Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez: The Six Best Quotes About the Fight

Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO) may have won on November 12 on the official scorecards, but the boxing public is greatly disappointed.

Many experts have said their pieces about Pacquiao and now the 10 best quotes have been collected and provided here for your reading pleasure.

They range from pessimistically funny to pretty enlightening. Enjoy!

6. Jorge Arce

Jorge Arce (58-6-2, 45 KO) is a Mexican legend with world titles in weight classes ranging from light flyweight (108 lbs) to super bantamweight (122 lbs).

Here's Arce's take on Pacquiao-Marquez III according to Boxingscene.com.

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It was really an outright robbery. I don't know what Marquez has to do to win in Las Vegas. Maybe murder. But even if he kills [Pacquiao], he would still lose or get a draw.

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Arce cries foul and believes Pacquiao was never going to lose no matter how bad he looked that night. He may be exaggerating a tad bit, but I know many of my colleagues scored it at least a draw.

I personally scored it a draw with two rounds questionably given to Pacquiao. None of my boxing colleagues saw this fight as a Pacquiao victory especially by scores of 116-112.

These things can be hard to judge, especially with a fight this close, but Arce has a point.

5. Erik Morales

Erik Morales (52-7, 36 KO) is a Mexican legend who has won world titles in four weight divisions ranging from super bantamweight (122 lbs) to junior welterweight (140 lbs).

He's faced Pacquiao in the ring three times, winning the first match by a close unanimous decision before being stopped twice in the subsequent rematches, once in Round 10 and the final match in Round 3.

Here is what Morales had to say about Pacquiao-Marquez III according to WorldBoxingNews.net:

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"I think Marquez won seven or eight rounds and he deserved to win but the fight was very even; for me Manny wasn’t the same boxer I know when he fought that night, he was not mentally focused. I could sense that something was wrong; I forecasted that Manny would defeat Marquez easily. I was surprised by what happened in the bout."

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Morales also feels Marquez deserved to win that night, but he seems to hound on what he perceives to be Pacquiao's loss of focus. Is he right?

After facing Pacquiao three times, he ought to know what a focused Pacquiao looks like. Maybe he's on to something that could explain his poor performance.

Pacquiao is a massively worshiped hero in his country of the Philippines as well as a congressman and professional boxer with endorsement deals and various business dealings. That can take a toll.

4. Naazim Richardson

Naazim Richardson is the legendary trainer of middleweight (160 lbs) and light heavyweight (175 lbs) legend Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 KO).

He's also trained lightweight (135 lbs) and welterweight (147 lbs) standout and future Hall of Famer Shane Mosley (46-7-1, 39 KO) in his later years.

Here's Richardson's take according to FightHype.com:

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[Pacquiao] is one of the best things we have seen and one of the best things we probably ever will see, but I think Marquez is a better fighter than he is. That fight, to me, gave me the impression that the only person that can beat Pacquiao by decision now is Mayweather. If these cats don't knock Pacquiao out, they not gonna let them disrupt the money.

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I completely feel and agree with Richardson's statement about how no one will let Marquez or anyone else ruin the big money that's made off the momentum of Mayweather and Pacquiao come off their latest victories to face each other in 2012.

The money pot is too big and boiling and they want to have it at its hottest when it's finally served to the public.

3. Ricky Hatton

Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO) aka "The Hitman" punished men throughout his career as a junior welterweight (140 lbs). His most notable victory came against Hall of Famer Kostya Tszyu (31-2, 25 KO).

Hatton eventually suffered his first defeat to Floyd Mayweather (42-0, 26 KO) by technical knockout in Round 10 and retired after suffering a brutal second-round knockout loss to Pacquiao.

Here's what Hatton has to say according to Boxing Scene:

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I thought Manny had problems with Marquez's style and maybe he would always have problems with that style.

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Hatton seems to be implying that anyone (Mayweather included) with a counter-punching style will give him trouble. He's been in the ring with Pacquiao, so he has the intimate knowledge of his best.

That means he should be able to evaluate his powers against a smart boxer like Mayweather, who Hatton also fought. Seven years, three fights and Pacquiao still can't decisively beat Marquez.

That says something.

2. Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao is still the current pound-for-pound No. 1 boxer in the world on the Ring Magazine's list, but not to everybody.

Pacquiao has his critics of his performance against Marquez and he answers them with this response according to BoxingScene.com:

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I was not convinced in my performance and I wasn't able to deliver what the people expected of me. That's boxing. There are instances where you don't win through a one-sided fight. You can't always beat your opponent in a lopsided way. They also have fists. It so happened that my fight was a close fight.

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Pacquiao is right. You can't give dominant performances your whole career as a boxer. Pacquiao has given a stream of big dominating victories over much bigger guys that everyone assumed too much.

Many assumed Marquez wouldn't stand a chance against this "giant-killer" version of Pacquiao. But styles make fights and a style that troubled a boxer before may trouble that boxer again.

Ken Norton gave Muhammad Ali problems for a decade. Tommy Hearns gave Sugar Ray Leonard the two fights of his life. For Pacquiao, Marquez is Norton and Hearns wrapped in a Mexican flag.

1. Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.

Chavez Sr (107-6-2, 89 KO) is a retired legendary Mexican boxer who obviously cheered on his Mexican countryman against Pacquiao, but he offers some interesting words on the fight.

Here's what Chavez Sr said according to BoxingScene.com:

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Marquez showed that he is better than Pacquiao. [Pacquiao] is not invincible. He's not what you think he is. He caught De La Hoya when he was finished. He had a good fight against Margarito, but he's slow. And Mosley was finished.

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Chavez Sr is not only calling into question Pacquiao's aura of invincibility, but the wins that catapulted him to fame and fortune. Unlike many others, Chavez Sr is obviously not jealous or malicious in his intent.

He only means to state what he believes has is going on in Pacquiao's later career. He may be wrong, he maybe right, but his experience in the ring entitles his opinion to be taken seriously.