How was Manny Pacquaio able to take Cotto's punches?

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Yeah...poor Diaz. Now that he's shot everyone wants to fight him twice.

you payin for that card?

[AFighter4U]

Oh, pls. by the 2nd time Pac fought Marquez he was already overdue from the 130lbs weight division, he was already having a hard time making weight. Note: after that fight he move to the next weight class which was 135lbs.

[boxingsmash69]

Oh, pls. by the 2nd time Pac fought Marquez he was already overdue from the 130lbs weight division, he was already having a hard time making weight. Note: after that fight he move to the next weight class which was 135lbs.

I agree with you, if you find pics of the weigh-in of Pac/Barrera II and Pac/Marquez II, you will see Pac looks drained.

[johncods]

pac was draining himself so much at the lower weights. yet you could tell he always had a good chin by taking everything Morales, barrera and marquez threw at him.

[Imhotep]

marquez P4P hits harder, which is why he had pacquiao dazed at 130, his natural weightclass.

Can you explain to me how Marquez who fought Pac 4 divisions below welter is able to hit harder then Cotto at Welter?I want to laugh at the *******ness.


To the thread starter:when you move up in weight the fighters punches are stronger cause a fighter is not use to getting hit by fighters of a higher weight class even if the fighter is a light puncher so the only explanation i got for Pac is that he`s on something that numbs him or significantly reduces the pain of a punch.

[Imhotep]

pac was draining himself so much at the lower weights. yet you could tell he always had a good chin by taking everything Morales, barrera and marquez threw at him.

Pac never complain about draining him self to make weight at 126 and higher so try again.How about Pac is on something?

[Scary]

I'm not saying that this is why, but he trains himself in taking damage. I remember Roach and Bubby hit him with a stick...

[IMDAZED]

you payin for that card?

**** no. GBP can stuff it. Not paying for Mora-Mosley either.

[SplitSecond]

not many people ever managed to hurt pacquiao with his feet planted, and what seemed like him getting hurt against marquez was just his foot placing

[ИATAS]

Can you explain to me how Marquez who fought Pac 4 divisions below welter is able to hit harder then Cotto at Welter?I want to laugh at the *******ness.

It's about timing. Marquez is one of the great counter punchers in the game. Cotto is not. Like others say, the ones you don't see coming hurt the most. When Marquez rocked Pac, it was when Pac was caught off balance or coming in from one of his own punches, etc. Pac knew exactly when Cotto was throwing his punches, it wasn't a difficult puzzle to figure out.

Also, besides Cotto's jab in the first couple rounds and a couple nicely landed uppercuts, cotto didn't really throw anything that hard. Remember the round when Pac was on the ropes telling cotto to hit him? Cotto was half-assing those punches, he didn't commit 100% to those shots, I don't know why he did that maybe because he didn't want to gas later in the fight but come to think of it, he also did the same **** against Clottey - didn't have a lot of steam on his shots.