Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Manny Pacquiao II
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| Date | March 15, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC and vacant The Ring super featherweight titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pacquiao wins via 12-round split decision (115-112, 112-115, 113-114)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Manny Pacquiao II, billed as Unfinished Business, was a professional boxing match contested on March 15, 2008, for the WBC Super featherweight championship.[2]
The fight
Pacquiao defeated Márquez via split decision, knocking down Márquez once in the third round. Two of the judges scored 115-112 and 114-113 for Pacquiao, while the third judge scored 115-112 in favor of Márquez.[1]
Aftermath
After the fight, Pacquiao admittedly considered this fight as his most difficult fight since their first match in 2004.[5]
With the victory, Pacquiao became the first Asian boxer to win world titles in four different weight classes.[6]
