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Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

Beginning of round 2 - From what I've seen so far, they look evenly matched, but Mayweather has HHH in his corner for the tag if necessary ... (whoops - someone's down ...)

OK - they're both still going pretty strong at the end of the round...

You can follow ir round-by-round with English commentary here while watching it on Korean cable ...
http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/fightcred/round?id=4462628

Yaya · Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Location: Seoul

Mayweather wins it in convincing fashion, all the hype about a Marquez upset is proven to be garbage.

Marquez losing is good for Pacquiao, as most say Pacman should've lost both fights he had with the Mexican.

Now let's see if Pacman can get past Cotto and set up that Super Bowl of a payday against Mayweather.

Seul · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Location: Seoul

This was not a good fight. Mayweather just dominated. He was too big, too fast, and just the better boxer. As a Marquez fan, it was extremely disappointing, he tried to outbox a boxer. He kept his distance the entire time and played to Floyd's advantage. Marquez needed to close the distance and stay inside and battle Mayweather.

Especially after the 5th round, it became apparent that Marquez would have to knock Mayweather out to win the fight, but Marquez just kept with a game plan that was not working. So frustrating.

I'm looking forward to the Pacquiao vs Cotto fight. And I'll be routing for the winner of that fight to beat Mayweather.

Yaya · Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Location: Seoul

Marquez is lucky to have finished the fight, but many wonder why Mayweather didn't just knock the guy out. The fight was clearly a mismatch.

ESPN boxing analyst Teddy Atlas says Manny Pacquiao will beat Miguel Cotto to set up that dream showdown versus Mayweather. I will say Mayweather impressed and showed little or no ring rust from his 21-month layoff.

Seul · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Location: Seoul

The size advantage for Mayweather was noticeable. He weighed in over the weight limit and paid a $600,000 penalty. And he did not reweigh the night of the bout.

I read some headline that "Mayweather should pick on someone his own size." Marquez also made some comments about the weight difference. Watching the fight though, it wasn't even close. Even if they were the same weight, I think there would be a similar outcome.

thomas pars · Joined: 29 Jan 2009

this was a pretty lame fight. they hype surrounding the fight was just that..a load of hype. i find hbo has been doing this alot lately. they set up these "marches" that the fans don't want, and i wouldn't even think of. i mean Marquez v. mayweather? Who the hell thought of that? And to promote the hell out of it they make the 24/7 series.

As for the fight it self: the first 3 rounds were interesting stuff. Marguez looked strong and he was throwing some decent combinations. But by the 5th it was all Mayweather as he warmed up speed up and proved to be so damn slick it was pretty amazing to see.

ekimswish · Joined: 24 Jan 2006

yeah, that was total BS that Mayweather didn't even try to KO Marquez. The last three rounds especially, I had the feeling that he could just talk Juan into laying down. Shieeet.... Roach was right all along, it was a snooze-fest. I mean, it's kind of like watching Nate Robinson in a dunk contest: He attempts the most spectacular dunk you've ever seen, but misses about 50 times in a row, so by the time he makes it, you feel like you've just hung out in his drive-way watching him practice for 2 hours. Watching the brilliance of Mayweather for a couple rounds was cool, but by round 12 it was BOOOOOORRRRING... Congrats to Marquez on the big payday and to De La Hoya for officially losing all credibility - not that it matters in the world of sports and hype anyways.

Yaya · Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Location: Seoul

fermentation · Joined: 22 Jun 2009

See we have a lot of casual fans here. As a student of boxing and a fan of both fighters, I thought the fight was pretty good from a technical stand point. I was blown away by the technical superiority of Mayweather and even though I knew he was going to win, I didn't think there would be this far of a gap between the two guys.

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riverboy · Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Location: Incheon

I haven't had a chance to see the fight yet, but I was surprised at the fact that Mayweather totally dominated Marquez. I thought that at some point, Marquez would start to figure out Floyd and make it competitive. Sadly enough, Mayweather's cautious style makes him hard to beat. If a guy does not put pressure on him, then he will not win. I thought Marquez would have done that, but from what I've read, he was simply too small, slow, weak and old.

Floyd is the best of a mediocre lot right now, but he is still a great fighter. It just saddens me that he is such a safety first fighter. I still want to see him fight Pacquiao because Manny will bring everything he has to Shane and he will have his moments, but coming up from 107 lbs against Floyd at 147 will be a tough test. It would be nice to see Mayweather fight a real, prime welterweight at some point in his career. A jump to middleweight and a win over Pavlik would cement his greatness in my mind and put him in the same class as Duran, Leonard et al.

Unfortunately, the fights he takes resembles the way he fights: Safety first.

Yaya · Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Location: Seoul

I'm a fan of Pacman but I'm also thinking that he's never faced a smart fighter like Mayweather. Say what you will about the mediocre talent out there in boxing now, but undefeated is undefeated and Mayweather showed why he is unbeaten against Marquez, though many do say it was a mismatch from the start.

I'll save the talk about the possible Pacman-Mayweather matchup until after the Pacquio-Cotto fight in November.