Just a little video I came across on youtube. Didn't see it posted yet..
Anyone know which sparring partner that is? He's catching tony with some good shots..
If Margarito can take Pacquiaos punches and keep pressure on him he might have a very small chance of stopping him late. Pacquiao will slow down, Margarito won't (because he's as slow as a tortoise already).
Pacquiao can throw 1,200+ punches while constantly moving without breaking a sweat. He's not going to slow down. He won't be there for Tony to hit either, especially if he's planning on leading with the right. Pacquiao will be moving to his right all night to avoid it and counter with the right hook and land straight lefts all night.
If Margarito can take Pacquiaos punches and keep pressure on him he might have a very small chance of stopping him late. Pacquiao will slow down, Margarito won't (because he's as slow as a tortoise already).
Surprisingly short and accurate counter right hand from Tony @ the 13 second mark. Then soon after it looks like he actually tries to a pull counter, when his sparring partner follows up with another jab, but he eats it and misses the counter. I hope this isn't indicative of Margarito planning to counter Pac. If it is, he could be in for a long, long night.
nah but the lead right is something they are looking at
Who is he sparring? Looks like he's getting manhandled :lol1:
Maybe they were working on something specific like timing and right hand counters, but judging from that short video alone... Pacquiao TKO 6 :ugh:
Maybe getting exposed as a cheat then flattened by Mosley , a poor last fight and a long forced layoff says Margo is washed up , ever think of that ,,, oh no Manny is involved so Margo must be this fire breathing dragon lol
, Margo is a slow sucked out over the hill average fighter , and his pay check comes from Mannys boss , you dont have to be real bright to see the big hole in this fight .
Surprisingly short and accurate counter right hand from Tony @ the 13 second mark. Then soon after it looks like he actually tries to a pull counter, when his sparring partner follows up with another jab, but he eats it and misses the counter. I hope this isn't indicative of Margarito planning to counter Pac. If it is, he could be in for a long, long night.
Yup, I saw the same exact thing. Figure that's what they were working on- timing and countering with the right. But Margarito doesn't have the speed/reflexes to have that work on his sparring partner, what hope does he have against Pac?
This might end up being a brutal, one-sided throbbing ala DLH.
Surprisingly short and accurate counter right hand from Tony @ the 13 second mark. Then soon after it looks like he actually tries to a pull counter, when his sparring partner follows up with another jab, but he eats it and misses the counter. I hope this isn't indicative of Margarito planning to counter Pac. If it is, he could be in for a long, long night.
Actually u can depending on the video. I saw Margarito being hit with a clean shot and didn't even move his head or reacted to it. That means he didn't even knew he was gonna be hit before he was. Pretty bad sign. Usually shot fighters are like that, either they can't get out of the way in time or they can't pull the trigger. I saw a bit of both in that short clip. Great fighters in their prime take advantage of every opening and see everything coming. Great examples: Roy and Floyd in their primes. Even a slugger will react to an incoming punch so please spare me the "it's his style" speech.
Let's be real- avoiding punches was never Margarito's specialty. It might be that he thinks he can just absorb punches and walk through them like he did Cotto, who gave Antonio a master boxing lesson and landed absolute bombs for about 7 rounds. If that's the case, then the biggest question is does Pac have the speed/power at 150ish to hurt/stop Margarito at 160-165?
If he can't hurt Margs significantly, then it might not even matter since Pac has endless stamina and will be moving all night and won't gas out. So we'll see starting Sat what the full story is (if they showcase Marg's sparring sessions).