He made an immediate statement in the first round by knocking down Marquez three times, and it didn't seem like the fight was going to last much longer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_career_of_Manny_Pacquiao Pacquiao came out flying. The first three paragraphs are COMPLETELY UNSOURCED. Phil Jay is the Editor of WBN . Watch this space. The second meeting on March 15, 2008, at the Mandalay Bay, was awarded to Pacquiao by split decision. Review: 2004-05-08, Manny Pacquiao came from the first fight against Barrera (one of the Fights of the Year 2003) and tried to win his first title in the featherweight division since Juan Manuel Marquez was the reigning champion of the WBA and IBF featherweight titles. Though Márquez struck the final blow, in the record book the series will always be ended 2-1-1, in Pacquiao’s favour. Interestingly though, one of the judges actually scored the bout 115-112 to Marquez. I will be adding where citations need to be added below. "Their first fight on May 8, 2004, at the MGM Grand, ended in a draw. Pacquiao has felt that pain and would be first in the queue if Marquez confirmed he’d be open to agreeing on an unprecedented fifth installment. marquez celebrates finally getting the better of a prone pacquiao To revert back to the discussion of rivalry, the winner can be debated. This time, Pacquiao edged a split decision. Pacquiao caught Marquez with a left hand that is second only to the one that sent Ricky Hatton into retirement—the first time. When Manny Pacquiao dropped Juan Manuel Marquez three times in the first round of their bout in 2004, nobody would have expected to see the fight result in a draw, let alone Marquez … The bout took place on November 12, 2011, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada and was distributed by HBO PPV.The fight also marked a return to HBO for Pacquiao and drew 1.4 million pay-per-view buys. But he is, first and foremost, a professional boxer—and a remarkably successful one. 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