My take on Pacquiao's desire for a third fight with Marquez

If not Floyd Mayweather, then I was hoping it would be Tim Bradley. It would be akin to running out of Blue Label at the supermarket but the party's waiting at home, so you grab the Jack Daniel's off the shelf because it gets the job done and it saves you the indignity of drinking moonshine out of a bathtub.

Juan Manuel Marquez isn't quite moonshine, but after Manny Pacquiao's last three matchups, it would feel like meeting up with my friends to celebrate winning the lottery by busting open a bottle of ripple.

I would've loved this bout as late as last year, but Marquez has since been decked by Michael Katsidis and is on the downswing now. It's not as bad as a matchup with say, Kermit Cintron, who was last seen flying out of boxing rings in a single bound and hasn't beaten anyone of note to warrant such a shot (unless we count Angulo); the same can be said for Zab Judah, who is skilled but still needs a marquee win in his latest run at junior welterweight to even enter the discussion in my opinion.

Apparently Golden Boy has until Monday to match or surpass what Top Rank is offering Marquez (a catchweight bout at 144 for an undisclosed amount of money on November 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas), so I guess it's the waiting game until then.