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MAYWEATHER DOMINATES MARQUEZ IN TYPICAL FASHION


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After two years out of the ring, Floyd Mayweather Jr. proved to the entire boxing world he still has the reflexes, speed, and talent as he dominates Juan Manuel Marquez over 12 rounds. Mayweather and Marquez spent the first round trying to adjust to each other’s styles. Marquez wanted to land sharp punch while circling Mayweather, while Mayweather mixed him some lead lefts and counter rights. In the second, Mayweather landed the most telling blow of the night—a perfect counter left hand on Marquez.

From there, it was all Mayweather all night as he dictated the pace and tempo. Marquez was game throughout the fight and tried his best to land but Mayweather was too slick and too hard to hit. When Marquez would attack he was short with his punches.

When Mayweather knew that it was his fight, he tried to go for a knockout. However, Mayweather did not throw more than 2 punch combinations. He was trying to score that perfect one punch knock to put an exclamation point. Marquez, a great lightweight, isn’t the type of fighter you knock out with one punch.

Marquez tried but was unable to make any adjustments in the middle part of the fight. Marquez displayed little head movement, which allowed Mayweather to lead in with lefts and rights.

At the end of twelve rounds, Judge William Lerch had it 118-109, Burt Clemens had it a shutout at 120-107, and Dave Moretti had it 119-108 all for Mayweather, who remains undefeated 40-0 (25 KOs).

Obviously, the next logical step in Mayweather’s career is to fight the winner of the November clash between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto. However, after the fight, Shane Mosley publicly called out Mayweather during his post fight interview with HBO analyst Max Kellerman. Some words were exchanged between the two camps and a little pushing and shoving occurred.

Promoter Oscar De La Hoya spoke to Marquez after the fight and told the media that Marquez had great respect for Mayweather and he was the best fighter he’s ever faced. Marquez will go back down in weight to Lightweight. Michael Katisidis, who won a tough 12 round decision on the undercard, could be in line to face Marquez in the future.

Marquez said after the fight that he was sad about the outcome and felt the weight was way too much for him but he didn’t want to make any excuses. “I’m proud to be Mexican and I was ready to die in the ring”. In comparing Pacquiao and Mayweather, Marquez said that the styles were different and that Pacquiao likes to fight whereas Mayweather is just defensive.

At the post fight press conference, Mayweather said that it’s all about beating the best fighters in his era regardless of weight class. Mayweather thanked the fans because “without the fans he wouldn’t be here.” Mayweather also said he did feel a little rust and felt he could’ve done a lot better. He promised that in his next fight he would fight better. Regarding the Mosley incident, he said, “When Mosley wins his fights, I don’t go into the ring and call them out and steal their spotlight”.

Top photo: Six-Time World Champion Floyd Mayweather (Left) throws a left hand en route to a unanimous decision victory over at Five-Time World Champion Juan Manuel Marquez (Right) on September 19, 2009 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Tom Hogan.



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