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Two things can happen after last night, either boxing will be rejuvenated or if there is an investigation into Marquez and his supposed PED use, will boxing go back into the dark days of the early millenium?
My two pence on the Pacquiao/Marquez fight is simple, Marquez in 3 previous fights, younger, at lower weight divisions never had the power to hurt Manny, apart from on two isolated incidences. Even then, Manny was just slightly wobbled. Pacquiao has since fought bigger, harder hitting opponents in Cotto, Clottey and Margarito and not even been wobbled. His chin has always been exceptional. Now we are meant to believe Marquez, at nearly 40 years old, has gained one punch KO over an opponent he barely dented in 36 previous rounds.
Did you see the arms and shoulders on Marquez? He looked huge. Not only that, Marquez was getting beat up in the last two rounds, then he found a perfectly timed shot, which under normal circumstances would have led to Manny being KD, understandable, but knocked into the middle of next year?? Margarito and Cotto managed to land some big shots on Manny and couldn't do it. There hasn't been any suggestion in previous fights that the Phillipino was losing his punch resistance....then this.
I hope for boxing's sake that Marquez is clean but Freddie and co should push for an investigation into the fight, get Marquez tested ASAP (where was the pre-fight testing?). All the respect Marquez gained after fight 3 has faded for me, he is working with a man who is a known PED peddler and I've been ****ing on about this for a while now. I hope Manny continues to fight, he looked as good as he has done in years and was battering Marquez with pin point accuracy.
Not to add that Marquez, who is usually in good shape has not looked this ripped...ever, and at 39 all of a sudden has the best physique I've seen at 147 in a while.
My two pence on the Pacquiao/Marquez fight is simple, Marquez in 3 previous fights, younger, at lower weight divisions never had the power to hurt Manny, apart from on two isolated incidences. Even then, Manny was just slightly wobbled. Pacquiao has since fought bigger, harder hitting opponents in Cotto, Clottey and Margarito and not even been wobbled. His chin has always been exceptional. Now we are meant to believe Marquez, at nearly 40 years old, has gained one punch KO over an opponent he barely dented in 36 previous rounds.
Did you see the arms and shoulders on Marquez? He looked huge. Not only that, Marquez was getting beat up in the last two rounds, then he found a perfectly timed shot, which under normal circumstances would have led to Manny being KD, understandable, but knocked into the middle of next year?? Margarito and Cotto managed to land some big shots on Manny and couldn't do it. There hasn't been any suggestion in previous fights that the Phillipino was losing his punch resistance....then this.
I hope for boxing's sake that Marquez is clean but Freddie and co should push for an investigation into the fight, get Marquez tested ASAP (where was the pre-fight testing?). All the respect Marquez gained after fight 3 has faded for me, he is working with a man who is a known PED peddler and I've been ****ing on about this for a while now. I hope Manny continues to fight, he looked as good as he has done in years and was battering Marquez with pin point accuracy.
Not to add that Marquez, who is usually in good shape has not looked this ripped...ever, and at 39 all of a sudden has the best physique I've seen at 147 in a while.
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