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Pacquiao was bigger, but I was bigger too, and I trained very hard to make myself like a new fighter. I changed my physical preparation, and I was the best in the ring that night. Defensively, I moved my upper body and I needed to use the counterpunches. I believe that I won this fight clearly, and I should have won by maybe four rounds. It was hurting my career, because I wanted to be the best fighter in the world, pound-for-pound. The fans in Mexico were also angry because they believe this [result] was a robbery.

I arrived back in Mexico at the airport, and everyone was talking about it. I was very disappointed, but the Mexican people supported me. Marquez blasts Manny Pacquiao with a right in their fourth encounter. Photo courtesy of Reuters. But this time I wanted to punch with more force. This, to me, is our best fight. I knocked him down in the third round, but he got up and came back at me. The mistake [Pacquiao made] was that he would feint and attack.

He would feint, come fast and throw punches. He would do that all the time. In Round 6, this time, I saw him coming and was able to land a very hard punch. I stepped back and used that punch on Pacquiao.

I was one of the best counterpunchers. I knew he was knocked out when he went down. It was unbelievable! Winning this fight was like winning the first fight, the second fight, the third fight … all the fights. It meant everything to me. I did it for my country — the Mexican people.

This knockout made up for the close decisions that went against us. I would like to thank the Mexican people who supported me for my fights against Manny Pacquiao and all through my career. Marquez and Pacquiao let the judges depict the first three fights in this series, but a conscientious effort from both men in the fourth bout to end it early saw one of the most exciting brawls of While Marquez is unsure what will be next, it is clear that this victory was what the Mexican legend was searching for.

Marquez told Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times about how much this fight meant to him and why he was working so hard for this victory:. I won this fight myself. I won this victory. And the of July and August were also loaded with numerous cards. Brian Castano; on July 24 Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder. And, there will also be the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Cotto, 40, closed the book on his in-ring career in December when he lost a twelve round decision to Saddam Ali. Since then, he has focused his efforts on various business projects and his promotional company, Miguel Cotto Promotions.