Thread: Rafael Marquez vs Israel Vasquez 3 Spoilers.

Who did you have winning ?? first off before we get into that around of a applause for Marquez and Vasquez what a fight they gave us. And there trilogy is now up there with some of the best ever. I thought Marquez boxed very well with his jab in the early going, then Vasquez in the middle rounds started to make it his kind of fight. I personally thought Vasquez was 2 points behind going into 12th but he pulled off one of the most thrilling comebacks i've ever seen. Similar to Meldrick Taylor vs Julio Cesar Chavez. I personally think that round could of been scored 10-7 but i will have to watch it again.

Few final thoughts before i post my scorecard i thought the point deduction was BS. None of Marquez's low blows were south of the border, they were all on the belt line and because of stupid ref it cost Marquez the fight, anyway i will now post my scored.

1 Marquez 10-9
2 Vasquez 10-9
3 Marquez 10-9
4 Marquez 10-8
5 Marquez 10-9
6 Marquez 10-9
7 Vasquez 10-9
8 Vasquez 10-9
9 Vasquez 10-9
10 Even 9-9 = Because of the point deduction.
11 Even 10-10
12 Vasquez 10-8

113-113.

Marquez would've won by 1 point if he didn't get KD in the 12th round.

That was a legit KD, and I have no problem with the point deduction too coz I saw Vazquez got hit with 5 low blows before the ref deducted points from Marquez.

Awesome fight! By far, it's my FOTY.

Hey, I saw Mick on TV right after Vazquez was announced as the winner. He was with couple of guys carrying Mexican flag.

I missed it!!!! I missed it

I was too enthralled to bothering scoring the fight, BUT, I feel that Vasquez and his ability to waver the storms won him the fight.

Sure, Marquez had his share of "back from the brink of destruction" moments and BOTH fighters had to hold back panic attacks when they thought they were about to KO the opposition, but Vasquez has the edge on power and I think will win it for him every time.

In the first fight he had already knocked Marquez down before he quit and there is a great chance he could have won that fight the same way he won either one after it. That being said I think a fourth fight is uncalled for.

Still, after the first fight I said there was no need for a rematch becasue Vasquez quit. I was wrong.

I am 2/3 on my predictions though. Picking Marquez in the second fight was my one failure.

An amazing fight. FOTY and one of the greatest trilogies ever. I don't mind who won,both were winners in my eyes. I didn't bother keeping score(first time I've not done that,I was enjoying the fight waaaay too much to write things down!)

If I ad to choose,I thought Marquez JUST pulled it out but it was close eiter way and neither can really argue that much. That 12th showed how much of a fricking warrior Isreal. Winky Wright and a WHOLE HOST of other guys need to watch Vazquez and see how someone who wants a round so bad can win it as opposed to running/playing it safe.

And who was saying Marquez was chinny? Anyone other fighter 126 and down would have been stopped in that 12th. Rafa was amazing. I can't describe how amazing I thought that fight was.

What is amazing about all the punches exchanged, is that these guys aren't feather fisted fellas. these are real punchers who took alot of real licks.

Originally Posted by boozeboxer

What is amazing about all the punches exchanged, is that these guys aren't feather fisted fellas. these are real punchers who took alot of real licks.

That and Marquez was though to bee chinny:I can't believe it went 12. Did anyone even predict that? I don't just mean in our prediction contest but did anyone in the entire world predict that>?

Man I don't think so. I called home to remind everyone and they asked me who would win, (evidently I am quite the authority ) and i said I really don't know. But I do know it will end in Tko/ko or cuts.

My scores:
rd.1 9-10 Marquez
rd.2 9-10 Marquez
rd.3 9-10 Marquez
rd.4 8-10 Marquez
rd.5 9-10 Marquez
rd.6 10-10 even(hate to score evens but..)
rd.7 10-9 Vasquez
rd.8 10-9 Vasquez
rd.9 10-9 Vasquez
rd.10 9-9 even(low blow takes pt. away from Marquez who was winning the round)
rd.11 10-9 vasquez
rd.12 10-8 Vasquez
TOTAL:113-113 DRAW

Originally Posted by boozeboxer

Man I don't think so. I called home to remind everyone and they asked me who would win, (evidently I am quite the authority ) and i said I really don't know. But I do know it will end in Tko/ko or cuts.

2 P4P punchers,both stopped each other before and both hurt each other in nearly every round:no way did anyone see that ending in an points decision(although still an SD,showing how close these 2 are to each other!)

LMAO@Booze being an authority! Booze for MOD!!!

Originally Posted by noskill

My scores:
rd.1 9-10 Marquez
rd.2 9-10 Marquez
rd.3 9-10 Marquez
rd.4 8-10 Marquez
rd.5 9-10 Marquez
rd.6 10-10 even(hate to score evens but..)
rd.7 10-9 Vasquez
rd.8 10-9 Vasquez
rd.9 10-9 Vasquez
rd.10 9-9 even(low blow takes pt. away from Marquez who was winning the round)
rd.11 10-9 vasquez
rd.12 10-8 Vasquez
TOTAL:113-113 DRAW

Similar to my scorecard but like i said i would like to see this fight again in good quality, before i make any final judgments on the scoring.

I haven't seen every fight ever made, but I can say, for ME, that was the greates fight I ever watched!!

Anyone who wants to aspire to being a fighter should be made to watch that and realize what the words rugged, heart, and desire really mean.

A shame it wasn't a draw. Lesser men would have been out of there by the 5th round; how they survived through that is beyond me. And the 12 th round was almost frightening

I want to see a 4th fight, but I wonder how another fight between these 2 guys will affect them in later life

I had already downloaded the first two fights onto my mp4 player and now thanks to the new VLC PLayer Gamo advised, I've got the trilogy on my laptop, on my mp4 and on dvd now! LoL

Originally Posted by hitmandonny

I missed it!!!! I missed it

This may piss you off a little, but I DIDN'T!!!! One of the best fights I've ever seen. Thank God for online streams!