• Manny Pacquiao v Juan Manuel Marquez

Mayweather hints judges favoured Pacquiao

ESPN staff
November 14, 2011
Floyd Mayweather Jnr beat Juan Manuel Marquez in 2009 © Getty Images
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Floyd Mayweather Jnr has taken an indirect swipe at Manny Pacquiao by reminding the world how "marvellous" he looked against Juan Manuel Marquez.

Mayweather knocked down Marquez in the second round on his way to a wide points decision when the pair met in 2009. In contrast, Pacquiao has never looked comfortable against Marquez, beating him twice in controversial circumstances and drawing the other.

The most recent meeting, which took place at the weekend, saw Pacquiao triumph on the judges' scorecards following a close battle. There has been widespread condemnation of the verdict in the subsequent days, and Mayweather suggests Marquez was hard done by.

"I truly feel Marquez is never going to get the benefit of the doubt," Mayweather told fighthype.com. "People fail to realise, when I faced Marquez, I was two years off just travelling and vacationing. I took two years off, no working out, no other activities.

"I went into training camp and then the fight got pushed back because I had an injury, so that pushed it back a little bit more. But I went out and performed and looked marvellous. When I fought Marquez, they said Marquez was over the hill. When I fought Marquez, he was 36 and I was 32. Now, two years later, Pacquiao is 32 and Marquez is 38."

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