Pacquiao Marquez III who is the real winner?

Pacquiao Marquez III who is the real winner?

The trilogy of Pacquiao Marquez designed to clear things out between these two great fighters created more question than answers on who is the better fighter between these two future boxing Hall of Fame.

Who is the real winner here?

I watch the fight in its live telecast and repeated it later in the delayed telecast, and I will share my observation regarding this 3^rd Pacquiao vs. Marquez fight.

Marquez clearly won in rounds 2, 5, 7 and 8 while round 6 is about even

Pacquiao on the other hand won in rounds 1, 3, 4, and rounds 9, 10, 11, 12

This only means that if the fight is for 8 rounds Marquez would have won unanimously and if the fight is for 10 rounds it could have been a draw!

So Marquez is really winning until the 8^th round in fact no less than Freddie Roach the celebrated coach are constantly reminding Pacquiao that Marquez is ahead in the scorecards, really for the first 8^th round Pacquiao performance is mediocre, I say this because I have watch Pacquiao since his first fight and I really see the potential in him except for this fights first eight rounds.

But Pacquiao always the versatile fighter manage to increase the tempo in the ninth round and started to regain his old rhythm, at this time Marquez knowing that he is ahead, started to backpedal hoping to maintain his lead just by counterpunching in the later rounds, but this strategy backfires as the judges probably awarded the later rounds to Pacquiao for being the more aggressive , so in short had Marquez stick to his game plan that obviously caught the team Pacquiao by surprise, he could have won the fight, for the first time in this trilogy Pacquiao was reduce to counterpunching in the early rounds, the strategy they prepared and expected for this fight.

So who is the real winner?

For this 3^rd fight Pacquiao in my opinion manage to snatch the victory in the later rounds with a score of 115 – 113, the crucial point of the fight  is in the last two rounds where Marquez performance is declining and Pacquiao iron will to win prevail.

To sum it up, if Pacquiao will fight say Mayweather with this kind of performance he will be annihilated, but that is another story. Now let’s go back to the question.

Who is the real winner?

Marquez is a winner here with $5 million guaranteed plus share in the pay per view and for lasting the distance, he defied  all the predictions of his being knockout in this fight, and giving all Pacquiao fans the scare of their life.

The Mexican people are also winners here because of Marquez courageous stand.

The boxing fans for getting what they want.

Pacquiao of course for successfully defending his WBO welterweight title and $20 million plus share in the pay per view.

The Filipino people because just like in the previous Pacquiao fights, Crime rate in the Philippines is almost zero and traffic is clear in all roads of the country the Philippines is almost in a stand still whenever Pacquiao fights (Although this fight divided the Filipino’s opinion)

Yes even Filipinos who usually rooted for Pacquiao are now questioning the decision of the judges, in fact in the facebook survey of one TV network in the Philippines more than 500 believe that Pacquiao won the fight while a surprising 700 plus believe that Marquez should have won the fight, and these are even bolstered by two Filipino boxing analyst, and for these Marquez is again a winner

Coach Nacho Berinstain is also a winner here over Freddie Roach, here in the battle of two celebrated coach Berinstain manage to full one against Roach, they were clearly outplayed this time.

The Americans are winners just for hosting this event is a sure winner!

Who are the losers?

Filipino gamblers and bettors, the probable reason why a lot of Filipino are dismayed with the way Manny wins is because every time Pacquiao fights a lot of Filipino became fortune Teller of sorts they boldly predict Marquez fall some in 6^th round  others in the 8^th and so on, because of this fake fortune tellers, a lot of Filipino bet in the outcome of the fight guided by these predictions, in short some gave a handicap bet of a knockout, meaning if Marquez could last the distance just like what happened, a bet with Marquez will win, and a bet with Pacquiao loses, in fact some even bet that if Marquez could withstand Pacquiao for 6 rounds, a Marquez bet automatically wins regardless of the final outcome.

Most Boxing analyst are also losers in this fight, in fact in the pre fight analysis of the Filipino boxing analyst almost all of them except one predicted a Pacquiao win by knockout, and these probably was the guide of most Filipino bettors when they place their bet.

Freddie Roach is also a loser here, predicting that Marquez will go down midway of the fight he obviously miscalculated the Mexican warrior and caught flatfooted in this fight.

Back to the question again, who is the real winner here?

In my opinion, it is of course BOB ARUM!!