Please watch it again. It was a robbery. You have the right idea when you say the margin could be wider for Márquez. It was. It was only close if you score ineffective rushes and punches on gloves equal to effective counterpunching and crisp punches landed, or frustration to disciplined tactical deployment.
I disagree with the consensus on this one. I had Manny winning, 116-113 and I am a fan of both. It was close, but I honestly don't understand the outcry. Again, it was close, but Pacquiao was indeed the rightful victor.
Don't really see the need. It wasn't a very good fight and I have never significantly altered a scorecard on second or even third viewing. It's likely I'll have Marquez edging it if I watch it again, but unlikely I'll ever see it as a robbery. Too many close rounds.
Marquez did much better than I anticipated and the fight was very close but watching it carefully the rounds were very close and Manny made the fight, he was the aggressor. I had him ahead as did Harold Letterman and the rest of the HBO team but was disappointed in Pac's performance...Marquez looked physically stronger in the upper body but his corner was wrong for telling him to ease up. All the rounds were close except a few and I can see an argument for either way or a draw but I think justice was served and the decision was fair...I think Nacho Bernstein was happy his man did not hit the deck as in the other 2 fights and took the position that his man was ahead but neither man was aggressive towards the end but Manny edged it. I had the fight 115-113
Close fight as expected, I need to rewatch it in HD before posting my final scorecard but from what I could see from my bad quality video I gave the edge to Marquez this time. Fact is Manny was the aggressor the entire fight and Juan Manuel was waiting almost all the time for counters so we have to give credit to Pac for actually trying to make a fight out of a guy who was not interested in kissing the canvas this time. Now that being said, there is one thing that came to my mind as I was watching the fight : Manny should stay the HELL AWAY from Mayweather.
Well, you can watch it here: http://sosoboxing.com/boxing-video-watch-online/manny-pacquiao-vs-juan-manuel-marquez-iii/ I had Pacquaio winning it by 115-113 in an awful close fight.
I had it 11-1 JMM, I know that that is quite far-out, but I could see anything up to 7-5 JMM, as there were a good few close rounds. I gave Pac the 8th
I gave round 3 to Marquez, but otherwise I scored every round the same. I'd have absolutely no problem with seeing a 4th fight. Hopefully Marquez doesn't retire, it'd be a shame.
Thought that was 1 of JMM's better rounds, watch it again and change your score to 12-0 Thought Pac definitely won 6, can see the case of any other round being for JMM