The notion that Marquez was sluggish vs Pacquiao is nonsense

Marquez was looking for the KO, a risky move but it payed off.

 

He looked fine to me. Manny Pacquiao is really, really fast.

 

We'd have to see what he looks like not trying to knock someone out with one punch.

 

Just that simple! Seems like Marquez' whole team were in agreeance that Marquez was going to lay it on the line and go to every lenghth possible not to let the fight go to the scorecards.

The judges played Marquez enough and he was'nt going to let them keep playing him.
Thats what it really came down to. Corruption forced Marquez to deviate from a gameplan that was proven to work. To box Paqquiao with movement and throwing multishot combinations without having to overcommit to his punches.

To be forced to commit more to his shots opened up the avenues for Pacquiao to be more competitive in this fourth fight.

Thankfully for those who love the science of the sport, skill and will overcame corruption!:bbb:bbb:bbb:bbb

 

Look at fight 3 from just a year ago.
While Marquez landed clean, crisp, hard punches in that fight, he was'nt overcommiting to his punches.

To commit yourself to a punch to the extent you want it to do real damage with one shot, your feet have to be really planted and digging the canvas.
The fact that Marquez feet were in this fourth fight, allowed him the opportunity to seek to throw to the body more.
Consistently, Marquez landed a better ratio of body shots in this last fight than any of the other three, and it was due to Marquez having his feet better planted to the ground to fire off POWER!!!!

 

I am inclined to agree with this. Lots of people have also praised Pacquiao for having better tactics than in previous bouts, but I feel the ease with which he was winning rounds was in part (or largely) a product of Marquez adopting a far riskier strategy by not being satisfied boxing and keeping Manny off-balace.

I guess one way to think about this is to consider who would win between the Marquez of the third fight and the Pacquiao of the fourth :think

 

My point is that was a year ago. I want to see him quick and springy at 39. I take nothing for granted at this stage.

 

Off topic but you probably watched the fight in depth already. Do you feel HBO was manipulating compubox numbers again in manny's favor like they did the third fight?

 

Didn't pay attention, actually. I never cite compubox for a single thing. It's garbage too often for me to ever rely on it. I always laugh when *****s and *******s alike start rattling off connect percentages as if they mean something. Manny seems like a fighter who's easy to award undeserved landed blows on that kind of system.

 

you have to admit sometimes, the corruption that you say is more like a blessing in disguise. Had he won fights 2 and 3 which he rightfully deserve, his status wouldn't be as much elevated as his spectacular KO victory in fight 4 as fight 4 wouldn't happen.

 

Marquez to his credit knew Pacman well and waited for the right hand counter. The 3rd round knockdown meant a lot because it told Marquez he had that punch waiting for him. I don't think he expected to knock him cold with it. You could tell how shocked he was when Manny went down and out.Juan just stood there like everyone else in the audience in shock.

 

The corruption forced Marquez to deviate from his combination boxing prowess and forced him to become a hitman looking to take a fighter out clean and out.
It produced an epic KO memory for the ages.

The corruption that was previous is not a blessing however. 99 times out of 100, a Marquez does'nt come along to spit in the eye of the higher ups that control boxing, because for those that dont know, thats exactly what Juan Manuel Marquez did the very split second that punch landed to knockout Manny Pacquiao, he spit in the eye of all the corrupts that have ever been in boxing!

As Marquez said afterward, "divine justice!"