Just like Tarver, just like Trinidad.
I scored it 7-5 for Marquez and for the record, the rounds that Marquez won were a lot clearer than the ones Pacquiao won.
Why shout out to nazim richardson?
Why congratulate Mosley?
Marquez and Nacho have executed this game plan twice already. In the words of brother Nazim...bunch of jokers!
If it was that simple most fighters could do it, the game plan is not as simple as that, Marquez just knows how to fight him, he knows when to counter, when to attack, and how to win rounds, it is not just moving to the left, that is an insult to Marquez, that is only one part of the strategy, you have to formulate a good offensive plan also, and be willing to get hit and possibly hurt or ko'd. One of the main things that Marquez has always done great is stop Manny in his tracks with good single shots, and great creative combination punching. He is one of the best combination punchers I have ever seen.
Can't believe how many vultures are around pacquaio all of a sudden, and
Roach for that matter, they obviously had a plan, but you could see Manny's muscle memory kicked in, and he just fell back into the same pattern as the
previous 2 fights, but you also have to credit Marquez for that. If I was to make a positive observation about pac, his defense was much better than the previous two. Roach always gives good advice in the corner, but he is not a miracle worker, it is up to the fighter to make adjustments mid-fight. Plus if Manny was having physical problems that makes things tougher.
its amazing how manny can't adjust in a fight at this point of his career
This is exactly what bothers me while watching this fight today, I thought after the end of the 4th/5th round Manny would do something different but it was JMM who looked even more comfortable, Everytime Manny just jumps or try to jump in for exchanges, Sometimes he was able to but loads of time he was just tagged and counter tagged easily, If this is the best fighter in our generation like some like to claim then God help the rest.
You don't even have to move side to side. He can't even counter straight back movement. If you're not walking straight towards him, ready to brawl, Manny is lost.
Freddy Roach has never offered Manny good in-fight advice, why is this surprising now.
If plan A works Manny kills it, if plan A gets mitigated there is never a plan B never has been, the plan if he is having trouble is just to work harder at plan A and hope it works out~
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So that's why Pacquiao looked so bad last night. This was probably the reason in the first two fights also.
Juan Manuel Marquez: All Time Great Stepper.
Beat the GOAT three times by constantly stepping on him.
People are fooled by thinking Pacquiao's weakness is boxing/counterpunching. You actually have to step on him!
What disgusted me even more was that in the HBO face off they showed what Pacquiao must do in terms of foot work in order to neutralize the feet games of Marquez and it seems like Roach was unable to get him to do it.
Pacquiao hates when you make him turn and have to replant his feet.
Its amazing Freddy didnt even have any advice to offer,it's like they were shocked and thought manny would just run thru marquez when that didnt happen they were lost for words
EXACTLY what I walked away thinking after last night. Freddie was sleeping on the job man. Seems like all they worked on was mitts during camp. Didn't watch any film, didn't have a game plan. The game plan they utilized against Cotto would've been very effective IMO.
But this time out, they bought into the hype and thought they could land one punch and put JMM to sleep. Pac was just looking for one big punch all night... that was the 'game plan'. Ridiculous.
It really is, if Freddie doesn't know what to do Manny is SOL.
Its amazing Freddy didnt even have any advice to offer,it's like they were shocked and thought manny would just run thru marquez when that didnt happen they were lost for words
I was laughing my ass off at Manny relying on them weird walk-away punches just to land a shot.
And the end of round 9 (which I did give Pacquiao) was bullshit.
The replay shows Pacquiao didn't land anything when he started going crazy toward the end of the round.