Have unfortuantly only seen the Marinez vs Castaneda fight so far. Don't know what one judge was watching Martinez clearly won all four rounds. Awesome output from Martinez, even though he could do with mixing in some power shots in there. Castaneda whil not having the most impressive record was tough and caught Martinez with a few clean punches. Saw the Tapia KO, ironically when Ruiz was having his best success of the fight.
Next up is Mike Lee (7-0, 4 KO's) against Allen Medina (9-19-1, 1 KO) in the Lightheavyweight division, 4 rounds. Again looks like another prospect vs opponent fight, lets see what Lee has got.
Monaghan knocks out Martinez with a nice body shot in the second round. I was unimpressed in this round Monaghan seemed very sloppy. He had several chances when Martinez was against the ropes to finish it earlier than he did. Someone needs to teach him the importance of a jab. Very nice body punch to end matters though. I didn't like how easily he was outboxed for the most part in the first round by a boxer of the calibre of a Martinez, no disrespect of course. Still another nice finish.
Sean Monaghan (10-0, 7 KO's) vs Santos Martinez (2-2, 2 wins by KO, 2 losses by KO) Lightheavyweight being introduced. No guesses for whose meant to be the favorite in this one.
Round 7- Marquez starts countering and pace slows again. Nice body shots by JMM. Accidental headbutt opens cut on Marquez, plus he has a bloody nose. Looks worse of, but is using nice combo's. Manny explodes back and pace quickens. In last 30 seconds JMM really hammers Pacquaio, despite a nice 1-2 right at the bell by Pac-man. I still prefered JMM. 69-68 for Marquez.
Round 8- Marquez troubles Manny with punches in the eye and hurts him with a body shot, putting him on ropes. Pacqiauo starts bleeding more. Jmm should jump on Manny but does not. Nice jabs and inside work by Marquez. He rips in more bodyshots, slowing Pacqiauo down. Excellent 1-2, Pacqiauo does well to be standing up. Great round for Jmm, Pacquaio landed few good shots. 79-77 to Marquez.
Round 9- Jmm starts waiting too much on Pacqiauo and starts getting hit more. JMM picks it up in second half, but then starts waiting again. Manny's confiedence is going up and he lands better shots. Flurry at the end. Little happened really, but I prefered Pacqiauo, Marquez didn't do enough. 88-87 for Jmm.
You are in for a treat in undercard terms. You have the always exciting and powerful but very flawed Michael Katsidis against the olympic medalist Vincento Escobedo. This is a interesting fight with Vincento being the much more complete fighter but he is taking a big step up, the winner goes up quit high in the 135 ranking I think. Chris John is fighting Rocky Juarez in a rematch. John UD for me then hopefully a big fight against Gamboa (I would rather see Juanma take on Cabellero). Also on the card is unbeaten Cuban sensation Erilandy Lara. Shame that Judah-Diaz was taken of the card though.
When did he split from his dad like? How has he seemed to change?. I've seen a few clips of him and have been gaining a interest. He looks like a very complete fighter and with a monster left hook. In his last fight against Conception the weight seemed to give him problems, although Rafael outweighed him by loads plus he broke his hand, so I think its unfair to judge him of that.
Round 4- Pace speeds up a lot, favouring Manny. Pacqiauo starts landing more as Marquez starts looking for one punch (or is hesitating). Manny starts landing more flush, with Marquez countering still. Manny really looking for the KO. Marquez finishes strong. Most competitive round of fight but I thought Manny won it. 39-38 for Pacqiuao.
Round 5- Jmm face is getting puffy from 1-2's. Seems pretty cautious for first minute, but picks it up later when Pacqiauo speeds up. Manny blocking more of Marquez's shots. JMM landed more significant shots but I prefered the defence of Manny and his higher workrate. 49-48 for Pacqiuao.
Round 6- Close round until haflway when JMM opens up with combinations including a beautiful left uppercut, right hand. He then opens up. Similiair to last round with Pacqiuao have workrate advantage but less significant punches landed. I preffered Marquez. 59-59 even.
Yeah I agree that JMM had many boring fights (I have pretty much all his fights on dvd) but that was with his old tactical style. Ever since he lost to Chris John he has become more aggressive (to get on the bigger shows like HBO). Can't really blame him for not wanting to go to a foreign country again for $30,000 only to lose a fight it looked like he won.
Yes it was extremely close. However I felt on most facets on boxing Marquez was better than Pacquiao. His defence was brilliant for the most part, with him ducking under countless 1-2's. His inside work was much better, his body shots had more effect, he put his shots together better (manny on threw 1-2's, Marquez had more variety) and he pulled away from shots, so he wasen't hit to flush. Yet Manny had the higher workrate, stopped a signifcant number of Marquez's shots himself and got the knockdown. He also should have had another one when JMM fell against the ropes. He also made JMM's cut much worse.
These opponents he is fighting are complete bums though, but at least he is staying active. Its a big drop from being considered the 2nd best heavyweight in the world, to fighting 8 rounders against people with losing records in Mexico. Now I would like to see him face a top 20-15 boxer. He is only late 20's so there is plenty of time (compared to most heavy's).
Round 1- Customary cautious start by both, with the pace favouring Marquez. JMM pulls away from all of Manny's power shots, but most of his own right hands are blocked. Some nice body shots and a nice 1-2 about 2 minutes in wins JMM the round. Manny tries to flurry but is countered. 10-9 to Jmm
Round 2- Still a slower pace favouring Marquez. Jmm gets caught more by shots, but still is pulling away from most. Jmm lands a flush left hook halfway through the round. Manny catches him with some nice shots, but again Marquez tries to come back. Marquez really staggers Manny with a 1-2-3, with him clearly winning the round. 20-18, to Jmm.
Round 3- No contact till 1 minute in when Marquez catches him with a few nice shots in close. Still a slowish pace. JMM ducking Manny's 1-2 until he gest dropped at end. Could be a call for a second knockdown when ropes hold him up. Anway 10-8 for Pacqiauo. 28-28 even.
Round 10- Manny hurts Maquez and jumps on him, eats a few counters but gets the better of it. Pretty close for rest of round but Pacqiuao wins it due to badly hurting Juan at start of round. 97-97 even.
Round 11- Not much happens until half way in when Marquez lands a nice 1-2 and Manny comes back. Nice body shots by Marquez. Marquez combos landing, Manny can't catch him flush. Fairly close with Pacquiao landing nice shots in the last 20 seconds but I prefered Marquez's clean combo's and his defence. Jmm has a awful cut .107-106 for Marquez.
Round 12- Marquez flurries and boxes. Manny does little for 1 minute. Marquez still ducking under Pac-man's 1-2's. Pacqiauo opens up in second half abd catches Marquez. Marquez knocks Pacquiao against ropes. Definatly a Marquez round with Pacquiao not doing enough and getting caught pretty flush. 117- 115 for Marquez.
Excellent fight, which I really recommend to people who haven't seen it. Excellent ebb and flow but I thought Marquez won by 2 rounds. There needs to be a third fight really.
Great fight though, it had evreything. Many of the rounds were easy to score, with only a few up for debate IMO. Real heart in the throat stuff. The tension was easy to see (really reminds me of when Oscar De La Hoya fought Mosley for the 1st time, both were so stiff).
Pullcounter, if you mean there styles are similair I degree to a extent. Marquez has turned more into a pressure fighter after the Chris John loss but there is still some counterpunching in there, wile Chavez was completly offensive minde.
If you mean they are equal on accomplishments I can't agree with that. Chavez fought evreyone and dominated 2-3 divisons. Marquez never got the big fights against Hamed and Morales.
I tend to disagree with the 'Tito ruined him theory'. Tito only really gave him a beating in round 1 and 12. I think its a combination of tough fights (Tito, Winky Wright, Ike Quartey, Oscar De La Hoya and Shane Mosley), massive weight gain between fights, possibly steroid abuse (definatly used it for Oscar fight) and the slipped discs in his back. He was a great talent but I found his attitude hard to like. Apparently the rumours are he is coming back to fight Hector Camacho Jr. What is the kid like, ive only heard things about him (bad things)?
I normally enjoy watching Calderon fight but I really coulden't get into this fight. There was so few significant punches landed I just got bored, which is unsual for me. However Mayol is clearly a deserving contender and credit to Calderon for giving him a rematch.
People kept on saying how Hatton would be to big for him and look what Manny did to him. I ain't saying he is gonna do the same to Cotto but when someone is as technically skilled as Manny (plus is a extremely quick southpaw) he has enough to negate the size difference.
Great fight. Clottey is gonna come forward behind that defensive shell (aka Winky Wright style) and take Mosley's bombs. He may put a dent in Mosley's chin eventually (I know Mosley has a great chin but Forrest dropped him twice and he wasen't a big hitter plus that was nearly a decade ago). Mosley stopping Clottey would be very impressive although I prefer a close UD/SD in favour of Sugar Shane. Remember Mosley fought Winky at 154 and Mosley was not a top class 154 pounder.