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Well, in all honesty, after downloading the fight and rewatching it, it was more entertaining than watching it with my friends. I guess they were the ones that helped drag it down moreso because with nobody cheering or getting into the fight, it seems real dull. Watching it on my own, I realize there was abit more flurries than I remembered, and some stuff I didn't even see happen at all when I watched it live. Overall, a lot better than my initial viewing, and Barrera's gameplan was clearly to survive the 12 rounds, get a big fat paycheck for his last fight, and say he went out on his last fight against the P4P best without getting KOed. To be honest, it could have been another Barrera-Juarez 2 fight, had it not been for Manny constantly trying to get in on Barrera.
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I don't think Barrera was fighting to survive. I fighter fighting to survive doesn't get into exchanges with Pacman. Barrera was fighting a SMART SMART fight. He circled to his left and every time Pacman planted to throw his strait left, Barrera was gone.
Barrera fought the exact same fight he fought Naseem Hamed with. He just didn't have enough left in the tank to make Pacman pay for his mistakes.Comment
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After Pac fought Barrera in their first fight......most fans thought he was invincible. Funny how it was also Barrera who rightfully exposed more of his weakness on their rematch. Thanks to Barrera, Guzman/and others thinks he can take on Manny.
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whatd u guys think about steward saying barrera was matching him in terms of punches or even beating him.
and that late punch that "might have been intentional"Comment
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Actually it was, Marquez and Morales in the 1st fight, that exposed most of Manny's weaknesses. Barrera took advantage of what he saw in those fights, and used it. Quite effectively at that. Just too old to really take advantage, yet all the openings were there and brought out with Barrera's gameplan. That's why someone like Guzman, Marquez, or Soto would make for a tougher fight, because they are way more fresher than Barrera, and won't let Manny go for his mistakes. Guzman especially. He's nearly equal to Floyd in handspeed, and slick defense. He'll make Manny pay for every mistake.Comment
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I have Guzman beating Manny in a decisive victory and probably even hurting him late..Comment
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[QUOTE=SultanSwat;2718212]Was it just me or did Pac look more winded than usual in the corner in between rounds, especially late? I think he undertrained/wasnt as in shape as he was in the fights prior to this one and could be a reason why he wasnt as aggressive as fights before and instead paced himself. Dunno, maybe Im just clutching at straws lol...[/QUOTE
I noticed that too. I thought it was the camera man who was trying to catch his breath but the microphone was pointed at Pacman, so there could be no way it was him.
I think he was not 100% last night and this could very well because of the distraction he had before the fight and the 3 lbs he had to lose before making the weight on Friday. He must have dehydrated himself. He didn't have the usual pops in his punches. I saw after a few rounds during the fight that he was jumping up and down trying to rush some adrenalin into his system.Comment
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Emanuel Steward is Pac's most vocal critic and a bad one at that. He only sees his flaws and tries to overstate punches landed by his opponents even if they didn't have any effect on Pac at all.
That cheap punch by Marco in the 11th round was one of his plans going into the fight. I knew that he would try to fight dirty when he gets into trouble. I like MAB but he resorts to dirty tricks whenever he senses danger.Comment
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