Paquiao won by unanimous decision– nope, it's majority

Pacquiao won by unanimous decision with judges’ tally of 114-114, 115-113 and 116-112 over Juan Manuel Marquez.

It was a close fight between Pacquiao and Marquez with many Filipinos (if not all) hoping for Manny to win despite unprecedented jabs  and paws in combos from Marquez in many rounds.

I was watching a liveblog stream via Yahoo! Southeast Asia instead of watching paid live streaming inside cinemas, malls, restos, coliseums and in cable.

The fight turned from predictable to unpredictable with many frowning over the power of Marquez to have closely defeated Manny Pacquiao in many rounds of the fight. Even a relative of mine shouted for the defeat of Pacquiao while I was getting vexed by the exclamation, controlling myself not to spew expletives.

Despite the inhibitions many, perhaps, would have felt over the recent boxing bout, the ring is still on Pacquiao. And many felt the thrill of the fight. A friend, Marlon Valencia, praised the Pacquiao-Marquez 3 as one of the best entertaining boxing shows he’d seen.

PACQUIAO won!

Another victory for the Filipinos.

But I smell a controversy here.  Anticipation and more media circle around Pacquiao and his another win are to be expected afterwards.

Note:

I intended not to change the title even though I know it’s not a unanimous decision. One judge gave a tie score to both fighters– so it’s not unanimous but a majority decision as what one commentor pointed out.