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    Default Re: Thoughts on Pac/JMM

    Spot on. I thought Manny looked pretty good and I was worried about Marquez.

    Lets take the spectacular faceplant sparkage out of the picture and assume Marquez cant splat him with a single hit. I think Manny slowly but surely would have busted him up and we'd all be saying how great he looked. 3rd round knockdown....meh, its only become a talking point because he got ironed out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Memphis View Post
    Spot on. I thought Manny looked pretty good and I was worried about Marquez.

    Lets take the spectacular faceplant sparkage out of the picture and assume Marquez cant splat him with a single hit. I think Manny slowly but surely would have busted him up and we'd all be saying how great he looked. 3rd round knockdown....meh, its only become a talking point because he got ironed out.
    Exactly.

    The great thing about Manny is that he had no excuses after the fight and said he never saw the punch!

    So why o why are we trying to find excuses when manny isnt?!

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    Default Re: Thoughts on Pac/JMM

    Thoughts?

    I just thought it was a thoroughly entertaining fight, and was glad that it ended decisively and without controversy. We've all had a little fun poking fun at the excuse makers, but seriously... why detract from either of them? It was two great warriors, meeting for a 4th time, giving us boxing fans a good show. There were knockdowns on both sides, and Pac ran into a right hand that would've floored anybody. Marquez is just about 40 years old, and one has to wonder how many more fights he has left, as Father Time comes rather quickly. Pac had been slipping as of late, but I saw a little more fire in him this time than in the Bradley fight. Maybe fighting Marquez had something to do with that.

    The fight itself certainly has nothing to do with Mayweather, and much less about Naz . It was Pac and Marquez, going toe-to-toe. You can make a case for Floyd being a common opponent to Marquez, and how he thoroughly dominated Marquez. But that was a Marquez overwhelmed with the weight gain he forced upon himself in order to face the world's top p4p. I don't think anyone is arguing right now about Floyd and Pac, first of all because the fight just became completely pointless... its time passed a couple of years ago.

    Pac-Marquez IV was a terrific fight while it lasted, probably surpassing most of our expectations and putting fears of another controversial decision to rest. There's no need for a Pac-Marquez V.

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    I'm not so sure Memphis - I appreciate what you're saying, but I think the third-round knockdown was more important than what you're making out, although I agree that Manny did look good between the knockdown and getting KO'd.

    I'm actually perplexed as to why Marquez didn't press the advantage - probably because he didn't want to walk into one like Manny did. Marquez always likes guys coming at him, it was almost like those two rounds were setting Pac up to walk into one - lull him into a false sense of security by taking a few, then wham! The thing people have to realise is that Manny is a fantastic counterpuncher as well - he always looks at his absolute best against guys who like to press (Hatton, Cotto, Margarito) and this is precisely why Marquez would always give him trouble and precisely why he never - not in a month of Sundays - would have got close to beating Floyd.

    The reason I think the third-round knockdown was so important is because a) Manny should not have been hit with that punch and b) it was the cleanest he'd ever been knocked down that I'd seen and he was clearly badly shaken by the punch.

    I think it's two much of a coincidence that in round three he gets hit with that punch, and then three rounds later is KO's for the first time in 13 years. That punch was the beginning of the end.
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