Sunday, December 9, 2012

Data show Pacquiao dominating punch stats before getting knocked out by Marquez


Before being shocked late in the sixth round, Manny Pacquiao was winning the fight against Juan Manuel Marquez.

Punch stats showed that Pacquiao had the edge in punches connected (94-of-256) compared to Marquez (52-of-246).

The Filipino fight icon also had a major advantage in power shots (68-of-148) over the Mexican (41-of-150).

Pacquiao was also leading all three judges’ scorecards, 47-46, before he walked into a lethal right hand from Marquez that knocked him out cold.

Marquez caught Pacquiao with a right straight in the third round for the fight’s first knockdown. The Filipino battled back to score his own knockdown in the fifth round to turn things around before the fateful ending.

source: interaksyon.com