Almost four years after their epic draw for the featherweight championship, Pacquiao and Marquez finally met again in a junior lightweight championship bout and delivered a sensational fight. The showdown between two of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world had everything fans could have hoped for. Simply put, it was another tremendous battle filled with skill and will, blood and heart. As the ninth round came to a close, HBO's Lampley exclaimed, "They trade shots. What a war! Both men trying desperately to win the round!" But the truth is, it went like that all night. In the end, the controversial split decision could have gone either way, but the outcome didn't spoil the spectacle. There was blazing action throughout, and all but two rounds were tightly contested -- the third, in which Pacquiao nailed Marquez with a left hand to knock him down, and Marquez's big 12th round.
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