Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez IV - Saturday night fight/chat thread

[Rantcatrat]

People are talking about Marquez retiring, I hope Manny lays the gloves down.

[greynotsoold]

Anybody notice how their feet hit when Marquez slips that jab? Looks like Manny tripped and fell face-first into that punch.

[killersheep]

I'm so pissed at IamInuit for being right every time, I'm thinking about calling him out!
Do you have to be right 99.9% of the time?
A terrific fight with an emphatic answer to who is the better fighter, tonight anyway.

Inuit is telepathic, that can be the only explanation.

Everyone knows that Canadians are gifted with intelligence and insight far beyond that which is possessed by other mortals.

So true.

Where was that insight when Brian Adams was putting out music?

[beenKOed]

Anybody notice how their feet hit when Marquez slips that jab? Looks like Manny tripped and fell face-first into that punch.

It doesn't change a thing! There is no way that was not a legal KO, if that is what you are saying.
It is interesting though that no one mentioned it or noticed it except you, good call Sir!

[IamInuit]

I'm so pissed at IamInuit for being right every time, I'm thinking about calling him out!
Do you have to be right 99.9% of the time?
A terrific fight with an emphatic answer to who is the better fighter, tonight anyway.

LOL

I just got lucky Bk. One can only imagine the kind of reception he will get when he lands in Mexico.
He done slayed the Mexican killer.

[beenKOed]

I'm so pissed at IamInuit for being right every time, I'm thinking about calling him out!
Do you have to be right 99.9% of the time?
A terrific fight with an emphatic answer to who is the better fighter, tonight anyway.

LOL

I just got lucky Bk. One can only imagine the kind of reception he will get when he lands in Mexico.
He done slayed the Mexican killer.

That was a great fight! Has to be one of the most satisfying wins for Marquez.
That false modesty doesn't fit you, you have to accept it, YOU are the man.

[No Contest]

Well I just made a grand off that fight and I've yet to watch it. God damn it now I gotta wait two weeks before they show it again on HBO.

Not only did JMM KTFO of Pac he KTFO out of the white non boxing background HBO broadcasters that have totally disrepected JMM the previous three fights by not announcing JMM punches /body shots. It was hilarious to see them speechless at the end of this fight. They could have highlighted JMM's feat instead they still ran over to get Pac's perspective. Seems only Roy Jones was willing to credit JMM . Pac hugging ...... RIP . It was a good run but the Mexicans have their sport back !

That is one thing annoy the crap outta me about hbo...commentators suck. Lederman sucks...they just get all the good fights...Kellerman is pretty decent tho.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

Anybody notice how their feet hit when Marquez slips that jab? Looks like Manny tripped and fell face-first into that punch.

It doesn't change a thing! There is no way that was not a legal KO, if that is what you are saying.
It is interesting though that no one mentioned it or noticed it except you, good call Sir!

Not quite but pac has always been a bit odd balance/position wise. Which is why when Marquez chins him they're almost perpendicular to each other.

[pacfan]

Well, as I've said somewhere here, I've seen it coming and came well-prepared for it, though I have to admit not in such a manner, but I didn't count out the KO if he came out recklessly overconfident. Though he fought in a way I wanted this time, I was concerned about his 'unusual' confidence for this fight and said somewhere here that it was a case of overconfidence. And of course, not to mention the superb motivation and training/conditioning of Juan M. Marquez, giving credit where credit is due; I think it's the motivation (it can move mountains) that counts the most here, something Pac has lost somewhere along the way...
And for me, it's time to move on, no hatin' or nitpicking, and that goes for all pac-fans here, it's time to just let it go and move on...

[THE THIRD MAN]

What is interesting from this result is that although Marqeuz is 1-3 against Pacquiao i think history will see him in a better light? Maybe fight 5 is on the cards? Then again i have believed that Pacquiao has been washed up for the past 12 months and if Bradley didn't prove it then a 39 year old Juan Manuel Marquez certainly did.

[Truth]

Even though he got KTFO, I think this is the best Manny has looked since Cotto (and I've been adamant that he's been on the decline since), so I'm not sure if retirement is a must. Manny showed more head movement and used the jab better tonight against Juan than he has in most of his recent fights. He just was careless against a great fighter and Marquez made him pay for it. I think tonights fight is good for fans who always go on about guys not wanting to finish enough, remember that the other man can flip the script in a minute like Juan did. I see Pacquiao winning a 5th fight if it takes place because Juan was hit uncharacteristically by a lot of Pacquiao shots last night. I'd love to see JMM ride into the sunset with this victory, what a way to end a legendary career it would be. I may be in the minority but with what Manny showed last night I'd still be game for the Mayweather fight, granted not until a tune up because we'll have to see if his punch resistance is gone after that brutal KO. All in all, a great night for boxing.

[ryanman]

History says to me that after a knockout like that if he fights a puncher again he will end up the same way.

[CFH]

Just watched the HBO feed. First of all, what a great fight. I don't think it should beat out Alvardo for FOTY, but it probably will.

Secondly, I thought the HBO team came across as very biased towards Manny Pacquaio, which I suppose makes sense as he is the house fighter. Still, they ignored a lot of what Marquez was doing, especially his body work after round 3.

I'm still pissed I didn't get to see it live.

[ruthless rocco]

Anybody notice how their feet hit when Marquez slips that jab? Looks like Manny tripped and fell face-first into that punch.

Anybody notice how that old white man sitting ringside is sticking his hands out as if to catch manny's head as if he were expecting it to roll off his shoulders.

[DavilaJones]

I want to see it glorious 1080p I want to see my favourite tactician land that punch and hear it with my surround sound. I can wait two weeks for that