The third judge, Burt Clements, had a 113-113 tie. His scoring included a 10-7 opening round because, he admitted later, he did not realize he could give a 10-6 round. If Clements had scored the opening round 10-6, as the other two judges had, Pacquiao would have won by 113-112 on Clements's card and earned a split decision. "I just screwed up," Clements said. "I feel badly because I dropped the ball, plainly and simply. You can make a lot of arguments that it was a very close fight, but that's immaterial. The fact is, I dropped the ball." - Pacquiao Knocked Marquez down 3 times in the 1st round. This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected
i scored it for marquez by memory. THAT BEING SAID it was so ****ing razor thin im happy to say pac won or it was a draw
Bull****! You have to take a look closely to the whole fight, OK? The mistake of that judge could not change the truth that JMM beat Pac in the first fight. I'm a fan of both fighters.
JMM by a point He dominated that fight, the only thing making it close is round1, that was the most one sided of their fights. the 3rd one was also a wide JMM win, the 2nd was closer but still clear for JMM/
I - Pacquiao (okay with a Draw) II - Pacquiao (extremely close, but clear) III - Pacquiao (okay with a Draw)
I've watched and scored both fights a good few times and my consensus scores ended up 113-112 Marquez in the first fight 114-113 Pacquiao in the second fight 116-112 Marquez in the third fight Out of the 36 rounds they've fought I have Marquez winning 22 of them.
So many votes for Pacquiao and yet very few of them will post and explain why they thought he won it. :think
i gave it to marquez. i love pac but juan came back from a horrendous start that would have finished 99% of fighters and fought a masterfull display of boxing with all the heart in the world for the rest of the fight. a true example of what champions are made of.