CompuBox Post Analysis: Marquez-Diaz, John-Juarez

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

In an early candidate for 2009’s Fight of the Year, Juan Manuel Marquez achieved two things that had been thought to be improbable. First, beat Juan Diaz at his own volume-punching game and second, score a one-punch knockout over a naturally bigger man. [details]

[wrakneelyo]

In an early candidate for 2009’s Fight of the Year, Juan Manuel Marquez achieved two things that had been thought to be improbable. First, beat Juan Diaz at his own volume-punching game and second, score a one-punch knockout over a naturally bigger man. [details]

Now this was a gift draw. Robbery, I say. How do you connect 138 more punches and have amazing ring generalship and still not win? Don't say it's karma because of the Marquez fight because many publications saw that fight as a win for John as well. Thesweetscience.com being one of them saw that fight 116-110 in favor of John.

[balintawak]

The gift draw to Juarez was plainly a business decision. It's possible and highly probable that an agreement was made by the promoters to give Juarez a draw. This makes good business sense because Juarez is still young and marketable. Another loss to his resume will have a devastating effect to his appeal. A draw protects Juarez and even adds intrigue while maintaining John's unblemished record. This business side of boxing is what gives it a bad reputation.

[Chase8400]

The gift draw to Juarez was plainly a business decision. It's possible and highly probable that an agreement was made by the promoters to give Juarez a draw. This makes good business sense because Juarez is still young and marketable. Another loss to his resume will have a devastating effect to his appeal. A draw protects Juarez and even adds intrigue while maintaining John's unblemished record. This business side of boxing is what gives it a bad reputation.

The gift draw was good business? Get out of here with that mess. Who is thinking of what this has done to John in terms of American TV & marketing? He dominated, better yet, utterly pummelled Juarez at will. Just because Rocky hung tight in the first few rounds and landed a couple hard shots in the final 2 rounds didn't make him even remotely close to winning the fight. I am a Texan, but this panel of judges were ri-got-dang-diculous. No way Juarez was even close. This would have been like calling the Sakio Bika-Joe Calzaghe fight a draw. It was virtually the same fight. As you see, Calzaghe dominated on the score cards as John should have. This is one of the reasons boxing is on the slide. You should be ashamed to say the result made any kind of sense in any form or fashion.

[jemmychan]

Draw is unfair decision for John, He came to America for the first time to get less money than He got in Indonesia and Japan for a bigger risk come to Juarez hometown.

He fight well and don't get the deserved win decision, poor John.

[strugler]

John was robbed.I wonder if he still wants to fight in the u.s.?