In knocking out Pacquiao last year, Marquez was paid $6 million, while Pacquiao got $23 million.
Now that he is on top of the world, Marquez believes he can somehow dictate what he wants since Pacquiao is more than eager to exact payback.
Even Pacquiao lawyer Franklin Gacal admitted a few weeks ago that for the Filipino pride to get the opportunity to redeem himself against Marquez, he has to sacrifice a bit.
Mike Koncz, who negotiates Pacquiao’s fights, said that while it is a no-brainer that Pacquiao and Marquez should fight again, “it will be difficult to make” as Marquez will price himself out of the (fifth) fight as (Tim) Bradley did.
Koncz is working to arrange an April comeback fight and he is looking at three sites –Singapore, Dubai and Macau – although it doesn’t look like the former Portuguese colony (Macau) has an available venue for April 13 or even the week after.
Pacquiao was on the verge of stopping Marquez when he got caught in the dying seconds of the sixth round.
Pacquiao, who turned 34 last Dec. 17, is so determined to settle the score with Marquez that he has expressed his desire to fight as early as April.
The Nevada Athletic Commission has suspended Pacquiao until March 9 and he is not allowed to have any contact (sparring) until Feb. 7.
Since the proposed return bout will be in April, the Nevada suspension won’t have any effect on his next fight.

 Article courtesy of Nick Giongco of the Manila Bulletin
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