40-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez (55-7-1, 40 KO’s) wasn’t ready to admit defeat tonight after his 12 round split decision defeat to WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (31-0, 12 KO’s) in Las Vegas, Nevada. While Marquez may have lost the fight on the judges’ scorecards, he was unwilling to admit that Bradley was the better man tonight. Instead, his theme was that he should have won. Marquez said after the fight “We came to win and we did. The judges saw something else.” It’s too bad Marquez feels that the judges got it wrong because he’s probably not going to get a rematch with Bradley. There’s little doubt that Bradley will move on and look to fight either the winner of the Brandon Rios vs. Manny Pacquiao fight or Floyd Mayweather Jr., if possible. It’s not likely that Bradley will get a Mayweather fight unless he leaves Top Rank and is willing to fight on Showtime. Marquez is kind of in a bad situation now. The interest in a Marquez-Pacquiao 5th fight won’t be the same as it was now that he’s lost, and Pacquiao might not want to fight him now. Bradley can fight the loser of the Pacquiao-Rios fight, but there doesn’t seem to be any point unless he’s hoping to get as many paydays as he can before he gets out of the sport. The options for Marquez are one of the following Top Rank fighters: Pacquiao, Rios or Mike Alvarado. Read more at http://www.boxingnews24.com/2013/10/marquez-feels-he-was-robbed-in-bradley-bout/#ktvVwrSc1c451rOB.99 I agree with the author. Marquez had more thunderous punches, but Bradley out punched him throughout the fight. His youth carried him to the win.
I have it 117-111 Bradley. Same as Leberman. I am no fan of Bradley, but this was the best fight I had ever seen him fight. His youth carried him. He out punched Marquez.
