Below is the round per round result of the Pacquiao vs Marquez 3 bout.

Round 1:

Both fighters started the fight wary and very cautious. Pacquiao connects with a straight left while evading Marquez right. Marquez goes to the body of Pacquiao. A 1-2 combination from Pacquiao was countered by body punches from Marquez. Pacquiao throws a left hand lead while Marquez misses a right hook. Pacquiao slipping Marquez’s punches. End of Round 1.

Round 2:

Marquez looking tighter with his defense. This fight is starting to look like a chess match. Both fighters are cautious. Pacquiao misses a right hook. Marquez throws a right hand. Pacquiao lunghes in. Marquez with a left upper cut. Marquez is scoring some punches. Pacquiao lands a left hand lead. he uses his lateral movement. Pacquiao evading Marquez’s right hand.

Round 3:

Pacquiao throws a left to marquez’s abdomen. Marquez tags him with a left uppercut. Pacquiao utilizes his right again. Lands a left. Pacquiao more calculating. He stands back then attacks. But Marquez moves away. a 1-2-2 from Pacquiao. Pacquiao connects with a power right! Marquez was shaken.

Round 4:

Pacquiao attacks while Marquez counters with his own. Pacquiao waits for Marquez’s left hand to land his own right hand. Pacquiao tends to brawl a bit. Then controls himself. Big shot from Pacquiao! Clash of heads. Marquez throwing a wide punch to the body. Lead left from Pacquiao. Nice feint from Pacquiao, he had Marquez scrambling. Marquez lands with a big right.

Round 5:

Marquez attacks the body of Pacquiao. Marquez’s right eye is starting to get puffy. Sneaky right hand from Marquez. 1-1-2 from Pacquiao. Pacquiao getting a little impatient. Marquez with an upper cut then straight. Good right hand from Pacquiao. Big right hand from Marquez! Marquez lands another right hand! Marquez landing with regularity now. Pacquiao looking frustrated.

Round 6:

Pacquiao cautious now. Throws a wide left. Both fighters attack. Good left hand lead from Pacquiao. Marquez attacking the body. Pacquiao’s right hand finding its mark, then his left. Double lead right hands from Marquez. Mexican fans chanting for Marquez. Pacquiao lands right hook. Marquez scores body shots.

Round 7:

Marquez attacks with a right to the body. A looping right hand lands on Pacquiao’s face! Pacquiao looks lethargic. Marquez lands a beautiful body shot. Good left hand lead from Pacquiao. Solid shots from Marquez. Pacquiao stringing together his punches. Marquez lands a good uppercut.

Round 8:

Round 9:

Pacquiao has a busted lip. Marquez is looking more durable in this fight. He seem to absorb Pacquiao punches well. Marquez landing with body and head shots. Pacquiao is looking to land a big punch. Pacquiao now attacking! Marquez moves away. They tangle. Action is more exciting now.

Round 10.

Pacquiao prays, lifts his fist. Marquez with an overhead right. Marquez with another big right hand! It’s now beggining to become a slugfest. 1-2 combi from Marquez. Both fighters slugging it out. Replay shows clash of heads.

Round 11.

Pacquiao hits with a left-hand. Marquez misses a looping right, Pacquiao attacks! Marquez with another right hand lead. Pacquiao misses his 1-2. Pacquiao still having problems against Marquez. It looks like another round for Marquez.

Round 12.

Pacquiao has a cut in his right eyebrow. Pacquiao delivered a 1-2 combination. Marquez is using his tactical fight advantage against Pacman. Pacquiao still looking for a knockout win but fails to land a big punch. The referee stops the fight to have Pacquiao’s cut checked. When fight resumes the two fighters engaged into a brawl until the bell rings. Pacquiao walks to his corner with his head bowed and looked disappointed.

Marquez surprised boxing fans as he came out very much prepared against the highly favored Pacquiao. He was able to avoid most of Pacquiao’s attacks. There was no knockdown during the entire 12-rounds of fight. The eight-time boxing champion suffered a busted lip and a cut on his right eyebrow.

It was a close bout until the final bell. Jinkee Pacquiao, wife of the welterweight champion, was seen praying while waiting for the announcement of the winner. She raises her fist after hearing that her husband won the fight.

Read the round per round results of the Pacquiao vs Marquez 3.

Pacquiao was an early 8-1 favorite over Marquez when the fight was confirmed. The Pacquiao vs Marquez 3 is a 12-round fight for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title of Pacman.

The odds has given Pacquiao an 8-to-1 advantage to finish off Marquez in rounds one and two and 6-to-1 advantage in winning the fight in round three.

Meanwhile, Marquez was given a 40-1 advantage to win by knockout in any of the first five rounds.

Singers who rendered the Philippine National Anthem, “Lupang Hinirang“, in previous Pacquiao bouts were criticized by the National Historical Institute (NHI). The NHI has reprimanded a lot of artists who rendered the wrong version of the Philippine National Anthem. Among those included in the list of artist, who were criticized by the NHI are well known singers such as: Sarah Geronimo, Lani Misalucha, Kyla, Charice Pempengco, Jennifer Bautista, Arnel Pineda and Christian Bautista.

Here is a video of Zyrene Parsad during the her stint in- Are You The Next Big Star?

Former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. was jailed in Las Vegas due to a complaint by his ex-girlfriend.  Josie Harries filed the complaint and the Las Vegas police arrested Mayweather Jr. on suspicion of grand larceny due to an alleged mobile phone theft and domestic battery for beating her ex-girlfriend.

Mayweather Jr. came under fire recently after saying expletive and racist comments about current pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.  The 33 year old Mayweather Jr. is currently undefeated in his 41 fights.  Las Vegas police detained Mayweather Jr. in the Clark County Detention Center, and required by the court to post a $3,000 bail.

Celebrity news website TMZ.com, who owns the exclusive mug shot of Mayweather Jr., reported that Harris accused Mayweather of assaulting her in front of their children, and this prompted her to seek protective request order.

Mayweather Jr. won unanimously in his last welterweight fight against fellow American Shane Mosley to raise his record to 41-0, with 25 of those fights by way of knockout.

Sports Illustrated magazine listed Mayweather Jr. as one of the highest-paid US athletes as he ranks third with total earnings of $60.3 million, behind golfers Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. – ABS-CBNnews.com