Pacquiao Wins, Marquez Cries “Robbery”, Fans Argue
Posted by cebloggerNov 14
I tried to focus on the Pastor’s sermon as I sat at the back pew. “Encourage one another” he says. My mind rushes to and fro the Pacquiao – Marquez 3 fight but I knew that the main card will happen past 12 noon here in Philippines, an hour after the Sunday service. So I shutoff my twitter-connected celphone and listened intently to the preaching.
Right after service, I opened my laptop. Since the free livestream site that I used to frequent is down, I had no choice but to watch the match through Twitter’s eyes.
Pacquiao Wins
To my surprise, lots of people have become boxing experts, tweeting here and there that Marquez won this and that round. They even lambasted HBO’s Lederman for scoring it Pacquiao’s way. “Is he watching a different fight?” they asked.
My dad even proudly predicted a Marquez victory soliciting nods from his uninformed audience. I dared not oppose him at that point. Twitter users seem to agree with him though, so I just waited till the twelfth round is over.
Prior to the last round, a lot said that Pacquiao needs to knock out Marquez in order to win and the best he could do is salvage a draw. I refused to believe that because for a challenger to win, his victory must be emphatic – either a complete domination or a KO. Pacquiao is the title holder and experts are saying that the fight is close and could go either way.
Personally, I wanted Pacquiao to finish off Marquez within six rounds. But Marquez had solved the Pacman conundrum. He even appeared to be leading in the audiences’ eyes. So I have to see the fight replays, and good thing someone was swift enough to upload some videos in Youtube. However, before the views reached 100, these were taken down by the uploader, just right after I finished watching most rounds.
Obviously, Pacquaio was the aggressor and Marquez was counterpunching. Both landed solid punches. It could not be denied that Marquez won a few rounds, but the bout is a twelve rounder. Paquiao’s fault was that he wasn’t able to knock out Marquez, as promised. The Mexican was also quick in his retaliatory punches – connecting even.
When the result was announced, it sent shocks worldwide. The judges scored it 114-114, 115-113, 116-112 in favor of the Champion and pound for pound king, Manny Paquiao.
Robbery for the third time?
Marquez claimed he was robbed again. The first encounter was a draw, the second was a loss, and now this third? Days before, he proudly declared that he will not let the fight go to the judges’ table. But he failed to impress and the scores were left to the judges for the third time.
“They robbed me again,” Marquez said. “It’s hard when you’re fighting your rival and three judges, too… I’m frustrated. I’m really, really frustrated.”
Fans Divided
Some thirty Facebook friends of mine posted something about Manny Pacquiao. One says that Marquez deserves a win. It drew 9 likes. Perhaps he’s right. He deserves to win a medal of courage for standing toe to toe with the boxing phenom called the Pacman.
In twitter, some Filipinos wanted Pacquiao to admit that he lost. Nonsense! Paquiao admitted that it was his toughest fight so far. But to disagree with the judges, no way! The judges, who had the best seat, saw it clearly. In some boxing websites, experts who were also keeping tabs were divided. Some gave it to Pacquiao, some to Marquez.
My officemates today even argued of the results. Maybe even the Pacquiao camp, though thankful for the victory, may have second thoughts on the decision.
But we all have to agree that Marquez deserves another rematch.
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