May-Pac fight: by decision (118-110 scored by Moretti and 116-112 by Clements and Feldman) : This is when empirical scientists would say: “The results are not conclusive” : (Assuming these entertainment, este, professional, boxing matches are not stage-managed), numbers don’t show the strength of the punches, each jab and punch should have a different value depending on the strength, determined visually and by tactile ways of measuring, using the standards of physicists, sports scientists, and sports medicine experts, overriden by any knockout (that’s just me, i’m not an expert) — in any case, here they are:
“Manny Pacquiao threw 429 punches in total, six punches less than Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s 435. The latter also connected more punches, according to Compubox statistics: Mayweather landed 34 percent of his punches while Pacquiao landed only 19 percent.
“Mayweather landed 25 percent of his jabs while Pacquiao landed 9 percent, less than half compared to his opponent.
“Mayweather also connected more power punches: 48 percent over Pacquiao’s 27 percent.” (CompuBox stats as published by the Inquirer). The headlines should have been: “Hometown judges upset a Pacquiao win” (i went to town on that one, didn’t i: Rematch!)
“ “Marquez ready to begin new chapter in career”. When I first read the title, I thought I was in for a treat – this should be easy to critic on how biased the article is because Marquez is the man that defeated (by knock out) our ‘national pride’, ‘national hero’, ‘national gem’ or whatever you want to call it. I was expecting an article where the journalist will constantly link back on how Pacquiao defeated Marquez before, how Pacquiao was unfortunate to lose; basically an article that is biased against Marquez.
“To my surprise, this article is very well written – no bias, focuses on the news it’s reporting on – Marquez moving on in his boxing career, and his fight with Timothy Bradley. The article was mostly quotes – on what Marquez said about his fight with Pacquiao and also about his next fight against Timothy Bradley. The main point of this article is Marquez vs. Bradley, and the reporter did well not to dwell long on Pacquiao vs.Marquez. There was a brief mention of the history of the Marquez-Pacquiao fight but there were no unnecessary details of the fights. The words used were precise in describing the situation and does not misguide or mislead the readers to ‘support’ Marquez or Bradley or even Pacquiao.”
