Floyd Mayweather: Manny Pacquiao's Scrappy Win Gives Him Edge over Pretty Boy

Manny Pacquiao successfully defended his welterweight title on Saturday night in Las Vegas against challenger Juan Manuel Marquez.

Pacquiao narrowly edged Marquez for the second time in three years, via a majority decision by the judges.

The fight was met with all sorts of controversy from Marquez, his camp and the Mexican fans in support ringside.

Although any neutral observer could argue that Marquez won, or at the very least it was a draw, we must remember the old adage of boxing and fighting in general; you have to beat the champ.

Marquez gave Pacquiao and his fans a scare at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday night, but that's all he did.

Pacquiao's late rally helped sway those watching back in favor of the champion, and it seemed to have a huge impact on the judges.

However, Pacquiao's scrappy and unconventional win, by his standards, only builds on the anticipation of the potential super fight next May.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s camp applied a mountain of pressure on Pacquiao before his underrated third bout with Marquez, and it looked as if Pretty Boy was in Pac-Man's head through the early rounds Saturday night.

The pressure and stress on both fighters to not only win, but to make it look easy given their top pound-for-pound status is a heavy burden, witnessed last night with Pacquiao.

Marquez was fighting from the most comfortable spot in sports, the underdog position, where no one expects anything but still supports what you are there to do.

If last night's bout tells us anything about boxing, it's not that Pacquiao is overmatched by Mayweather, it's that Marquez is a hell of a fighter.

Pacquiao did well to handle the world of adversity he was thrown into after a confident Marquez found his rhythm.

That same resiliency would not only benefit Pacquiao against Mayweather, but give him the edge. Mayweather would never be out of the woods with Pacquiao and vice versa.

But Saturday night's scrappy and physical win proves the Pac-Man has the ability to outlast and outbox the world's best, and that's why he is champion.