Judge Marley's Verdict: Marquez Won 7-5 In Rounds, Pacquiao Won 113-112 On Points!

I’ve been scoring fights for 45 years. It was so long ago that I began that I can remember learning the old and honored New York State system in which you scored the rounds.

It may be hard for younger people to accept but Madison Square Garden ring announcer Johnny Addie would read the verdicts like this: “Judge Artie Aidala scores it 8-7 for Emile Griffith; judge Joe Blow scores it 7-5-3, Nino Benvenuti. And judge I.B, Crooked scores it 9-6 for the winner by split decision and still welterweight champion of the world

(dramatic pause)…Emile Griffith.”Read Full Article ...