Pacquiao vs marquez ii highlights

I watched it as unbiased as I could. It's a close round, but I think Pac's effective work from 1:10 (3 punch combo) to about :50 is what really won him the round. before the cut JMM landed some solid bodyshots, but alot of the other stuff hit Pac's guard. Most of JMM's counters hit Pac's guard imo. I still think it's a Pac round, but it's a close one.

There are other rounds that were close and I felt could go either way, but that I scored for JMM.

BTW if you look at the punchstats, JMM only outlands Pacquiao in 5 out of 12 rounds.

 

Here's a better angle of JMM holding on to the ropes at 3:04:

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JMM didn't seem to be leaning on the ropes. Instead, his side was on the ropes and his feet were clearly off-balance for a moment. He definitely remedied his balance by hanging on to the ropes using his hands. He was also very disoriented that he walk to the wrong corner.

I see your point and I understand that JMM hanging on to the ropes doesn't seem a big of a deal. However, for other people who scrutinize the results and saying that Pac got a pass, the rule says that hanging on to the ropes is a knockdown, so those people need to include this fact in their scrutiny.

Personally, it's a very close fight and I have no problem either one winning it, or a draw.

 

He was off balance, but I've seen worse go uncalled. You could say the same thing about taking a point away in the first one for hitting JMM when he was clearly down, but such things are trivial in my opinion.