Source: http://bleacherreport.com
HBO's 24/7 series debuted their fourth installment to focus on Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez tonight, airing it after Jonathan Banks' shocking second-round upset of Seth Mitchell.

Banks, a heavyweight contender trained by the late, great Emanuel Steward, knocked out the American heavyweight widely viewed to be the next marketable star of the heavyweight division.

Then in the main event, highly skilled, talented rising star Adrien Broner outclassed Antonio DeMarco, punishing him in an impressive eighth-round TKO.

As a big boxing fan, I immensely enjoyed the two fights, both full of exciting action and both ending in entertaining knockouts. But I wondered how Pacquiao-Marquez 4, Episode 1 would look following such great fights.

Episode 1 opens with legendary promoter Bob Arum explaining that all great rivalries featured evenly matched fighters in very close fights. They showed great rivalries such as Ali-Frazier to back up his theory, and I think it worked.

The episode then goes into fine detail of each of their first three fights and the historical background of each one.

Of course, hardcore boxing fans already know what went on between these guys, but for the casual fan this was a good summary, and they gave not only Juan and Manny's view on each fight, but also the reflections of their respective trainers, Nacho Beristain and Freddie Roach, as well.

The narrator describes how all three judges made an error in the first Pacquiao-Marquez fight, failing to properly score the round 10-6 for Pacquiao, which would have awarded him a split decision.


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