HBO's award-winning franchise "24/7" returned tonight with the premiere of "24/7 Pacquiao/Marquez", the all-access reality series following pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao and lightweight king Juan Manuel Marquez as they prepare for their November 12 showdown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. "He knows he hasn't beaten me decisively and it's like a thorn in my side that I want to pull out because I want to do my job and I want to make it clear who really won....Pacquiao, he doesn't like to be attacked, but I'm a fighter who uses intelligence, who attackes, who counterpunches, and uses combinations that others haven't used. I think my style is difficult for him," Marquez would comment, making it clear that he's on a mission to prove that he truly is the better fighter. Check out what else Juan Manuel Marquez had to say in episode 1 of 24/7 Pacquiao/Marquez.
On his upcoming third fight with Pacquiao...
"I have to leave it all in the ring. I have to prove who won those two fights."
On his team...
"I think we've got an indispensable group of people on this team."
"Why would we need people who can't help us with anything?"
"Everyone has a clear role. Nacho Beristain is still my trainer. Raul De Anda is my assistant. Jose Luis Zaragoza does mitts with me. The team is the same as ever and that's the way we like it."
On why this fight is important to him...
"The boxing community sees Manny Pacquiao as the best pound-for-pound fighter. I think that's why I want this fight, why I've always wanted this fight. He knows he hasn't beaten me decisively and it's like a thorn in my side that I want to pull out because I want to do my job and I want to make it clear who really won."
On his first fight with Pacquiao...
"I think that the first round was a shock for me. It helped me keep him from connecting with the same power he had in the first round.
"I think we did everyting possible to win. I feel, and the people know, that we barely won, but we won."
On his second fight with Pacquiao...
"We thought we won the second fight."
"We won by two or three points. To have won those two fights would put me where Pacquiao is now. It would have changed everything."
On his trainer, Nacho Beristain...
"Nacho is the kind of trainer where if he tells you to do something, you have to do it. I like that. I don't like a trainer who spoils me. Just the opposite, I like a trainer who pushes me to get things done."
On why he's been Pacquiao's most difficult opponent...
"Pacquiao, he doesn't like to be attacked, but I'm a fighter who uses intelligence, who attackes, who counterpunches, and uses combinations that others haven't used. I think my style is difficult for him."
On his family...
"I believe the support of my wife and children is very important."
"Now, I'm training really hard. It's not always fun because I come home really exhausted. By the time I get home, they might be asleep, so I don't get to spend as much quantity time with them as I'd like, but after the fight, it will be great to be with them again."
"I've always been an athtlete who takes things seriously. I throw myself into what I'm doing. I'm an athlete that doesn't like to lose."
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