This third fight is rather controversial, honestly I did not watch it live and just found out that Manny won via majority decision through a text from some of my friends. After the fight, I asked some people about the result of the battle and they have different opinions about it. Some say that Marquez should be the winner, others say that Pacquiao deserved it, some even said that it was "luto" or scripted that Manny will win, some said that it was cheated and many other opinions. I was intrigued by this so I watched the replay and have my own opinion.
Honestly on this fight we did not see the usual fighting style of Manny Pacquiao, his usual speed and agreesiveness was not seen much on this. For the first few rounds, it is clear that both fighters are measuring their strength, speed and distance. Both fighters showcased their talent in the world of boxing as they exchanged punches. For the first few rounds, Marquez have a slight advantage as he was throwing punches stronger than Manny. But for the ending rounds, Manny dominated it. Marquez lost to Pacquiao via majority decision, during the 12 round fight, Marquez had largely controlled the pace of the fight, adopting a cautious approach to right-hand counter punches in an attempt to keep Pacquiao on the outside.
Marquez was favoured to have won the match. Maybe we are just expecting too much of Manny. For me, the decision of the judges were correct. Manny is the winner of this fight. All throughout the fight, Manny is the one who is more aggressive and the one who is attacking Marquez. I even heard one of the commentators say "He is the champion but he is the one carrying the fight". The challenger should be the one who is more aggressive and has the hunger of winning and taking out the belt from the champion. As a result, Manny won by majority decision of 114-114, 115-113, and 116-112.
All in all, it was a great fight. I hope that there will be a rematch between these two boxers and hopefully, if it happens, there will be a TKO. ^^
I almost had jmm winning in my scorecards watching the reply over and over, until I saw his foot stomping videos, that he intentionally tried to pin manny's foot over and over to get a knockout, like mosley did. For me it's cheating. I lost all my respect for marquez.
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