MANILA, March 16 -- Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao captured the World Boxing Council super-featherweight title Sunday after defeating Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez Sunday in Las Vegas, the United States.
The match, broadcast live here and watched by millions of Filipinos, saw Pacquiao knocking down Marquez with solid left to the face in the third round.
The three judges saw it 115-112; 112-115; and 114-113 in favor of Pacquiao.
This is the seventh win consecutive for the 29-year-old boxer, now in his prime, against Mexican boxers in two years. He now has a record to 46 wins, three defeats and two losses with 35 via stoppages.
The right eye of Marquez bled after having a head butt with Pacquiao in the seventh round, but the 34-year-old Mexican fought on and made Pacquiao's right eyebrow bleed with a left straight to the face in the eighth round.
The intensive and tight fight was the rematch of their first encounter in 2004 which ended with a draw.
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