Margarito didn't take advantage of those body shots as much as 24/7 said he would...

[Monte Fisto]

Dude, the way 'Rita was getting counter-punched...Even a bull-headed fighter like 'Rita can get discouraged and that's what happened tonight. 'Rita was satisfied with simply lasting the whole 12.

You can tell 'Rita wanted to dig to the body but, everytime 'Rita starts to lean in for a left hook PAC's right-hook to the top kept finding 'Rita's chin and temple.

[tito_bandito]

marg couldn't throw the bodyshots until he got pac on the ropes. pac was almost never on the ropes.

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At the beginning margs was just head hunting though...he should have went for a bigger and more stable target which was the body...especially since margs has such a slow jab...that would have caused pac to get pushed to where margs wanted him...

[Sin City]

the majority of Margo's body shots wear hitting gloves and grazing them before contact.. it's not that he didn't try, because he did.. it's that Pacquiao wasn't there to be hit.

[ErikTheGreat]

Seriously this could have been an easy fight for Margarito...He shoulda done what Matthysse did against Judah...Punch the smaller/faster man's body no matter if you have to hit him in the arms, the gloves, etc...then work your way up...he kept throwing single jabs to...he should have thrown doubles done a lil more side to side movement with his head with a peak a boo defense...the punches to the rib cages had me out of my seat when pacquiao was hit...Margarito could have treated Pacquiao like an uppercut bag against the ropes...I gotta say it though...that swollen eye did make a huge difference in the fight...Pacquiao cut him down to size...Margarito should have kept hammering him...rock beats scissors...but it looked as if Garcia wanted Manny to eat some Vitali Klitchko speed jabs that were easy for Pacquiao to weave under durring the first 4 rounds...it shoulda been jabs to the body, and the in the middle rounds work the rib cage and defend yourself...late rounds go balls out and upper cut the lil man...smh...

Bro, you're not in the ring. You don't feel the power and speed of Pacquiao. It looks easy for you but not to Marg. He's in the ring with the beast. He felt the power of the pacific typhoon. Like Iron Mike said... "“Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.”

[tito_bandito]

Bro, you're not in the ring. You don't feel the power and speed of Pacquiao. It looks easy for you but not to Marg. He's in the ring with the beast. He felt the power of the pacific typhoon. Like Iron Mike said... "“Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.”

Yeah you're right I'm not in there...but Garcia should have had one more tune up fight at 150 pounds to see how marg's weight is and to experiment on stuff he learned in the gym...this is their 2nd fight together...had they had one or two more tune ups together this fight would have been a better result...Margarito made a lot of mistakes with Capetillo that Garcia coulda fixed...don't get me wrong I give Manny full credit for this spectacular and classy win...but Garcia coulda kept Margs busy with a tune up at 150 or so to keep his fighter busy...

[Monte Fisto]

Yeah you're right I'm not in there...but Garcia should have had one more tune up fight at 150 pounds to see how marg's weight is and to experiment on stuff he learned in the gym...this is their 2nd fight together...had they had one or two more tune ups together this fight would have been a better result...Margarito made a lot of mistakes with Capetillo that Garcia coulda fixed...don't get me wrong I give Manny full credit for this spectacular and classy win...but Garcia coulda kept Margs busy with a tune up at 150 or so to keep his fighter busy...

Shut the f**k up, 'Rita did not have the luxury to wait around.

He didn't have any leverage. He's actually a lucky son of a b*tch for the fact that he's laughing all the way to the bank for 7 million f**kin' dollars. How many motherf**kers do you know who just got done servin' time and end up becoming instant millionaire's ?

[MindBat]

Can't really implement a solid plan on a moving target, particularly when the skills to do it are non-existent.