I rewatched this fight yesterday and scored it for the first time. I remember watching it originially and thinking Marquez nicked it.
Pac Marquez
R1 10-9
R2 10-9
R3 10-8
R4 10-9
R5 9-10
R6 9-10
R7 9-10
R8 9-10
R9 9-10
R10 10-9
R11 9-10
R12 9-10
113-114 to Marquez
I can see how the judges scores varied though. Although both were cut, Marquez had two, one from the clash of heads(Pacquiaos fault tbh) and the second from a Pac left hand which was a huge one, close to what Vlad had against Lewis. As a result, he looked like he took alot more punishment that Manny, although Manny also had a cut over his right eye which irritated him a bit early on, but wasn't as bad as that of Maarquez.
Also, Pac was continuously instigating the action, but Marquez had the heart of a warrior and came back straight after any of Pacs assaults. Hence two of the judges favoured Pac. In all honsesty I would have had no issue with either fight getting the win.
As much as I now look forward to Marquez-Mayweather, one of them will have to take up the role of the aggressor for this to be interesting.
For the record, Pacquiao at 140lbs destroys Marquez, it's just scary that Pac has retained his speed and increased his power at this weight

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