Azumah Nelson vs Juan Manuel Marquez

126 and 130.

Who wins and why?

 

Nelson at both weights by virtue of his versatility... He has the jab and the legs to get JMM into the uncomfortable position of having to come to him but he also has the strength, power and pressure fighting ability to get him on the backfoot when needed... JMM gets his licks in but I think Azumah is a bad style matchup for him

 

Azumah has a functional 80sness advantage

 

Marquez gets fucked up at 126, similar to what Nelson did to Gomez.

At 130 it's close, but Nelson still wins.

 

:l2:

 

greatest fighter ever from mexico beats the greatest fighter ever from ghana

 

No NO...it's not Julio Cesar Chavez....we are talking about Juan Manuel Marquez...

 

marquez 10 best victories: pacquiao, pacquiao, pacquiao, barrera, casamayor, salido, medina, diaz, gainer, sanchez

chavez 10 best victories: taylor, rosario, ramirez, mayweather, camacho, taylor, mayweather, martinez, castillo, haugen

 

Chavez group is better and Marquez has one win against pacquiao

 

Yup...since Marquez "beat" Pacquio 3 times..lets add Whitaker to Chavez resume...

 

Exactly

 

I go by my own 2 eyes. Whitaker beat Chavez more convincingly than pacquiao ever legitimately beat marquez. Which he never did

 

Except Whitaker was the one who got robbed against Chavez, similar to how Marquez was the one who got robbed against Pac

 

Also, Nelson at 126. Not sure who I'd pick at 130, JMM had evolved more as a fighter there & I think (in my mind) he was at his peak there.