Marquez thinks Pacquiao won. Pacquiao wants to fight Marquez in his home town.

We all know that the recent Manny Pacquiao fight has controversy written all over it. Some sports analysts would say that this is nothing short of a robbery.

I mean just read this:

Yahoo! Sports scored it 117-111 for Pacquiao, the same margin as Tim Dahlberg of the Associated Press and Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Dan Rafael of ESPN had it 118-110 for Pacquiao. HBO's Harold Lederman had it 119-109, or 11 rounds to one, for Pacquiao. -- Yahoo Sports

That being, it would be interesting to know what Juan Manuel Marquez, dubbed as Manny Pacquiao's greatest rival (outside Floyd Mayweather), thought of the results.

In the end of a Spanish/Mexican interview, Pacquiao asked JMM what he thought of the fight.
"I think Pacquiao won by at least 5 points", was JMM's reply, in Spanish of course.

JMM also asked MP which fight he prefers, Bradley or him.
"...for me I want [to fight]Marquez [for the] fourth time and what I want is... I want to do it in Mexico." Pacman answering with a smile.
For a boxer to challenge another in his own town is saying something. I think it's like saying, 'I've beaten you time and again, and just to shut everyone up, I'm gonna do it again in your home court!'

But then again, Pac has to finish off Tom Bradley on November before any fourth fight with JMM can happen.  Pac said it himself, he knows what to do. He needs to knock Bradley out the next time.



On a side note, it's nice to see that both fighters, JMM and Pacquiao shows mutual respect for each other outside the ring. Very professional. Kudos to both fighters!

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Domination is the name of the Game: Barber Speak's reaction to Pacquiao-Marquez 3.

The most anticipated match of the year was filled again with questions. Did Pac deserves the win? Was Dinamita robbed big time? Will a 4th match happen in May? or Mayweather will now face Pac after witnessing Pac's vulnerability?

After watching the bout, I felt JuanMa deserves the win. He controlled the tempo of the bout. Pac was not his usual self, yes he still led in number of punches, but even a 15 year old boxing fan will notice Pacman's lack of activity. And maybe in that reason  alone I really thought JuanMa was robbed, but still there's something in my head saying that Pac maybe did something right to be able to get the Judges' approval.

If this match was a "Normal" Match, I will give this bout to JMM. But we must remember that this was a Championship match. The Logic will tell that "To be able to beat the Champion, You must DOMINATE the champion".  So the question now, did JuanMa dominated Manny? You'll be the judge.

Stats:

Power Punches Thrown: Pac -274 Juanma - 254

Power Punches Connected: Pac - 117 Juanma - 100 

Total Thrown: Pac - 578 Juanma - 436

Total Connected: Pac - 176 Juannma - 138

(The numbers tell it all)

And with that, I will left my FINAL decision, " JuanMa clearly won the bout, but by not dominating it we must Give the win to Pac." 

Barber Speak Blog wants to say Congratulations to our Pambansang Kamao Manny for again and again making our country proud. 

" Philip Zuñiga is a graduate of Philippine Normal University. He is a certified sports fan since 1996. "

Reasons why Mayweather deserved to win that fight

As I was watching the bout, I must admit, I was routing for the underdog, Ortiz, as he tried his best to finally put an end to the then 41-0 winning streak of Floyd. In the end though, we all know who won.

Congratulations Mr. Mayweather for that hard earned victory!

So, as promised, let me give you reasons why I think Floyd Mayweather deserved to win that fight.