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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3059194, member: 289"]
Terrific fight. Through the early rounds, Pacquiao dominated, even knocking Thurman down in the first round. he was quicker, had better lateral movement, quicker hands and punched from angles Thurman had never seen. In the second half, Manny seemed to slow down, picking his spots for flurries while Thurman persevered, throwing his jab and the right hand behind it with an occasional left hook. The crowd was totally pro-Pacquiao, oooing and aahhing with every punch. Thurman actually blocked most of them but far from all of them. And he clearly felt it more when the punches landed, especially a body shot in the 19th round that caused Thurman to spit out his mouthpiece. But the punch stats increasingly favored Thurman as the fight progressed.  He wound up ahead 210-195 in punches landed. But Manny would flurry every time it seemed he might be using a round.

One judge had it 114-113 for Thurman. The other two had it 115-112 for Pacquiao. I don't mind giving 10-10 rounds, (I want the decision based on the rounds that were more clearly won), and had it 117-112 for Manny, who I still think should be retiring to focus on his career as a Philippine Senator. But he'll probably wind up being matched with Crawford or Spence next, (the two guys I think are the best fighters in boxing right now). Thurman will remain a contender and could wind up fighting those guys, too, but I think he's a notch below elite. In the early rounds of this one, when the bout was basically decided, Keith looked like a very good fighter in the ring with an all-time great who still had it - at least long enough to build up a lead he never lost.
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