PacMan takes WBC title from Marquez of Mexico
LAS VEGAS: Manny Pacquiao captured the World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight crown, dethroning Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquez with a 12-round split decision victory. In a rematch Saturday (Sunday in Manila) of a 2004 slugfest that ended in a draw, one judge gave Marquez a 115-112 decision, while another saw Pacquiao the winner by the same margin. The third judge gave the bout to the Asian star, 114-113.
The difference in a bout when both men were bloodied but traded hard punches to the finish proved to be a third-round knockdown inflicted by Pacquiao, who improved to 46-3 with two draws.
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