Boxing: Result disappoints featherweight

Filipino challenger Manny Pacquiao knocked down Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez three times in the first round of their 12-round featherweight title fight in Las Vegas yesterday but could only manage a draw at the end.

"I'm disappointed," said Pacquiao, whose record goes to 38 wins, two draws and two losses. "I should have won the fight. I was ahead on points."

Marquez rallied after that shaky first round to retain his World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation titles.