LAS VEGAS (AP) — Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao gave themselves a tough act to follow with a thrilling featherweight title fight that had multiple knockdowns, lots of blood and even a little bit of controversy.
Assuming promoter Bob Arum gets his way, they’ll soon be doing it again.
“After a fight like that you have to have a rematch,” Arum said.
Marquez kept his WBA and IBF 126-pound titles Saturday night, escaping with a draw after being knocked down three times in an opening round it didn’t appear he would make it out of.
He did, though, then dominated Pacquiao much of the rest of the way to get an improbable draw in a bout that figures to be a candidate for the fight of the year.
