I'm being honest here, Pacquiao looked dreadful in the first 6 rounds, he really did. He was frustrated as hell with Bradley's head movement and getting bothered by Bradley's limited power. If Pacquiao fights like that against Floyd for the first 6 rounds, I'm not joking he could get dropped or even stopped. In the 5th round with like a minute to go, Bradley hit Pacquiao with 3 clean hooks in a row. I know Floyd isn't really a power puncher but it's safe to say his left and right hooks sting more than Bradley's.
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What were your impressions of the first 6 rounds? Why was Pacquiao struggling?
After that first two rounds I though Bradley was going to win the fight.
Whatever happened that made Bradley change his gameplan.... injury or gassing out.... it was a whole different story by round six.
Not to mention Pacquiaos Mom putting a damn hex on Bradleys leg.
Pacquiao easily beat a very good fighter. He won most of the rounds including most of the first 6 rounds.You are trying to make a good solid Pacquiao win sound like a loss. Mayweather got tagged plenty by Cotto and Maidana but he still won by a good margin just as Pacquiao beat Bradley by a good margin. What's the difference?
I had it even after 6 watching it live...Bradley was doing a good job boxing, moving his head, parry the jab and straight right, and started looping sloppy shots, and it affected his activity later on.
Mayweather wont do that.
Manny did the right thing and stepped on the gas, taking advantage of Bradley's tactical error
lol I didn't really like the way Pac looked in the rematch either. he was flat footed in that fight and was visibly tired in some of the later rounds. I don't think justin fortune did a good job for that camp. Pac looked solid against Algieri though. Didn't seem tired or anything like that
yeah but Bradley is way better than Algieri, dont forget that.
lol I didn't really like the way Pac looked in the rematch either. he was flat footed in that fight and was visibly tired in some of the later rounds. I don't think justin fortune did a good job for that camp. Pac looked solid against Algieri though. Didn't seem tired or anything like that
I don't really think it was more his conditioning than it was Bradley's movement and different looks he was showing. Remember, I'm talking about the first 6 rounds. He looked better against Algieri because you lose a lot of energy when you miss shots, and he wasn't missing nearly as much as he was against Bradley.
Plus, Bradley was banging to the body early on, something that Algieri didn't do.
lol I didn't really like the way Pac looked in the rematch either. he was flat footed in that fight and was visibly tired in some of the later rounds. I don't think justin fortune did a good job for that camp. Pac looked solid against Algieri though. Didn't seem tired or anything like that