I thought Pacquaio was controlling the fight early... he lost the second, but besides that he had won three of the first four rounds, but then Marquez scored a body shot in the fifth that really halted Pacquaio's momentum, but after that point he didn't ever use his jab to lead into that left hand and it totally puzzles me. Marquez, with his diminshed footspeed, couldn't escape the jab or double jab followed by the cross, but Pacquaio, for some reason, didn't throw that combination or any punches for a long periods of times, and allowed Marquez to pick him apart at times. Only Pacquaio could dominate someone so completely one round only to have them outbox him the next round, I mean in the first round he couldn't land to the head he went to the body, but after awhile he turned into a scared, yet tough, fighter who wasn't willing to throw punches in earnest until the 8th or 9th round, and even in the moments he did throw something, they were usually looping punches that were getting countered. He had Marquez beat, his speed was confusing Marquez, his skill improvements were giving Marquez a hard time, but his lack of sticking to his guns almost cost him a fight he had no right to almost lose... if he had foughten the way he should have, and the way he did in round 3 and 4, Marquez(as good as he is) wouldn't have been able to compete.
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