Tied at 4. Manny Pacquiao?Juan Manuel Marquez?Tied as the two best fighters at featherweight until they have the chance to settle the score, Marquez and Pacquiao elevated each other with the brilliance of their 12 round draw. It doesn?t get much better than their fight of May 8. Watching it the first time I thought Pacman edged out Marquez simply because he hurt him more often. For me, if a round was close but one guy hurt the other more often then he won the round. That left me with Pacquiao winning. But watching the fight again?and who couldn?t watch it three or four times more?I think Marquez dominated rounds 2-11. The fight was really broken into two pieces: a brutal first round and then 11 rounds that looked distinctly different. It?s as if they?ve already fought twice. Pacquiao won the first fight by 1st round TKO, and then Marquez got him back in an easy unanimous decision. By that logic I just can?t wait for their rubber match.
