BRIEFLY MARQUEZ RETAINS TITLES BY SURVIVING.Byline: Robert Morales Staff Writer LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. - Juan Manuel Several Spanish and Portuguese princes wore this name:
It appeared Marquez was on his way to an early knockout defeat and the loss of his WBA WBA West Bromwich Albion (English Soccer Club) WBA World Boxing Association WBA Weekly Benefit Amount WBA Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (Madison, WI) WBA Wireless Broadband Access and IBF IBF See: International Banking Facility belts. But in a show of courage that will go down in boxing history, Marquez not only survived, but he came back to earn a majority draw before 7,129 at the MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. Grand. Marquez (42-2-1) thus retained his championships in a bout that could be considered for fight of the year, the draw notwithstanding. Judge John Stewart John Stewart may be:
Interestingly, Clements was the only judge who did not give Pacquiao a 10-6 score in the first round. Instead, Clements scored it 10-7. Had he gone with a 10-6, as did the other two judges, Pacquiao would have been the winner by majority decision. Marquez, of Mexico City, was decked twice with straight left hands, and yet again with a two-punch combination. He staggered back to his corner after the first round, looking down. But he was not out. ``The plan was to box him real carefully, but I went in overconfident o·ver·con·fi·dent adj. Excessively confident; presumptuous. o  ver·con and I got caught early,'' Marquez said. ``But I
recovered, stayed away from the left hand and made the best of
it.''
Marquez, of Mexico City, was asked what he was thinking during the break between the first and second rounds. ``I was a little disoriented dis·o·ri·ent tr.v. dis·o·ri·ent·ed, dis·o·ri·ent·ing, dis·o·ri·ents To cause (a person, for example) to experience disorientation. Adj. 1. ,'' he said. ``The whole thing was avoiding his left hand. Once I was able to do that, I was able to counter punch.'' Did he ever. When Pacquiao would come at Marquez again and again with that big left hand, Marquez began to either duck it or catch it on his glove. Then he would unleash a big right hand that would snap back Pacquiao's head. Pacquiao (38-2-2) never went down, but he was rocked several times. ``I think I won the fight,'' Pacquiao said. ``I think I took the fight out of him. I'm disappointed. I should have won this fight. A lot of people saw it. I was ahead on points.'' Pacquiao said he thought Marquez was done in the first round, but he pointed out that the third knockdown came late, leaving him little time to put on the finishing touches. ``That's what I thought, but there was not enough time,'' said Pacquiao, of the Philippines. Pacquiao went on to say that his right hand bothered him in the second round, and that a cramp in his right foot hindered him in the sixth. It should be pointed out that Pacquiao's right hand was never going to be a factor in the fight, injured or not. Robert Morales, (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2213 robert.morales(at)sgvn.com |
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