Manny Pacquiao's interview on the other hand with Max Kellerman showed confidence that he won the fight. Manny Pacquiao believed that Marquez didn't want to fight and that all he did was to wait for him to make a mistake.
Was the controversial fight between Pacquiao and Marquez really a robbery as what Marquez and his trainer claimed to be? Absolutely not.
Here are my reasons why:
1.) To beat a champion, you must show aggression and win convincingly in front of the judges. Marquez fought well and countered Pacquiao well, no doubt that Marquez and his trainer Nacho Beristain did an excellent job in preparing for this fight. However, you cannot win a fight without pressing the fight to happen. Waiting for your opponent to make a mistake and throw the first punch will not cut to win it. Marquez was the challenger and to be a able to beat the champ Manny Pacquiao in front of the 3 judges, he must show them that he is hungry to take the title away from Pacquiao and initiate the action to fight. The rounds were close but would the judges give a 10-9 round in favor of Marquez if all he did was to wait for Pacquiao to take action? I don't think so. Maybe at least knock him down or something.
2.) Foot Stepping by Marquez-One other thing boxing fans noticed during the fight was Juan Manuel Marquez stepping on Manny Pacquiao's foot several times. Was this intentional or a dirty tactic? View this video from Michaeldseller
3.) Based on the punch stats from HBO, Pacquiao still came up with higher percentage of total punches that landed compared to Marquez and threw more punches than him. Clearly, Pacquiao was more aggressive than Marquez during their fight. In addition, Judges don't just base their decision with punches. If the round is almost even, they will give the fighter the winning round based on ring generalship.
3.) Marquez's psychological aspect of him winning the fight and thinking that he's winning every round made him lose the fight. He back pedalled, he waited, and left a negative impression towards the judges. He could have pressed the action the last two rounds, and yet he didn't.
With every great boxing matches there are always 2 warriors battling it out in the ring. No holding back and no retreat. Marquez'z performance was a disappointment to me. He made this third fight against Pacquiao one step lesser fight than the other two as far as excitement was concern. All he did the whole fight was wait for Manny Pacquiao to make a mistake and counter him. He did not press the action. He was to cautious to mix it up and engage to action first. He back pedalled as if he was too scared to make a mistake and get knock down again. He probably believed that if he didn't taste the canvas during the fight, he would win the fight. He should've thought that he should've engaged to action and work to have knocked Pacquiao down instead of him thinking how he shouldn't get knock down to win.
Watch this Pacquiao vs Marquez 3 highlights courtesy of You Tube video from melom5m6 and be the judge.
Now that you've watched the Pacquiao vs Marquez 3 Highlights, was it a robbery? I don't think so. The fight between Pacquiao and Marquez for the third time was not a robbery. It was quite a controversy for boxing fans who didn't really understand the dynamics of boxing and also for fans that were expecting Manny Pacquiao to knock Marquez out during this fight.
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