Fight Review: Pacquiao v Marquez 4

It was a fight that many people claimed to have been tired of after their trilogy, why a fourth fight, because these two legends of boxing brought back their beloved sport to the lime-light.  Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez were just made for each other, from the opening bell to their fourth meeting, these two warriors resumed where they left off.  Pacquiao was dominating the first 2 rounds during the feeling out process landing some powerful shots.  This time around Marquez stunned Manny with a looping right hand that sent Pacman to the canvas, the tide had been turned in the 3rd round after that big shot.  Manny was not going to let a huge shot in the 3rd round hold him down, he came back with a vengeance in the 4th and 5th round, as he sent Marquez down in the 5th with a hard right hand that knocked Marquez off balance forcing him to touch the mat with his glove to try and stay up.  Marquez survived the 5th round by fighting back as Pacquiao was pouring it on.  The 6th round was more of vintage Pacquaio, but Marquez kept fighting back, despite suffering a possible broken nose.  With one measly second left in the 6th round, Marquez caught Manny with a stiff right that landed square onto Manny's face knocking him out, cold.  Marquez had done it, he took care of any doubt people had in the previous 3 fights with one stone cold shot that was heard around the world.  It is moments like this that reminds us why we love the sport of boxing so much, the element of surprise.  Despite Pacquaio being knocked out, this fight brought back boxing to the fore-front of sports.  And to think, some people wondered why a fourth fight between these two, heck we can only be so luck to see them touch 'em up for a fifth bout.