You don't win a fight by counterpunching. He needed to TAKE away the championship from Manny Pacquaio. He landed less punches, and was in retreat...
Simple. He needs to land more punches that Pacquaio and not get knocked down. It's pretty straightforward and he just can't pull it off.
Watch it again. Pac made Marquez miss all night. Please you need to watch the fight again without any expectations of Pac knocking Marquez out.
He didn't get defeated. He won. He looked human doing it though. And Marquez blew it. Didn't he learn from the other matches it's very very...
I'd take compubox over emotional opinion with is loaded with over expectation. At least compubox is quantifyable.
YES YES YES YES: in any case, being a counter puncher, in spurts will not win a championship.
Good thread.
To dominate is to attack. You don't take over someones villiage by defending.
4 knockdowns were the difference.
OH MY GOD. You didn't watch the fight.
It wasn't just compubox, it was also the judges scores. If judges scored with emotion as most people do on here they wouldn't be good judges now...
Sigh. So Marquez soundly beat Pac by landing and throwing less punches and causing less damage. Ok. You're so up in arms because you expected Pac...
Marquez face was WAY more marked up. Pacqauio's cuts were from headbuts. Pacqauio did more damage. Pacqauio outthrew and outlanded Marquez. If...
You can't dominate a fight with counterpunching. Fact.
If Marquez wants to beat Pacquaio he needs to throw and/or land more punches than him for the entire fight. Or KO him, did he not figure out from...
