Pacquiao vs. Marquez III - Saturday fight/chat thread

[Howlin Mad Missy]

funny thing, khan said he had marquez winning before the scores were announced, now saying well it was a close fight. hmm

[djcione]

Ledderman and the whole HBO team are just flat out wrong IMO.

That being said, I feel like I need to watch this fight again to have an accurate read on it.

The last thing HBO wants is to have the house fighter, who has tons of followers throwing $$$$$$$$ into the Vegas casinos, lose. They also don't want any controversy about the win.

Lederman, Lampley,et al are strictly stooges for them

[Mudge]

Ledderman and the whole HBO team are just flat out wrong IMO.

That being said, I feel like I need to watch this fight again to have an accurate read on it.

The last thing HBO wants is to have the house fighter, who has tons of followers throwing $$$$$$$$ into the Vegas casinos, lose. They also don't want any controversy about the win.

Lederman, Lampley,et al are strictly stooges for them

Meh to this comment. Round by round they gave their thoughts / opinions on camera about the winner of that round.

I remember the De la hoya vs Sturm fight in which Sturm clearly won (wicked laser jab). Lampley and crew were clearly disappointed when De le hoya won and commented about the politics of the upcoming fight between De la hoya and Hopkins.

Point being, I don't believe that the HBO announcers are out to "throw the fight" so to speak.

I too am interested in re-watching to see if my opining changes on the outcome (I had Paq ahead, though barely). I think Marquez would have won if he pressed (I think he clearly outboxed Pac and had much better accuracy, though just laid off to many rounds at the end).

[saltwaterjag]

Ledderman and the whole HBO team are just flat out wrong IMO.

That being said, I feel like I need to watch this fight again to have an accurate read on it.

The last thing HBO wants is to have the house fighter, who has tons of followers throwing $$$$$$$$ into the Vegas casinos, lose. They also don't want any controversy about the win.

Lederman, Lampley,et al are strictly stooges for them

Meh to this comment. Round by round they gave their thoughts / opinions on camera about the winner of that round.

I remember the De la hoya vs Sturm fight in which Sturm clearly won (wicked laser jab). Lampley and crew were clearly disappointed when De le hoya won and commented about the politics of the upcoming fight between De la hoya and Hopkins.

Point being, I don't believe that the HBO announcers are out to "throw the fight" so to speak.

I too am interested in re-watching to see if my opining changes on the outcome (I had Paq ahead, though barely). I think Marquez would have won if he pressed (I think he clearly outboxed Pac and had much better accuracy, though just laid off to many rounds at the end).

Agreed Fully! Marquez could have won this fight but he didn't press when he should have.. And Nacho Libra telling him he is winning the fight towards the end didn't help that much..