Review: 2004-05-08, Manny Pacquiao came from the first fight against Barrera (one of the Fights of the Year 2003) and tried to win his first title in the featherweight division since Juan Manuel Marquez was the reigning champion of the WBA and IBF featherweight titles. In the first round Manny Pacquiao surprised Marquez knocking down him three times, all thought the match was over but instead the fight ended after twelve rounds with a controversial draw (Harold Lederman scored the fight 115-110 for the Filipino). Manny Pacquiao entered the fight with a record of 38-2-1 while Juan Manuel Marquez had a record of 42-2-0. Watch the video!
Date: 2004-05-08
Where: MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Division: featherweight (126 lbs, 57.2 kg)
Title: WBA and IBF featherweight titles
Result: Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez (draw, 115-110, 113-113, 110-115)
Pacquiao vs Marquez SAGA:
Pacquiao vs Marquez 1 (2004)
Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 (2008)
Pacquiao vs Marquez 3 (2011)
Pacquiao vs Marquez 4 (2012)
Manny Pacquiao’s previous fight: Manny Pacquiao vs Marco Antonio Barrera 1
Video:
Official video
Alternative Full fight video (This is a free embeddable video hosted on Msn.FoxSports.com)
Actual Manny won the fight. How can Marquez still said he was robbed?
everybody can say anything about who’s the best or if juan manuel won the fights or not but something is for sure,, no one can deny that juan manuel is the cloud who makes pacquiao look less strong and powerful than the media want us make believe
There is a saying that styles makes fights, it just so happens that Marquez style is very difficult for Pacquiao, people can say anything they like but for me this first fight and the second fight was clearly Pacquiao’s and 3rd and 4th (clearly) was Marquez’s, just because Marquez came back into the fight after that 3 first round knockouts people seem to think he won but if you look every round clearly Marquez’s comeback was not enough to win the fight, the first round was a 10-6 round but one stupid judge admitted after the fight that he had made a mistake and gave it a 10-7, also HBO’s unofficial judge Harold Lederman had it 115-110 for Pacman and i totally agree with him, second fight it was very close but the 3rd round knockdown was the difference in Pac getting split decision, 3rd fight was close too but i think Marquez won, so for me between these two legends it was 2-2 for each even though the official record says 2–1-1 for Manny, as for how great a fighter Pacquiao is he has proven it by challenging and beating the best, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Miguel Cotto, Marquez, De La Hoya, Margarito, etc, just because Marquez gave him trouble doesn’t mean nothing, in that case Bradley beat Marquez easily but he couldn’t beat Pacman, Pacquiao easily outpointed him recently, tbh media is not overhyping Pacquiao, the guy used to be a flyweight champion for god’s sake, for him to dominate division after divisions knocking out guys left and right big and small was just something that had never been done before, he was challenging champions from each of those divisions and beating them too, Marquez is what he is now because of Pac, everybody in the featherweight division was avoiding Marquez, but Pac fearless that he is gave him a shot and Marquez took it, even still after the first two fights Pac could have avoided him because he knew that Marquez gave him problems, but no Manny didn’t duck him and gave him 3rd and 4th fights even though he didn’t had to, Manny is truly the people’s champ, he fights for his fans and wants to please them, that is why he’s loved so dearly and will certainly go down in history as one of the most exciting and popular fighter of all time.
I think Manny Pacquiao was not enough to win the third and the second fight
I can’t believe it. Manny was robbed by judges.
Manny and Marquez both win 6 rounds each. The first round 3 knockdown must be scored as 10 – 6 for Manny.
Boxing is decided round by round and 10 points system.
Even if Marquez won 7 rounds and he still lost the fight.
I can’t believe it. Manny was robbed by judges.
Manny and Marquez both win 6 rounds each. The first round 3 knockdown must be scored as 10 – 6 for Manny.
Boxing is decided round by round and 10 points system.
Even if Marquez won 7 rounds and he still lost the fight.
Just a great fight…