Tough call for me. Whenever Floyd fights its always snazzy because of the 0 factor. Pac/JMM was nuts because Manny had never looked so bad. idk fellas whats the concensus?
I'm biased for obvious reasons but the Cotto - May fight was more gripping for me.
I was at the edge of my f*cking seat during the 8th.
Marquez put up a great performance against Pac though, and arguably won .
Both fantastic fights that delivered.
Biased opinion here
The Marquez fight for me because the guy has been my favorite boxer for the past 16 years
watching Marquez out maneuver, out fox, and land the harder shots on pac was great.
but im also a huge Cotto fan. The Cotto fight was great. Watching Cotto put hands on floyd was great but by the end of the fight i knew floyd had won and that kinda took me down a notch
compared to when Marquez beat pac for the third time no matter what the judges said i know and boxing world know who won and i was on an incredible buzz from that fight
Pac Marquez for sure, many had Pac walking through Marquez including myself.
I guess if you think about it, they're quite similar in that when you have an opponent who is motivated to win, anything can happen. That' the beauty of the sport.
It was nice seeing Pac looking horrible, I think it was good showing by Marquez, Pacs ego was getting too high and hopefully he's at his peak come June because Desert Storm is coming to town.
I'm biased, but cotto-may for numerous reasons.
-styles make rights, and PAC will ALWAYS have trouble with marquez. I knew this going into the fight, so marquez' performance wasn't much of a surprise.
-cotto gave money a run for his money, made him have to actually fight t win. Who the hell does that.
I have some biasd reasons too, but those are the least biased reasons.
i must say when i heard pacquiao vs marquez i was pretty p!ss£d off marquez had been dominated by floyd and then got knocked down by katsidis then he went on and scored a round 1 ko in his tune up for pacquiao which had to be a fix to promote the fight. then to my amazement pacquiao had a terrible night and id say marquez edged it in a close fight. marquez gained a fan that night.
as for mayweather cotto i wanted to see that fight since mayweather beat hatton. alot of people said cotto would get beat easily, but something inside me was telling me cotto would be a problem for floyd and i was curious to see how floyd would handle it. to my amazement floyd did what he said and stood toe to toe with cotto and took some decent shots it was a great fight.
its hard to pick which one was the most exciting as when it comes to pacquiao and mayweather people go on like their unbeatable but the thrill of seeing them so vulnerable and the thought of them possibly getting beaten as the fights went on was amazing.
By gripped you mean exciting I assume? Easily Mayweather-Cotto. Pacquiao-Marquez didn't get exciting until late in the fight, and never really on the level Mayweather-Cotto did.
EDIT: Okay, I see gripping/exciting in the poll option.
Easily the Marquez robbery. You don't train for the better half of 2 months. Give up 2 divisions in weight, fight the fight of your life, school the supposed pfp #1 guy, then get robbed for your trouble. Sh it just aint right man.