After anticipating Marquez-Pacquiao III more than any fight in recent memory, I was completely dissatisfied and disappointed after viewing the match. Not because the fight lacked action or because it was not fought at a high skill level, but because in the end we were left with another razor thin decision that had to be left to judges to vote the winner. After 36 rounds of give and take, neither guy has established himself as the truly better fighter. Forget that Manny won two of the three in the judges’ eyes (and in reality would have won all of them if a nitwit judge had added his card correctly). The fact is that these 3 fights were too close to call. The third installment also lacked the drama of the first two matches. Neither fighter was ever hurt or came close to being knocked down. This is in contrast to the previous two matches when both guys got their bell rung several times. The reason for that is that Pacquiao has adjusted his style in recent years. He is no longer the fighter of slashing, flailing attacks; he picks his spots and looks to counter and has tighter defense. The hyper aggression that was Manny’s trademark has been trained out of him. In other words, he fights like Marquez now. Against the larger, more aggressive, less technically proficient guys that Manny has been facing recently, the new Pacquiao style worked well. However, against Marquez it was a case of two great fighters evenly matched in almost every way, who simply cannot get the better of the other guy. Read more: http://www.boxingnews24.com/2011/11/marquez-and-pacquiao-should-not-fight-again/#more-87431
