Pacquiao edges decision

Manny Pacquiao beat Juan Manuel Marquez on a split decision to win the WBC world super featherweight title.

Early knockdown proves decisive

Manny Pacquiao beat Juan Manuel Marquez on a split decision to win the WBC world super featherweight title. Judges Duane Ford and Tom Miller scored the fight 115-112, 114-113 to Pacquiao but Jerry Roth went 115-112 to Marquez. Both figthers made a tentative start but in the third Pacquiao sent Marquez to the canvas with a straight left. However he survived a scare of his own when a right-hand from Marquez opened up a cut above his eye in the eighth round. Marquez finished the bout strongly, and landed more punches than his opponent, but the early knockdown was enough to earn Pacquiao the verdict. This was the pair's second meeting after a draw in 2004 and the winner has no intention of facing Marquez again. "This business is over," he said. Pacquiao admits the cut eye had caused him problems. "I thought I was in control of the fight but when my eye got cut, it made it more difficult," he said.