The title of a 1950s science-fiction movie, "When Worlds Collide," also would be an appropriate billing for Saturday's rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez on HBO PPV from the Mandalay Bay casino resort in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao has the passionate support of the Philippines, where he is a national hero, whereas Marquez represents the great and proud boxing tradition of old Mexico.
It is a collision of styles as well as cultures, with Pacquiao bringing a fast-paced and punches-flowing attack -- a typhoon blowing across the Pacific, as HBO's Larry Merchant once described him -- whereas Marquez has the classic, time-tested skills of a superb technician.Read Full Article ...
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