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Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez - how it really went down

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I was watching the fight from a european stream tonight, and i must say the Pacquiao majority decision is complete garbage. The british commentators easily had marquez cruising.

In fact, here is a score from someone who saw what i saw. The round eleven description is spot on: "Given American judges preference for aggression over smart countering may mean that the scores at ringside are closer"

It doesn't matter anyways, this should open up the opportunity for Pacquiao and Mayweather to fight. Unfortunately for Pacquiao, Mayweather is an entire class up in terms of defensive speed and timing compared to Marquez. And the last time someone knocked down Floyd, 2006 (Zab Judah, but ruled a slip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPe8-JDQ2-g), (when he hurt his own hand) and 2001 (Carlos Hernandez, injured his hand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fswFNvqgyk&feature=related)

Actually if you still like Pacquiao's odds against Mayweather, take a look at Mayweather vs Marquez on compubox: http://compuboxonline.com/news.php?news_id=9
Mayweather lands 290/493 punches, 185/316 jabs, 105/177 power punches. Marquez lands 69/583 punches, 21/288 jabs, 48/295 power punches.

I'd predict Mayweather to outpoint by a healthy number of rounds, unless of course, the same three judges are back on duty.