last sunday, march 13 (phil time/date) i was one of those millions of filipinos patiently and excitedly anticipating another history to unfold. i watch the fight with jp and aimee at the Shang and as a general observation, many were not impressed with how the fight turned out and a lot were questioning the result.i for one was doubtful if what i saw was what i think it was. and just because i could not stop thinking about it i watched a lot of replays in youtube and read some articles all over the web just to have a better understanding of the sport.
in the post interview with marquez, he said that he was robbed and might opt to retire.for me, it was a natural reaction from someone who was conditioned that he was to win.by that i mean: every single time marquez go to his corner at the end of the round, mr berestrain (trainer) tells him that he is winning the round.but what i certainly like about the performance and the fight marquez put up was the realization that at 38 years old,the endurance and defense he showed was amazing and exceptional.
with the readings i went through i learned that before we doubt on the judges way of scoring we need to learn these: the judges look for 1. clean effective punching 2. effective aggression 3. ring generalship and 4.defense. in a study over the last 10 years, the judges always favor the the fighter who is the aggressor especially in close fights.the reason for that is, the aggressor always take the higher risk of being exposed to counter punches and that's exactly why the whole time i was mumbling when pacquiao was not in full guard.i was telling aimee and jp, why is manny not getting his guards up? he wasn't defending, he was attacking. while the counterpunching may give sure clean shots, the aggressor would always get the favor from the judges' eyes.
case and point, the agressor would get credit for: 1.forcing the action 2. taking the risk for attacking an equally skilled waiting opponent.
looking back on their previous fights, it was marquez who was the aggressor.but impressively, pacquiao knocked him down 4 times.if not with those knockdowns, marquez would have been declared a winner.
in this recent fight though, it's the other way around.pacquiao had higher volume attacks, higher number of punches, higher number of landed punches. marquez' counterpunches were very effective i should say and dramatic which an ordinary fan like me would be so impressed about.but unless there is a knockdown, it won't impress the judges.i know pacquiao's punches were not that clean i should say but it was impressive for the judges.they would not expect a clean landed punch because of the fact that you are attacking an opponent who is ready and full-guarded.
marquez was the underdog and challenger in this fight so he should have put more effort in being the aggressor rather than waiting to counterpunch whenever pacquiao throws him attacks.
after reading some boxing rules and insights and seeing countless replays in youtube, the doubt was erased, and my admiration and pride and respect for manny is intact.
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DISCLAIMER: For those who are sports enthusiast, sorry about the terms used which may sound 'gay'. I'm not much of a sports writer ☺
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