Vs Manny Pacquiao Pacquiao vs Marquez 3 ~ Pacquaio has done it again!

Before any of you Pacquiao haters or Mayweather lunatic fanatic say something, hear out my thoughts first – I am really, really disappointed with how the fight ended. That’s it, lol.

I was really looking for a knock out but Pacquiao, no matter how good he is, was not able to deliver. There goes the saying that everybody has his own cryptonite. Any after this fight, it was no doubt that Juan Manuel Marquez is Pacquiao’s cryptonite. I have admired Marquez throughout his career and if there’s anybody that can beat Pacquiao in his A game, it’s Marquez. I thought that Marquez’s skills diminished over time, but the 3rd Pacquiao-Marquez fight only proved that Marquez really knows Pacquiao so well that he almost had it.

Pacquiao vs Marquez - the aftermath

I watched the fight immediately after the winner was announced, still not convinced with the verdict. Honestly, I thought that Pacquiao won the fight with a 1 or at most 2-point margin. A 115-113 was ok, but a 116-112, c’mon. Even a Pacquiao die-hard fan would be shocked by that! Pacquiao was great throughout the fight, and came to Marquez aggresively. However, Marquez was excellent in his being a counter-puncher and landed quite a few solid punches that from time-to-time, intimidated and frustrated Pacquiao. Manny haunted Marquez with his aggresiveness and speed, although it wasn’t really effective throughout the fight. What I really saw Pacquiao lack was his killer instinct and the ability to follow-up on some of his good hits. Perhaps he is still being haunted by the last two bouts or he really thought that Pacquiao knew his game so well, that he can read his next moves. Perhaps not, but Marquez displayed patience and intelligence and waited for the perfect time to counter punch.

Pacquiao did won several rounds, but I give the 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th to Marquez on my card. My total score was 115-113 in favor of Pacquiao. The only thing missing to really wipe those doubts should have been a Marquez knock down. In my book, Pacquiao won fair and square – nobody was robbed, but a knockdown would have really sealed this great rivalry. Much like what happened to Ali and Frazier’s 3rd bout, would have made this fight eternal. Right now, there are rumors of a rematch, but I doubt if it will ever push through in the near future.

Again, congratulations to both fighters . Both of them deserve the compliments for a spectacular fight!

Manny Pacquiao tipped the scale at 143, while Marquez flattened out at 142.

Pacquiao will be defending his World Boxing Organization welterweight crown later today against Juan Manuel Marquez at MGM Grand Las Vegas! Yeah, I’m so excited with this fight and it will be another magnificent showing of skills from both fighters. You all know I vouch for Pacquiao but I have a lot of respect to Marquez. The sure and clear winner will be Pacquiao but this fight will be different from the last three Pacquiao fights – with Clottey, Margarito and Mosley. We’re going to see an action-packed event, plus somebody’s going down, lol.

Pacquiao vs Marquez 3 Weigh In

Manny Pacquaio and his camp said that this has been the most stringent and dedicated training camp for Manny as he is very focused and wanted to end all controversies with Marquez going to this fight. As you can recall, Marquez has been saying some stuff lately – er over a couple of years now that he has been denied of two wins over his fights with Pacquiao. He also went to Pacquiao’s homeland – the Philippines and wore shirts that read he had been robbed of those wins.

Pacquiao has been excellent with his training and had put some extra effort in those sessions as seen with the longer jogging mileage and the bruised sparring partners because he is really taking this fight very personal. Meanwhile, Marquez strategy with his new and controversial Hall of Famer trainer Ignacio Beristain is to put up some more muscles, risking a loss in speed to add more punching power. The plan, he says is to have the punches that he will be throwing to have more effect against Pacquiao.

While those strategies might work, I have some doubts. Pacquiao has proven he can take a lot of beating, and that those extra effort of beefing up might just be in vain. Also, sacrificing some speed in leau of muscle and power might cost the fight to a very fast and agile Pacquiao. We have to wait and see what that kind of training will bring to Marquez at the ring later today.

Can’t wait…

“It doesn’t bother me. I’ve come prepared. I’m going to be able to hit him very hard and that’s going to win me the fight.”

Those are the words that came out of Marquez’s mouth. He will win the fight. Well, you can’t blame the guy. It’s the biggest fight in his career, and a whopping 5 million purse. But don’t expect that to come to reality!

Pacquiao vs Marquez 3

I’m not a Marquez hater. Really. In fact, he’s one of the most versatile and ferocious fighter out there that can really wage battle with Pacquiao. Sad to say, is that his primes is long gone. I mean, we’re not going to see another Pacquiao-Mosley run-around-the-ring match. This will be a slugfest and the two great fighters will fight it out until the end.

However, when you look at any angle – statistics, conditioning, skills – all those factors point to a crystal clear Pacquiao win. And I’ll be very very disappointed if Pacquiao will not be able to KO Marquez. I already forgave Pacquiao with his last three showings. I mean he can knock out all those three guys – Margarito, Mosley and Clottey. But clearly he didn’t out of compassion. He beat those guys just to the point that he can have a clear win. But this Marquez fight will totally be different. Pacquaio and Marquez have a past and there are a lot of controversies over their last two outings. For Pacquiao to redeem himself and to silence all those critics once and for all, he should knock out Marquez at the very least to prove that.

Wow, just one more day and Marquez’s dream rematch will come true! So long has he have to wait for thing opportunity, and now it’s just around the bend…