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.