When Larry Merchant was interviewing Pacquiao and asked "Did the punches from Marquez feel harder than the three previous fights? Just felt like HBO announcers were trying to taint Marquez greatest victory. Even before the fight the announcers said if Marquez wins tonight it will be a questionable win with a astrik . I'm glad Pacquiao responded "No I didn't see the punch coming", props to Manny for being a gracious loser to the better fighter. I hope Pacquiao retires and concentrate on his politics in his home country.
He didnt mean anything by it. JMM worked hard in the gym and made the adjustments in speed and strength needed. No need to tarnish his wins with bullslt! It was a clean shot Manny didnt see by a clean fighter! He deserves this win without controversy!
HAHAHAHA!!!! Pac got KILLED DEAD in the ring!!
merchant is always biased, before and after the fight. hes a hypocrite too, you could tell he was mad at the outcome. compare his reaction to when pavlik knocked out taylor or tarver KO'd jones, the guy is so biased and unprofessional its not even funny.
he tried to take marquez' win away before it even started with the PED accusations while completely ignoring the fact that roach trained fighters in the past knowing they were on PEDs too.
then ofcourse after the fight, not only asking if his power was diffrent but asking manny if he "just got careless" trying to imply that its what pacquiao did bad and not what marquez did good that lead to the outcome and it would have been diffrent if pacquiao hadnt made a mistake.
merchant is an idiot.
so it was a balance shot, pacquiao wasn't seriously hurt
people in the nile
Pacquaio was dropped.
When Pac hit the canvas for the first time in 4 fights, I knew then that Marquez now had the power to put Pac to sleep if he caught him with a clean shot.
That first KD surprised more more than anything. It was the type of punch Pac usually eats up like skittles.
Seemed like a fair question to me.
Marquez was visibly stronger and it was the first time in 4 fights that Pacquaio had hit the canvas. Obviously there was something different about Marquez that made a difference.
manny reacting poorly into badly balanced position was a contributing factor into the first knockdown. manny has a HABIT of crossing his feet and squaring up. Juan feinted the left hook to the body, manny took a step back with his lead foot first instead of his rear foot like they teach everyone in boxing gyms, and then bam came that right hand on the button putting him on his ass
He didn't walk into that shot, but his balance was bad
so it was a balance shot, pacquiao wasn't seriously hurt
people in the nile
Did you expect much else?
HBO in the 3rd fight and the 4th fight gave JMM as little credit as they could, it was disgraceful. Pac was up-front and honest with no excuses, it's a shame HBO's commentary team couldn't do the same.
well can't say it wasn't on most people's minds...i mean marquez did hire a former ped dealer....add to the fact that marquez was knocking down pac with single punches something naturally bigger guys like cotto and margarito couldn't do.
I remember Merchant had a quick poke at Marquez's s&c coach during the fight aswell, something about them expecting us to think its all a coincidence? I cant remember exact quote but it clearly implied Marquez was using. Low blow from HBO team methinks...