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Marquez won fair and square. Even if he is on PEDs - hell, even if both of them are - that had nothing to do with the knockout. Marquez has always hit hard enough to KO someone if he connects on a punch like that. Look at the video in slow motion: everything about the situation is leading to the KO. Pacquiao would have to be literally non-human to take that punch and not at the very least be seriously hurt.
That was such an awesome fight and it could have gone either way. That's the fight we wanted to see from those two great fighters. They both came out wanting the KO, giving it their all. Marquez was taking hard shots and getting lit up frankly, but his perfect punch came first. They were both looking for it; Marquez found it first. Nothing strange about it. KO's happen when you engage in an all-out war and both guys have power.
On "Lucky Punches": they do exist, but that's not to say wins that come by them are illegitimate. I'd rather call them "fortunate punches", because it keeps most of the legitimacy of them but acknowledges that the particular way it landed or the circumstances were ideal, and very well could not have been that way. They're a part of the game. Marquez could have gone the whole fight without landing such a perfect punch, even if he landed great ones all night and did nothing wrong. There are alternate, parallel endings to every fight. To deny this is to deny reality.
That said, Marquez won. He had a plan, and it was a gamble just like any plan is. He was looking for the KO. Had he not found it, he would have most likely come up short. That was the first fight that I thought Pacquiao was clearly owning the action. But Marquez's plan paid off. Two great fighters. Stop bickering and choosing sides. Boxing is much more enjoyable if you watch it with appreciation rather than scorn for one guy over than the other like some child picking his clique in middle school.
That was such an awesome fight and it could have gone either way. That's the fight we wanted to see from those two great fighters. They both came out wanting the KO, giving it their all. Marquez was taking hard shots and getting lit up frankly, but his perfect punch came first. They were both looking for it; Marquez found it first. Nothing strange about it. KO's happen when you engage in an all-out war and both guys have power.
On "Lucky Punches": they do exist, but that's not to say wins that come by them are illegitimate. I'd rather call them "fortunate punches", because it keeps most of the legitimacy of them but acknowledges that the particular way it landed or the circumstances were ideal, and very well could not have been that way. They're a part of the game. Marquez could have gone the whole fight without landing such a perfect punch, even if he landed great ones all night and did nothing wrong. There are alternate, parallel endings to every fight. To deny this is to deny reality.
That said, Marquez won. He had a plan, and it was a gamble just like any plan is. He was looking for the KO. Had he not found it, he would have most likely come up short. That was the first fight that I thought Pacquiao was clearly owning the action. But Marquez's plan paid off. Two great fighters. Stop bickering and choosing sides. Boxing is much more enjoyable if you watch it with appreciation rather than scorn for one guy over than the other like some child picking his clique in middle school.
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