Here’s the official scorecard from Pacquiao-Marquez III. The judges concurred on 6 of the 12 rounds ? 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
The Telegraph had it as a draw, 114-114. I gave Pacquiao rounds 3,4,6,10,11 and 12; Marquez 1,2,5,7,8 and 9.
Here are the punch statistics: Pacquiao ????- Marquez 578 TOTAL PUNCHES 436 176 TOTAL PUNCHES CONN 138 304 JABS THROWN 182 58 JABS CONN. 38 274 POWER PUN THROWN 254 117 POWER PUN CONN. 100
AVERAGE PER ROUND: Pacquiao landed 17 per round from 49 thrown, Marquez 11 from 36 thrown.
On final analysis, in a close fight there are always doubts. The judges make a decision based on individual rounds and hand their scores in each round. Over the generality of the fight, Marquez looked the more impressive; Pacquiao came on strong at the end. But all judging is subjective.
