By Doug Fischer
maxboxing.com
It was the kind of intense, back-and-forth championship-level battle where a strong case could be made for either fighter winning but
what turned out to be the difference in tonight’s official verdict was a third-round knockdown scored by the Filipino icon. Without that 10-8 round that Pacquiao was awarded on all three official scorecards, judge Miller would have scored the bout 113-113, and the fighters and fans would have been stuck with another split-draw, the verdict of their first encounter.
Don’t expect a third encounter. When Pacquiao was asked about the possibility of adding another 12 rounds to the legendary 24 they’ve fought, the four-division champ replied:
“I don’t think so, this business is over.â€Linkback:
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