Originally posted by Runw/knives
Body shots investment was key in that Barrera fight and this is actually what Roach and Manny have been working on. They've worked lowering his left straight 6 inches down, aimed right at the sternum for a killer blow (THAT would hurt...a lot...) and a right hook that Roach believes to have as much power as his left when Pac pivots correctly (huge improvement as we saw in PAc's fght vs 3k battery last december). They're preparing for 12 rounds of non stop punching.
Morales' jab would have a hard time landing. I'm not taking anything away from it but Pac's head and body movements would make him just that much harder to be jabbed. Barrera's jab was negated in his fight with Pac and Merchant even belives Barrera's jab is better than that of Morales.
Now the upperut heheh is something else. Roach acknowledged this during the press conference. They've worked on lateral movements to neutralize it. One thing I noticed in teh Morales Chavez fight, when Chavez got dropped with the wickd uppercut, he was basically standing front his own left hand blocking his view of the motion. So he got caught clean. Pac's rythm is key but if he decised to stand there, he'll eat one and that's damn sure.
Morales can dictate a fight cuz he's succesfull at making fighters fight at his own pace. He even said about a week ago, "The fighter who could dictate the pace of the fight will be the winner". Noticed that Barerra was the most successfull against their fight when he got off first. He upped the tempo from round 1 and that's what gave him the early orunds. He took rounds 7 and 8 as a breather and that's when Morales got his rythm going. Hey, it's a lot harder to punch when your getting punched

Speed would be the deciding factor in this fight. It will dictate the pace, it will determine the winner.
But hey what do I know

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