Last May 8, 2004 Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao legendary boxing fight ended in a DRAW.
Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao held a boxing rematch at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas. HBO Pay-Per-View, started showing the boxing rematch at 9 p.m. Eastern Time and 6 p.m. Pacific Time. The World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez defended his title against three-division world champion Manny Pacquiao.
Round by Round Analysis through ESPN
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez firing on all cylinders! So gutsy but so dangerous.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao throwing lefts, rights, hooks, crosses. Marquez digging to the body with the left hook, the ol’ Mexican liver shot.
DARIUS ORTIZ: The crowd cheering Manny. PacMan supremely confident. Marquez trying to stand his ground but he can’t. marquez unloads against the ropes. This is a dogfight.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao explodes with a left but Marquez eats it. Marquez looks at Pacquiao is if to say where’d you get all this energy?
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao biding his time. He’s extremely patient. What a fighter. Marquez stings Pacquiao with an uppercut, followed by a right. Hard round to score.
DARIUS ORTIZ: I like Pacquiao’s early work in Round 4. He takes the round.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Round 5: Marquez has his senses back. He jabs to the body. Pacquiao moving forward. Decent left hand by Pacquiao. Marquez is thinking, trying to find a way to land his right hand.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao looks very well grounded and balanced. Marquez on his toes as well. Nice, crisp left by Pacquiao. Marquez lands a combo on Pacquiao, PacMan bangs his gloves together. He loves this.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez with a rapid-fire two punch combination. Pacquiao responds with a right hand.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Good right hand by Marquez. Marquez is mixing bodyshots with head shots and has Pacquiao a little confused by that. Marquez circling left.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Excellent right by Marquez. He’s boxing better. I think he took the round. They exchange at the bell.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Round 6. Let’s do it. Marquez looking for an opening.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez with another good right hand. He’s doing some nifty stuff in there. His timing is back but every time he gets confident … well. you know what happens.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao bangs lefts and rights off Marquez’s skull. He isn’t as efficient when his punches aren’t as straight.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez has slowed the pace considerably. PacMan lands a headshot, Marquez a bodyshot.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez lands several skull-rattling shots. Pacquiao isn’t in his groove. Marquez is back to counter-punching.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao now punching to the body, in an effort to slow JMM down. Marquez with a good counter right hand. Marquez seeing PacMan’s punches coming. JMM with a left and a right. Good combo, good round. Marquez takes it in my book.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Round 7. Both men exchange hooks. Pacquiao not throwing straight shots.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez zips through Pacquiao’s defense with a howitzer of a right. Good volley of blows by Marquez.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez being allowed to do what he wants to do. When Pacquiao attacks, he controls the fight. Headbutt. Marquez accidentally headbutted. He’s bleeding over his right eye.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez back to jabbing. The blood not going into his eye.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao lifts Marquez off the ground with a hook. Insanity. Both men trading heavy, heavy leather.
DARIUS ORTIZ: They exchange on even terms. Pacquiao literally smells blood now, and he’s on the attack. Marquez backed by lefts. This isn’t Marquez type of fight. He’s bound to get hurt. Both men exchange vicious blows at the bell.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Round 8: Marquez starts with a hard right.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Blood over PacMan’s eye, courtesy of a nasty right hand. Marquez on the attack! Body shot hurt PacMan!
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao responds with a heavy left hook. Pacquiao is one mean cat but Marquez fighting fearless now.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao bleeding heavily. Those body shots have sapped Pacquiao’s energy.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao looks very irritated by the cut. Marquez jabbing the cut.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez snaps PacMan’s head back with a jab, followed by a right. Pacquiao not looking like himself. Pacquiao eats an uppercut. He still looks so dangerous.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Both men bump each other on their way to their corners. Boys will be boys!
DARIUS ORTIZ: Excellent fight so far. Round 9 begins.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez fires a hook; Pacquiao blocks instead of counters.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez bouncing on his toes. can you say Fred Astaire?
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez jabbing, Pacquiao leaping in. Both corners doing a good job with the cuts.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez ties up when Pacquiao leaps in. Marquez controlling the pace of the fight.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Nice right hand by Marquez. There goes the cut. Pacquiao finally lands his left but his punches lack zip.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez playing with fire. He’s leaping in as well.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Good counters by Marquez. Pacquiao is all business now.
DARIUS ORTIZ: The doctor is looking at Marquez’s cut. He’s keeping an eye on it. Whoa, wait a minute. There’s another cut over the same eye of Marquez.
DARIUS ORTIZ: The doctor is looking at Marquez’s cut. He’s keeping an eye on it. Whoa, wait a minute. There’s another cut over the same eye of Marquez.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao and Marquez fighting the last few seconds at a frenetic pace! Marquez takes the shots well. Pacquiao does an Ali shuffle.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Lots of ebb and flow in this fight. The mark of a good one, eh?
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquaio hurts Marquez with a hook! Marquez stumbles forward but keeps his balance. His legs are back underneath him. Wow. Pacquiao’s blend of speed and power is breath-taking.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez shakes off punches well, for his part.
DARIUS ORTIZ: PacMan has found his rhythm and is on the attack. gobble gobble!
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez lands a body shot that stifles the PacMan’s attack. Marquez finding his flow again.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao unloads heavy artillery. Marquez back to boxing. Marquez lands decent right hands. Manny uncurls an uppercut.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao loses his mouthpiece, Marquez tries to take advantage but PacMan isn’t having it. Great two-way action at the bell.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Championship rounds, ladies and gents.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Marquez back to his jab. Pacquiao digs to the body. Too late for that. Marquez keeping his distance.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Low blow. Pacquiao trying to shake it off.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Back to the action. Marquez pushes PacMan away with a jab. Pacquiao unleashes a spitfire left.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao holding his guard high. Marquez fires three right hands through the guard. Marquez doing some bodywork now.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao throws a laser of a left. Marquez responds with a flurry. Marquez throwing more combos, Pacquiao looking to catch Marquez while he throws them. Both men trade feints at the bell.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Dan Rafael and I have it even. Whoever wins this round is the winner. On our cards at least.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Both men touch ‘em up. Marquez jabs then hooks. Marquez fighting like he wants it. Pacquiao takes his turn now. Marquez landing straight rights. Pacquiao seems to be loading up. He wants Marquez to open up. Marquez holds as PacMan dives in.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Both men trade uppercuts. Marquez wrestles Pacquiao. The men trade. Marquez may be hurt. Pacquiao winging them. One minute to go! Who wants this more? Pacquiao flurrying. He’s driven back. Marquez letting it all hang out. Marquez refuses to back down. Marquez holding. Pacquiao desperate now. Pacquiao misses. Marquez with a good right hand. 15 seconds. Marquez jabbing. Good right hand by Marquez and another! Marquez may have been hurt by he played it off well! What a fight.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Dan and I scored the fight the same: 114-113: Marquez by a hair.
DARIUS ORTIZ: Both fighters taking turns saluting the crowd.
DARIUS ORTIZ: 115-112 Marquez. 115-112 Pacquiao.
DARIUS ORTIZ: 114-113…
DARIUS ORTIZ: Pacquiao wins!
DARIUS ORTIZ: It could have gone either way. Many of those rounds were close. Kenny Bayless all over Pacquiao. Can you say photo op?
DARIUS ORTIZ: Excellent fight. David Diaz next for Pacquiao, but where does Juan Manuel Marquez go from here?
