so Marquez gets one punch KTFO power at nearly 40..

[stefl14]

Are people seriously this ******ed. PED's do not give you steel fists. The only way a PED could help you with power is my helping you gain more fast twitch muscles for a faster more explosive punch. Power comes from technique and speed. We all know Marquez didn't look particularly fast in that fight but look at his technique, he was sitting down on his punches and really putting power behind them.

QFT. I'm a Pac fan and am sad about the loss but I've been trying to spread this message about power for years. It's nice to see that some people know how it works.

[SlappyJoe]

What are u talking about...the first....that was the same combo Marquez ALWAYS hits pacquiao..even the prior fight.....yeah..pacquioa might have doubled the impact by running into the shot...but Marquez certainly has been taking some supplements with memo...he has never hurt manny like that before.

you're mistaken mate. usually he hits pacquiao with pure counters but this was really clever trap setting. you trick a boxer into seeing certain looks from you and then they move their hands to block those looks by reflex. the first knockdown was all about that - go watch the round again, marquez set him up with the body all round and then on the slow mo you can see pac instinctively moving his left hand DOWN, all to stop that same body shot. but marquez gave him a different look - a huge effort to the face, look at the arc off his arm and look at how close he was to pacquiaos glove - the timing on that shot was to the millisecond.

the actual knockout wasn't like that though - it was a different type of trick. if you listen to marquez interview after the fight he even breaks it down for you... they knew manny had something to prove. that he would try for the big KO. So when manny landed something of significance in the sixth marquez started moving away, stopped countering for a little while, invited manny to take risks. it was all about getting him in the perfect position for a counter - a position he would never normally adopt. how often in these fights have you seen pacquiao rushing his face forward in that sort of area around an opponents body? never. the combination of having a point to prove and thinking he had a chance of a series defining ko, something to quiet the doubters and prove his "greatness", all this led to him being completely careless.

as a fan of boxing both of those punches were things of beauty. marquez said the advantage he had was that he was smarter than pacquiao and my word did he prove it.

[chito]

you're mistaken mate. usually he hits pacquiao with pure counters but this was really clever trap setting. you trick a boxer into seeing certain looks from you and then they move their hands to block those looks by reflex. the first knockdown was all about that - go watch the round again, marquez set him up with the body all round and then on the slow mo you can see pac instinctively moving his left hand DOWN, all to stop that same body shot. but marquez gave him a different look - a huge effort to the face, look at the arc off his arm and look at how close he was to pacquiaos glove - the timing on that shot was to the millisecond.

the actual knockout wasn't like that though - it was a different type of trick. if you listen to marquez interview after the fight he even breaks it down for you... they knew manny had something to prove. that he would try for the big KO. So when manny landed something of significance in the sixth marquez started moving away, stopped countering for a little while, invited manny to take risks. it was all about getting him in the perfect position for a counter - a position he would never normally adopt. how often in these fights have you seen pacquiao rushing his face forward in that sort of area around an opponents body? never. the combination of having a point to prove and thinking he had a chance of a series defining ko, something to quiet the doubters and prove his "greatness", all this led to him being completely careless.

as a fan of boxing both of those punches were things of beauty. marquez said the advantage he had was that he was smarter than pacquiao and my word did he prove it.

nacho, is that you?

[rao007]

you're mistaken mate. usually he hits pacquiao with pure counters but this was really clever trap setting. you trick a boxer into seeing certain looks from you and then they move their hands to block those looks by reflex. the first knockdown was all about that - go watch the round again, marquez set him up with the body all round and then on the slow mo you can see pac instinctively moving his left hand DOWN, all to stop that same body shot. but marquez gave him a different look - a huge effort to the face, look at the arc off his arm and look at how close he was to pacquiaos glove - the timing on that shot was to the millisecond.

the actual knockout wasn't like that though - it was a different type of trick. if you listen to marquez interview after the fight he even breaks it down for you... they knew manny had something to prove. that he would try for the big KO. So when manny landed something of significance in the sixth marquez started moving away, stopped countering for a little while, invited manny to take risks. it was all about getting him in the perfect position for a counter - a position he would never normally adopt. how often in these fights have you seen pacquiao rushing his face forward in that sort of area around an opponents body? never. the combination of having a point to prove and thinking he had a chance of a series defining ko, something to quiet the doubters and prove his "greatness", all this led to him being completely careless.

as a fan of boxing both of those punches were things of beauty. marquez said the advantage he had was that he was smarter than pacquiao and my word did he prove it.

I guess we'll have to disagree for the time being....saying all these nuances of subtle moves by Marquez doesn't dismiss the explosive power he showed last night...it was too much..i've seen him hit pacquiao a bunch of times while pacquiao was going in there guns blazing...(look at the second fight)...and Pacquiao was never hurt that badly before...never..