Curious scoring and strange decisions by referees have been so rampant in boxing of late that sometimes we forget these things sometimes have a way of evening out. Last weekend’s Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez featherweight title fight is a good case in point. The Freddie Roach-trained Pacquiao opened the HBO show as if he were going to close it then and there, sending Marquez to the canvas three times before the first round ended.
No three-knockdown rule was in effect, and after surviving the stanza, Marquez returned to give Pacquiao all he could handle over the remaining 11. After 12 rounds,
