Marquez lost his chance to complain about this decision becasue he fought so timid. Pretty much the complete opposite of how he fights now. I did think he won this fight but your correct, it was a crappy fight. 2 counter-punchers never make for a great fight.
But to be fair Freddie Norwood did try and avoid a fight, as much as possible. Im not saying JMM was fighting like a man possessed either, but atleast he tried to make the fight by coming forward. And JMM was seriously hard done by, with the knockdown IMO.
By the way welcome to the forum.
Agree 100% - Marquez was trying, Freddy was running. I remember thinking after this fight "why did the Prince avoid this guy for 2 years when he was the #1 contender for the WBO Featherweight title?" He sucks!!! That version of JMM is alot different then the current version that's for sure.
Thanks Mate!!!
One that got erased a while ago but just checked and scored it 115-111 Marquez. 4th round even.Do remember it being a fugly fight.Sloppy
Cortez blew that call in the 8th.I scored them anyway....screw a blind ref.10-9 8th and 10-8 9th
at the time Jotted down'Marquez aggresive,could have threw more.Too few body shots.harder hitter Norwood tries to counter mostly.almost timid.actually kd twice.dont think he did enough to keep belt.looks like he cant rise every time good'.......(last line has me wtf'ing ?)
wont repeat what I wrote regarding Floyds fight![]()
What disgusted me the most was Norwood getting credit for the cuff and sweep knockdown? I seriously hated that little $hit for a while after that.
I felt a lot better though after watching Derrick Gainer turn the tables on norwood thier fight though. The deliberate punches to the cup and one while norwood was being latched onto by the ref was absolutely comical.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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