Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez I - Scorecard Analysis

[PROD]

Every month we look back at close fights that have left fans debating as to who really won. This month we focused on Pac-JMM 1. Everyone remembers the Pac-Man's blistering first round assault, as well as the amazing comeback by the proud Mexican. We wanted to see what conclusions we could draw while also comparing our cards to those of the official judges, so we assembled our own panel of 5 judges.

Here are the results of our work: http://theboxingbulletin.blogspot.co...an-manuel.html

What do you think?

Did Marquez claw back enough to win?

Was Pacquiao's lead too large to overcome?

Did 2 of the 3 judges score the fight too wide?

What were your thoughts before the decision was announced?

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

That Pacquiao had won but JMM fought very good and bravely after getting KD 3 times in the 1rst round!!!!!!!!!!!

My score 114-111 for Pacquiao

Just for the record I had the 2nd fight 114-113 for Manny 6 rounds a piece and the KD made the difference!!!!

[Doctor_Tenma]

I reinstalled Vista on my PC, I used to have a bunch of scorecards on fights. I had JMM winning the 1st fight, all I remember after the 1st round, was JMM winning round after round after round after round.

[Pugilistic™]

I scored the first fight for Pacquiao.

[BennyST]

I had Marquez up by one point in the first fight. The judges scores were generally ok apart from that wide one.

[PROD]

I had Marquez up by one point in the first fight. The judges scores were generally ok apart from that wide one.

Burt Clements: 113-113 Draw
Guy Jutras: 115-110 Marquez
John Stewart: 115-110 Pacquiao

[black.ink]

I had 113-112 for Marquez, but some rounds were close so could have gone either way.

Before the announcement, i thought the knockdowns would have favoured Pacquiao, but the draw seemed fair.

[PROD]

Thanks for checking it out guys. Please feel free to mention any fights you'd like us to look at in the future.

[Xyei]

I gotta watch both Pac vs. JMM fights again. I've seen the second fight like 3 times but I've only seen the first one once. I think I scored the second fight for Pac twice and once for JMM. Really close fight.

[fallenloki]

I scored both for Marquez.

In the first fight he spotted Pacquiao five points in the first two rounds and basically won every round except the 12th.

In the second fight, I had Marquez winning as well. I think people ignore the fight scoring criteria. It looked to me like Pacquiao stole some rounds with late-round flurrys, but I thought that Marquez was the more effective, more accurate boxer.