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@tyisny, I don't think anyone is arguing the fact that Pacquiao got caught with a perfectly timed counter shot. What we're suspicious of is how different Marquez looked as a fighter on Sat compared to all of his past fights. He's never been a devastating puncher like that. That was just surreal. I'm talking about the first knock down, too. He had never dropped Pacquiao in any of the previous 36 rounds that they fought. Pacquiao's power, on the other hand, was consistent with all of his previous fights. He's always been a heavy-handed puncher.
this.
although hopkins was still dominant at the same age
Hopkins was dominant but not with power at that age. He was always a defensive genius in the ring and defined the term "crafty veteran".
Yeah i am in a little disbelief i guess you could say. But like Trav T said.....just based on the first 3 fights. Marquez caught manny flush in other fights and manny more or less withstood them. Just seemed strange to me that he looked amazing for 39 and kept saying "i trained very hard" as if he is trying to compensate for the inevitable questions of "since when did you pack that much power in a punch?".
But hey props to both men the fight was crazy entertaining.