Manny Pacquiao is almost 80 percent ready for his triumvirate showdown versus Juan Manuel Marquez on Nov. 12 in Las Vegas and is not allowing distractions to sabotage his final outing in the 144 lbs "catch weight." The world will be watching him finalize his obligation against the hard-hitting Mexican fighter who is himself in the pre-departure area of his fistic career. Pacquaio's third and probably final meeting (the alleged rematch clause in the contract is unacceptable and will never push through) with Marquez will be is tune up bout prior to facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. tentatively in May 2011. Pacquiao can't afford to throw away the chance to figure in the sports' richest deal against Mayweather by yielding this important match to Marquez. By all means, he has to win convincingly and avoid a controversy by scoring knockout.

A knockout victory on Nov. 12 will permanently zipper the mouth of Marquez and this will send shockwaves to the camp of Mayweather who has no more option left but to fight the Filipino pound-for-pound king.
Although he has set aside his plans to go for a higher office immediately after his retirement, Pacquiao's destiny is definitely in politics. He can't stay long as a prizefighter as he has nothing to prove anymore. It's either he will retire after the Marquez fight or make history by agreeing to fight Mayweather in his final bout before hanging up his gloves. But because he is under obligation to fulfill a contract with the Top Rank, he has no choice but to fight Mayweather next year. Win or lose, he will have to retire as there are no more powerful welterweight fighters in the world today who are considered as real threats after Mayweather.

In his mind, Pacquiao wants to settle his business with Marquez first and put exclamation point on his rivalry with Mayweather. Oddsmakers will have a field day making Marquez as underdog owing to his "smaller" frame having campaigned for a long time in the "lighter" lightweight division while Pacquiao was busy tormenting the heavy guys in the welterweight and even light middleweight these past years.

The Reyfort Media Group, as usual, will cover the event on Nov. 12 and provide the readers with first-hand information about Pacquiao's biggest assignment in 2010. This is our commitment to the reading public: provide them with ringside account on Pacquiao's major fights.

We hope no untoward incident will happen in Pacquiao's final showdown with the pesky Mexican hombre so that his much-awaited big fight next year against the unbeaten American will not be sabotaged by unforseen circumstances. We admire the Team Pacquiao led by coach Fred Roach and conditioning chief Alex Ariza for always giving Pacquiao A-1 condition even if they know their ward's winning chances are always big.

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