Pacquiao has no more business to deal with Marquez, yes there is, it would be knocking him out cold, which at this point in their respective careers is exceptionally possible.
With very little proving job to do, Manny Pacquiao?s phenomenal achievements in the ring which is mainly characterized by a spectacular parade of knockouts of equally great fighters can be seen as if the Filipino is on a dogged crusade of rewriting boxing rules by equating wins to knockouts only. Of course this is blatantly contrary to reasons for otherwise boxing will become a sport of nearly all draws as most matches end without one of the participants getting decked unto the canvas. However the idea may not be that odd as it now appears to pervade people?s mind albeit only in matches involving Pacquiao.
In consequence, people became dissatisfied watching Pacquiao failed to put out his opponents. Take for example, millions were expressing their outwardly unfounded discontent when Pacquiao was unable to knockout his latest rival – the turtle-like fighting Joshua Clottey despite Pacquiao?s consummate display of undeniable dominance over his tough adversary. Precisely, such malcontent crowd had stemmed out of each and everyone?s anticipation including most of the media outlets that Pacquiao with his lightning speed and thunderous power would easily dispatch Clottey.
If people has learned in time to accept the Filipino?s letdown at knocking out the native of Bukom, Ghana, one thing that they are having hard time shaking off is Pacquiao?s pedestrian affair with the equally talented fighter from Mexico in the being of Juan Manuel Marquez. In 2004, Pacquiao would send Marquez three times to the canvas inside the very first round, but the latter, using his outstanding leverage in the counterpunching department was able to offset the ferocity of his raging opponent, earning Marquez a draw. The result slithered to be controversial but one of the judges admitted later a scoring error that without which Pacquiao would have won via split decision. Despite it Marquez and his people had been crying of ring robbery; in response Pacquiao dared Marquez for an immediate rematch but the negotiation went awry for a reason that fell on the lap of the grumpy Mexican as well.
So the next confrontation would have to wait for four years, finally happening in March 2008 after each went into separate adventures, though within the same harsh jungle. In a fight that emerged to be a close facsimile of the first, Marquez was imposing his textbook approach at boxing on Pacquiao, but the Filipino would retaliate using his trademark amalgamation of speed and power, knocking down the Mexican ? in the third round – entirely horizontal like an electrical post swept down by a powerful tornado in the temperate regions. Marquez would recover and managed to put Pacquiao in trouble, however, with his surprising attack the storm from eastern Pacific would turn the wave on Marquez in the closing rounds. When the smoke of battle transpired, the fight was admittedly difficult to score, but Pacquiao?s performance proved to impress the majority of the judges slightly more than Marquez?s, earning Pacquiao a split decision victory. Heated controversy quickly engulfed the boxing public.
Up until this day, the ensuing hullabaloo still permeates the boxing community and Marquez and his people and many of Pacquiao?s themselves have been clamoring for an immediate third and deciding meeting of the two. But boxing being evidently a form of big time business as well prevents the third from taking place soon after as Pacquiao opted to scale the heights of the pugilistic world for greater legacy and better monetary gain. It paid off. Pacquiao made history by becoming the first boxer ever to capture seven world titles in as many divisions when he drubbed Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico. In an apparent display of despair Marquez has been incessantly claiming he was robbed of victory yet again and that Pacquiao is scared of him. In support of Marquez, his legion of supporters has been echoing their fighters? claim. Sure, Marquez appeared to outbox Pacquiao but not consummately; with the imposing and piercingly telling knockdowns scored by the Pacman set aside, he was hitting Marquez also. The problem with was those minor hits by Pacquiao were apparently overlooked as their minds ? Marquez?s and some of Pacquiao?s malcontent fans – might had been overclouded by Pacquiao?s trademark of dishing out major and murderous punches that most often that not end fights still miles away from the full 12-round route.
In conclusion, those two judges who gave the fight to Pacquiao in the rematch were safely right. For that reason Pacquiao has no more business to deal with Marquez, yes there is, it would be knocking him out cold, which at this point in their respective careers is exceptionally possible. But legacy and monetary wise, the newly elected member of the Philippine House of Representatives should rather face Floyd Mayweather Jr. than oblige at Marquez?s fancy for a third fight which appears to be only anchored on earning his biggest multi-million dollar payday before hanging up his gloves for good.
