Marquez by KO in 6 ! [View all]
When a fighter goes down face-first, they are almost always counted out. And so it was tonight in Las Vegas, when Juan Manuel Marquez flattened Manny Pacquiao at the end of the sixth round.
The fight was outstanding. Pacquiao outboxed Marquez for the first two rounds. Then, in the third, Marquez landed a hard overhand right that snapped Pac Man’s head back, and deposited him on his back. Manny got up, and fought back through the end of the round.
Marquez took the 4th round, in which both men landed hard blows. In the 5th, Pacquiao scored a flash knockdown, and then administered a beating on an obviously hurt Marquez.
It was evident that Marques had a broken nose when he came out for the sixth round. Pacquiao was dominating the action, but appeared to be somewhat tired after expending a great amount of energy in the last round. He began to pressure Marquez in the final thirty seconds of the round, moving Marquez into the ropes. Then it happened: Marquez countered with a straight right, that put Pacquiao out, flat on his face. He was out cold for several minutes.
This was their 4th bout. The first was a draw; Pacquiao won the second by split-decision; and won the third by a highly-disputed majority decision.
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