Pacquiao-Marquez Fight

Losing and winning are part of sports, and with the game of life. Especially in boxing, We know this fully well. Ali lost to Frazier; Frazier lost to Foreman; Foreman lost to Ali; Ali had hellfire fights with Frazier two times more (reminds us of Pacquiao-Marquez); then again Ali lost to journeymen Norton and Leon Spinks; the invincible Tyson lost to Douglas in Tokyo; and on and on.

What happened to Pacquiao on Marquez (close fight), I think is a blessing in disguise. Mayweather, through Oscar de la Hoya, is frantic about wanting to fight Pacquiao in May, 2012. Pacquiao laid a trap to draw Mayweather from his fear cave. Mayweather thinks Pacquiao is ready for the picking. Pacquiao cramps again and again, his speed will be back, and lagot si Mayweather. Let's see what happens next. But of course, there will be more excruciating moments of grandstanding of both Pacquiao-Mayweather camps. Otherwise, it will be Pacquiao-Marquez 4, an unprecedented one in boxing history. Meantime, Marquez will continue to sulk and cry and complain....and as we know, cry babies do not win in the end.

If I were a Mexican, of course. Imagine the Mexicans that Pacquiao beat already-- Morales, Barrera, Margarito, Marquez, dela Hoya, etc..years before.

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AMEN ! Well analyzed

Brod Loy's analysis well taken. As to the result, I deduce from his comment that Pacquiao won.

We all saw the fight. Like the 3 judges who came up with different scores, each one of us will have our own judgment. I would have wanted to see a knockout or at least a knockdown as Roach predicted bit it didn't come... a big source of disappointment.

The fight was VERY CLOSE. BUT PACQUIAO WON! In my card, I had it 7:5 rounds in favor of Pacquiao (or 115 points Pacquiao vs 113 points for Marquez).

Now let's see what CompuBox scored:

1. TOTAL PUNCHES THROWN & LANDED
P landed 176 of 578
M landed 138 of 436

2. POWER PUNCHES
P connected 117 of 274 power shots
M connected 100 of 254

3. Ave PUNCHES THROWN & HITS PER ROUND
P 49 thrown, 14 hits
M 36 thrown, 11 hits

The fight was less dramatic than what most wanted. But a win is a win! Let us rejoice!

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I just want to get this out of my chest. The word is "predictable". Manny has not changed his mode of attack from his last 2 fights with Marquez which is right jab then left straight.

A good analyst like Berestain would certainly practice Marquez to duck the moment Manny makes this move and counter punch with his left or right. Notice how many times Manny missed his shots because all Marquez had to do was duck. Freddie Roach could have advised Manny in the middle of the fight to do his right jab but instead of a left straight, do a left upper cut. This to oppose Marquez' duck. This would have changed the whole game with Filipinos' high expectations of a knockdown. Maybe Manny should make this adjustment if and when a rematch is made.