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He was critical of Pac all thru the fight and pretty much sounded resigned to defeat (hes a friend of Pac as im sure u know since u asked this question).

Cant remember him giving a score but judging from the tone of his voice he was pretty sure that Pac lost.

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11-13-2011 , 02:55 AM

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He was offering to fight Marquez next during the 12th round anticipating his victory.

if even he thought marquez had won...
also compare the after fight celebrations where pac in their previous fights raised his arms.. now he looked about as beat as anyone i ever saw.

I'm mad. Yep. Just feels like corruption when a judge gives 8/11 first rounds and there is no way you can justify that.

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11-13-2011 , 02:57 AM

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One thing that surprised me was JMM was able to handle Manny's power. After Manny was basically beating the crap out of fighters much bigger than him and JMM, and after knocking down JMM 4 times in lower weight classes, I would have thought that Pac just had too much power for him this time around (like most people did).

After seeing that is can handle Manny's power, I think JMM is so skillful that he would do pretty well at 140 or 147. Then again, he is 38, so probably not. I think he could beat Berto though.

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11-13-2011 , 02:57 AM

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I never gave Pacquiao a chance against Floyd. Why would this change your mind? He had done the same if not worse vs Marquez in the first two and everyone proclaimed him to be King and Pound for Pound and whatnot. What changes with today's third similar showing?

well, as you may be aware, peoples main argument about pac suddenly being a top10 (or even the greatest) fighter of all time is that hes such an evolved fighter by now compared to 3 years ago.

Thats obviously absolute horse****, and this fight proves hes more or less had extremely favorable style matchups.

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11-13-2011 , 02:57 AM

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I was dead wrong on how this fight was going to be.

I think a lot of boxing scoring is based on aggression. Maybe the judges gave points to Pac because he was moving forward a lot. Marquez had good counters, but maybe that worked against him. If they had the Canadian judge scoring (from their first fight), maybe JMM would have gotten one scorecard.

I may be biased, but I thought this was close enough to go either way. I'm glad it went the way I wanted it to.

OT: shocked by the JDS v Cain fight. I guess with the smaller gloves and less padding, those shots that clip behind the head can have a large impact on stability. Damn.

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11-13-2011 , 02:58 AM

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lol Steve Bunce is crazy.

no need for billionaires when there is Filipino gamblers to please.

"Filipino gamblers are a large asset to Las Vegas. I am not surprised Manny won".

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11-13-2011 , 02:58 AM

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it's more like he could handle mannys speed, which the others couldn't.

he didn't really get hit clean much, so it wasn't much power to deal with.

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11-13-2011 , 02:59 AM

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Marquez: I felt Pacquiao was stronger in the first two fights. He was not that strong at this weight.

Marquez saying he might retire =( they stole the kids heart

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11-13-2011 , 02:59 AM

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no matter what you think about the result of this fight, does anyone still give manny a good shot at beating mayweather?

I had Pac winning, but after seeing the Shane and JMM fight, I think Floyd beats Pac.

Pac just isn't the same offensive machine he used to be. Where were the combinations the last two fights? Seems to me that Pac is trying to be "smarter" and by smarter, I mean less aggressive.

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11-13-2011 , 03:00 AM

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I tend to agree. I think he fought alot of favorable opponents (in terms of them being old or coming off losses...)

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11-13-2011 , 03:01 AM

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he didn't really get hit clean much, so it wasn't much power to deal with.

JMM took a few really solid shots from Pac and did ok for the most part.

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11-13-2011 , 03:01 AM

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the biggest boxingforum been crashed since the fight ended..lol.

i promise to resume my hateful spamming there once it's back it. Bare with me.

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11-13-2011 , 03:03 AM

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I tend to agree. I think he fought alot of favorable opponents (in terms of them being old or coming off losses...)

Also, when you're really good, you tend to make your opponents look bad (see: Mayweather, Floyd/Pacquiao, Manny).

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11-13-2011 , 03:03 AM

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rt,

those pictures pretty much proves my point. if the best shots to be found is two leadrights from a sp, and one straight left who hits on the temple, thats not a whole lot to argue about.

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11-13-2011 , 03:03 AM

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Has more to do with who they want to win, if JMM wins he prob. calls it a career and the Mayweather-Pac match never happens and they lose out on millions and boxing goes back to sucking balls.

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11-13-2011 , 03:04 AM

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Also, when you're really good, you tend to make your opponents look bad (see: Mayweather, Floyd/Pacquiao, Manny).

look at how marquez moves compared to margarito, clottey, current mosley, cotto tho.

they are there to be hit all the time, where as jmm is very hard to hit.

i think pac is mostly the same fighter he was when he fought jmm the second time. He just can't handle counterpunchers who can move well.

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11-13-2011 , 03:06 AM

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Yeah, this is why Nacho thought they would have a better shot at beating him this time around. Have never been a PBF fan but can't wit for Manny to lose.

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11-13-2011 , 03:09 AM

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look at how marquez moves compared to margarito, clottey, current mosley, cotto tho.

they are there to be hit all the time, where as jmm is very hard to hit.

Right, but those guys are all reasonably top flight fighters and guys like Manny and Floyd make them look dumb. There are obviously going to be issues on every fighters resume, but the best guys make most others look outclassed (mostly because they are).

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i think pac is mostly the same fighter he was when he fought jmm the second time. He just can't handle counterpunchers who can move well.

Maybe, or maybe his heart wasn't in this fight (he's dealing with a ton of serious distractions and it may be time for him to *gasp* retire). I have no idea, but regardless, the idea that Manny was fighting a bunch of nobodies/worthless fighters is off base, Manny was just way better than those guys.

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11-13-2011 , 03:13 AM

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Manny was very serious about this fight, trained hard, said this fight was "personal", etc.

He is just tailor made for JMM style-wise. JMM has his number even if he doesn't have the wins to show for it.

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11-13-2011 , 03:13 AM

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And they all share the same traits which makes them stylistically very easy for manny.

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yeah if he wasn't motivated for this fight he should definitely retire.

i never said hes fighting worthless fighters. Read please. I'm saying they are too stationary and slow to deal with pac, rather than pac being this evolved superboxer all of a sudden.
Hes the same fighter mostly as he was when he turned 30. Big Shock.

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11-13-2011 , 03:14 AM

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11-13-2011 , 03:18 AM

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i never said hes fighting worthless fighters. Read please. I'm saying they are too stationary and slow to deal with pac, rather than pac being this evolved superboxer all of a sudden.

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Thats obviously absolute horse****, and this fight proves hes more or less had extremely favorable style matchups.

Manny fought the guys at the top of his division (with one obvious exception). I get that you're saying those guys match up well with him (and I don't disagree) but the implication is that he's only fighting easy fights. That's the part that's off. He's fighting whomever is out there, it's not on him that there are relatively few people that can stand up to him toe-to-toe.

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11-13-2011 , 03:19 AM

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Jesus that Pink card might have scored every round wrong.

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11-13-2011 , 03:20 AM

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Pink scorecard is bad. Have to watch the fight again, but a lot of those rounds should be flip flopped.

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11-13-2011 , 03:21 AM

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yeah, stylistically easy fights. Nowhere am i saying hes not fighting good fighters. I know exactly how the ww division looked like at the time and who was ranked at what spot.

did i say "it's on him"? I said hes the same fighter as he was in 08. And hes not the greatest of all time, or that his run at 147 (or catchweights there around) makes him some superfighter.

Hes the same. A very good fighter, one of the best of his generation (possibly the best, but i doubt it). But hes not what hes hyped up to be post oscar fight.

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