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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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