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AN OLD video showing Manny Pacquiao at his worst is the key to Marco Antonio Barrera’s victory on Oct. 6 in Las Vegas.
The Mexican media reported yesterday that Barrera’s handlers are going to dissect Pacquiao’s Nov. 8, 2001 bout in San Francisco, California, with Agapito Sanchez of the Dominican Republic in the hopes of taking advantage of the Filipino southpaw’s flaws.
Pacquiao, then the reigning International Boxing Federation superbantamweight titleholder, faced Sanchez, the World Boxing Organization kingpin at that time, in a unification match that ended on a six-round technical draw at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.
One judge voted for Pacquiao, while the other saw it for Sanchez and the third scored it even, after ringside doctor Paul Wallace ordered a halt to the foul-ridden fight owing to a hideous cut on Pacquiao’s right eyebrow.
Pacquiao struggled against the rugged and short New York-based Sanchez and was said to have been lucky to salvage a draw although the GenSan lefty said he would have gotten rid of his foe had the fight been allowed to continue.
Apart from the Sanchez fight, two other videos that are readily available in the fight game — the Pacquiao fight against Juan Manuel Marquez and Pacquiao versus Erik Morales 1— could provide some help.
Pacquiao dropped Marquez three times in the first round but failed to put him away en route to a 12-round split draw in May 2004 and Morales put up a clinic on precision-punching and ring savvy in March 2005, leaving Pacquiao frustrated at the end of 12 torrid rounds.
While Pacquiao had also looked abysmal against Rustico Torrecempo, who blew him away with just one punch, Medgoen 3K Battery (who took away his World Boxing Council fly belt) and Nedal Hussein, who floored him with a stiff straight to the jaw before losing a 10th-round stoppage, the Sanchez fight put on view allegedly some of Pacquiao’s defects.
The Mexican media reported yesterday that Barrera’s handlers are going to dissect Pacquiao’s Nov. 8, 2001 bout in San Francisco, California, with Agapito Sanchez of the Dominican Republic in the hopes of taking advantage of the Filipino southpaw’s flaws.
Pacquiao, then the reigning International Boxing Federation superbantamweight titleholder, faced Sanchez, the World Boxing Organization kingpin at that time, in a unification match that ended on a six-round technical draw at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.
One judge voted for Pacquiao, while the other saw it for Sanchez and the third scored it even, after ringside doctor Paul Wallace ordered a halt to the foul-ridden fight owing to a hideous cut on Pacquiao’s right eyebrow.
Pacquiao struggled against the rugged and short New York-based Sanchez and was said to have been lucky to salvage a draw although the GenSan lefty said he would have gotten rid of his foe had the fight been allowed to continue.
Apart from the Sanchez fight, two other videos that are readily available in the fight game — the Pacquiao fight against Juan Manuel Marquez and Pacquiao versus Erik Morales 1— could provide some help.
Pacquiao dropped Marquez three times in the first round but failed to put him away en route to a 12-round split draw in May 2004 and Morales put up a clinic on precision-punching and ring savvy in March 2005, leaving Pacquiao frustrated at the end of 12 torrid rounds.
While Pacquiao had also looked abysmal against Rustico Torrecempo, who blew him away with just one punch, Medgoen 3K Battery (who took away his World Boxing Council fly belt) and Nedal Hussein, who floored him with a stiff straight to the jaw before losing a 10th-round stoppage, the Sanchez fight put on view allegedly some of Pacquiao’s defects.
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