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Pacquiao vs Marquez IV: Boxing fight: Last for the year 2012

Pacquiao vs Marquez IV


Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez have come to symbolize much of this era in boxing. Two tremendous talents, they have manufactured a rivalry which showcases all that is good about boxing. Their battles have been cause for much celebration over the last nine years, and it is to be deserved. I don't expect any of that to change after their fourth tussle.

Their first three fights have all been excellent to varying degrees. Their first, contested at featherweight in the spring of 2004, was an instant classic. Fresh off his breakthrough demolition of a near-prime Marco Antonio Barrera, Pacquiao rolled into this fight with more momentum than James Toney rolling down a hill. Marquez himself was nearly flattened by it in the first round when he tasted the canvas three times. Amazingly, Joe "I didn't see a thing" Cortez didn't panic or stop the fight or anything. He simply let them fight on. And fight on they did. The next 11 rounds were largely dominated by Marquez's boxing skills giving a younger, more archaic Pacquiao fits. When the scores were added up, the bout was declared a draw. Maybe you feel Pacquiao won. Perhaps you thought Marquez won every round after the first. Either way, this was a time when I feel a draw wasn't such a terrible call after the epic battle that occurred in the ring. Regardless, these two gave us one of the best fights of 2004.


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