Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez

[Foodie]

Anyone know if the fight will be on True or Thai TV?

[Big Boy]

Foodie, I've deleted your other post in another forum. You only need to post something once on Hua Hin Forum

[Foodie]

I wanted it in Ask the expats but made a mistake putting it here. this does not get posted to the Latest topics on the front forum page and it is time related as the fight is 8am Sunday morning

[Big Boy]

I'm sorry, but the Latest Topics is reserved for Hua Hin and Thailand related subjects. Even if you had posted in Ask the Expats, it would have been moved quickly to Sports Fans.

[PeteC]

I don't know about Thai TV, but a search of True Visions sports schedule for today does not show it. Pete

[PeteC]

It seems it's on HBO pay per view but again, I don't see anywhere that True Visions is offering it. You can get it at the below on-line service. Pete

http://boxing.livetv.com.es/

[BaaBaa.]

Dunno but I can tell you the outcome.

[pharvey]

Currently watching on http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4e238f54f1d38

I assume the fight starts at 10am Thai time.......

[pharvey]

Sorry - talking b*ll*cks. That link is not to the live fight.....

[pharvey]

Didn't get to see the fight, but another controversial decision it seems.......

Manny Pacquiao edges Juan Manuel Marquez on points in split decision

Manny Pacquiao retained his WBO welterweight title with a narrow and somewhat controversial points victory over Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas.

The outcome was identical to the pair's last meeting in 2008.

Filipino fighter Pacquiao was a relieved man after two of the three judges ruled in his favour. The third could not separate the pair.

They ultimately decided that a strong finish from Mexico's Marquez was a case of too little, too late.

After the end of the 12th and final round both Pacquiao - viewed by most pundits as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world - and Marquez adopted a victory pose.

But to the fury of Marquez and the majority of the sellout crowd at the MGM Grand arena, Pacquiao got the nod from Dave Moretti (115-113) and Glenn Trowbridge (116-112) while Robert Hoyle had it down as a 114-114 tie.

Cans and bottles rained down on the ring as the boisterous crowd made their feelings clear.

Pacquiao, 32, shaded the early exchanges, which were unusually cagey, and stepped up with a two-punch combo to the head in round four.

But Marquez hit back with a crashing straight right in the fifth and Pacquiao's corner had to give him a pep talk.

Marquez drew blood from his opponent's mouth and landed two good body shots in round eight, but Pacquiao responded in an explosive ninth round.

A slip by Marquez and a Pacquiao claim for a headbutt followed and, despite a late flurry from the Mexican, Pacquiao managed to hang on.

Pacquiao, who earned a minimum of $22m (£14m) and has now won 15 consecutive fights, said: "My fans are very happy because they thought I won."

But Marquez - a 7-1 underdog before the fight - was so upset that he stormed out of the ring.

Referring back to their last encounter, which also ended in controversy, the 38-year-old said: "This was the second robbery and this one was the worst. We won with clearer punches.

"It's hard when you're fighting your rival and the three judges too."

[PeteC]

Sure he's going to get the decisions in a close fight. You have to TAKE the championship away from him in a convincing manner. It's always been that way in boxing. Pete

[MrPlum]

I watched the fight. Manny struggled to lay a glove on Marquez, but was constantly moving forward and his jab was slightly better. Marquez hit with cleaner punches but they weren't knockout blows. Over 12 rounds there were only a handful of serious flurries.

My observation was Manny hit Marquez with about 5 decent shots, while you can double that for Marquez. So you can understand why Marquez feels cheated.

Hard to judge. If it hadn't been a championship fight, Marquez would have edged it.

[GLCQuantum]

Pete said...

Sure he's going to get the decisions in a close fight. You have to TAKE the championship away from him in a convincing manner. It's always been that way in boxing. Pete

That's exactly what my friends were saying when I questioned them about the result... they're boxing crazy so I took there word for it.

[BaaBaa.]

I've just watched it and whilst I can see Mr Plums view on it, Manny was always the aggressor and was never troubled by Marquez, Manny won in my opinion.

A fair bit of poetic licence in that report above too, Only Marquez did a "victory pose" and 2 bottles at most were thrown from what I saw. Although the Mexican and American fight fans love Manny they're obviously going to favour Marquez.

No controversy, just a close fight by two fantastic fighters.

[redzonerocker]

I've just watched it and whilst I can see Mr Plums view on it, Manny was always the aggressor and was never troubled by Marquez, Manny won in my opinion.

Have to agree.
Don't know where the one judge got the 116-112 score from even the 115-113 was a point to generous

It was a 'very' close call in Manny's favour

No controversy, just a close fight by two fantastic fighters.