Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Manny Pacquiao II
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| Date | March 15, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC, vacant The Ring & lineal junior-lightweight titles | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Manny Pacquiao won via split decision[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Manny Pacquiao II, billed as Unfinished Business, was a junior-lightweight title boxing match. The bout took place on March 15, 2008 at the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and was distributed by HBO PPV.[2][3] The fight is second of the Pacquiao-Márquez tetralogy.
Pacquiao defeated Márquez via split decision, knocking down Márquez once in the third round. Two of the judges scored 115-112 and 114-113 for Pacquiao, while the third judge scored 115-112 in favor of Márquez.[1] After the fight, Pacquiao admittedly considered this fight as his most difficult fight since their first match in 2004.[4]
With the victory, Pacquiao became the first Asian boxer to win world titles in four different weight classes.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Pacquiao defeats Marquez in rematch!". philboxing.com.
- ^ "Marquez vs. Pacquiao 2 "Unfinished Business" Press Conference - Pound4Pound.com - P4P Number 1". www.pound4pound.com.
- ^ "Ring Editor Predicts Pacquiao Over Marquez". BoxingScene.com.
- ^ "Pacquiao says his hardest fight was with Marquez". GMA News Online.
- ^ Mirror.co.uk (17 March 2008). "Manny Pacquiao notches fourth division crown with victory over Juan Manuel Marquez". mirror.