Originally Posted by
POJO_Risin
Okay, so I watched the fight....here's the reality...Pacquiao landed more punches (not bigger punches, but more punches), and he was the aggressor in the fight...moving forward (again, not saying that's a cause for the win, but he WAS the aggressor). In many ways, the fight reminded me of that long ago Haglar, Leonard fight, in which Haglar attacked...attacked...attacked...and was foiled time and time again by Leonard...who brilliantly moved around the ring until the final minute of each round, and landed several punches that had no effect, but lasted in the judges minds. It wasn't exactly the same, but you could assuredly see some of the same strategy in JMM's fight plan...and of course...the outcome went against him.
I think this fight reminded me more of the Hopkins Calzeghe fight from a few years back...when Calzeghe landed a ton of punches that had absolutely no effect on Hopkins, and Hopkins hit the bigger punches. Calzeghe won the points fight in ridiculous fashion. Guys like Lederman always gives points to the guy he respects more. Okay...getting sidetracked...I could talk about that fight all day long. I'm not a huge Hopkins fan, but he got jobbed in that fight...similar to JMM in this fight.
While Pacquaio was the aggressor, he wasn't dictating the pace of the fight...JMM was...clearly doing that. Pacman has had fights in which he's thrown 900+ punches (when he's dictating)...I think he threw under 600 on Saturday. JMM clearly dictated the pace. So while he wasn't the aggressor, he was definitively leading Pacman in...and getting in close to keep him from his ridiculous flurries that open up his big punches.
I had Marquez winning round 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12...with ALL of the other rounds close.
Did JMM get "screwed?" I thought he dictated the pace in an effective manner, and imo...won more rounds...but...
no way he got "screwed." That was a close motherfucking fight. I really think that fight could have gone either way...but IMO...was JMM's best fight against Pacman...so he deserved at least a draw...