Pacquaio vs Marquez III Scoring

It's undoubtedly the hardest of the three to score on a round by round basis. There's no doubt on that. The sentiment seems to be Marquez won his rounds more clearly, and thus deserved to win unless you thought every close round went to Pac. I thought the 1st & 2nd fight were far more definitive in the scoring.

 

I've watched and scored the fight 3 times and scored it differently each time. Here's the 3rd and final round by round review of the fight with brief notes on my thoughts of the round.

RD1 - 10-9 Pac (Very close. Body work for Marquez, but Pac got in with the right & left).
RD2 - 10-9 Marquez (Clearly a Marquez round. Pac virtually did nothing).
RD3 - 10-9 Marquez (Close, but felt Marquez had better quality).
RD4 - 10-10 (A very close round. Pac touches Marquez more, and lands some quality shots. But Marquez has good body work, and a nice round hand to finish the round).
RD5 - 10-9 Marquez (Clear round, Marquez schools him).
RD6 - 10-9 Marquez (Clearer round than in previous view. Good body-work and good quality)
RD7 - 10-9 Marquez (More Marquez quality. Don't be fooled by pit pat and flashy footwork).
RD8 - 10-9 Marquez (Somewhat close round. I've scored it differently on each view. Marquez had better quality of work, but Pac touched him at times).
RD9 - 10-9 Marquez (Pac touches Marquez up, but Marquez clearly clearly has the better quality).
RD10 - 10-10 (A very close round. Hard to seperate. A generous tie for Pac if anything).
RD11 - 10-9 Pac (I thought this was one of Pac's clearest rounds, but it is still close. I think he out-worked Marquez but it's close).
RD12 - 10-10 (Close round, Pac's desperate and had activity but did not sure either edged the round).

Rounds 2, 5, 7, and 11 are the most definitive rounds. Rounds 4, 10, and 12 are the closest rounds in the fight IMHO. Rounds 1, 3, 6, and 8 are the next closest rounds.

The first fight I watched on Primetime. The second fights I watched on HBO in HD.

What's changed in each scoring? I first scored Round 1 a tie, but gave Pac the round in the next two viewings, although it's surely a close round, but I think Pac justifiably edges it. Round 6 has went from a Pac round, to a tie round, to a Marquez round. Clearly this is a very close round, perhaps one of the closest of the fight despite me not listing it as one of the closest rounds in my analysis based on my 3rd viewing. Round 4 has went from a Marquez round to a 10-10 on my 3rd viewing. Round 8 went from a Pac round to a 10-10 round to a Marquez round on my 3rd viewing. Clearly it's another close round, seeing as I've scored it differently on each time. Round 9 has consistently stayed a Marquez round, despite it being judged as a Pac round from the majority of ESB. Don't be fooled by the flashy foot-work and ALA Sugar Ray pat shots. Round 10 was a Pac round the first time I scored it. The second and third viewings had it a 10-10 round. Round 11 was a Pac round, although it looked closest upon the 3rd viewing. Round 12 went from a Pac round to a 10-10 round on both the 2nd & 3rd viewing.

 

1st scorecard - 115-114 Marquez
2nd scorecard - 118-114 Marquez
3rd scorecard - 118-113 Marquez

The 2nd & 3rd fight were watched on HD. It's clear Marquez won, and I honestly believe that a robbery is justified. You have to be generous to give him a draw, you have to be corrupt to score it 116-112 Pac.

 

No, taking the belt from the champion is a myth in boxing. You don't score really close rounds to the champion just because he's the champion and not the challenger. That's mythology, and it certainly didn't apply when Pac took Marquez's 2 titles the last 2 times they fought.