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And any of the so-called slicker black fighters out htere!! Pacquiao is slicker than any of Mayweather's opponents in his career. Pacquiao being slicker than Mosley, Judah, and Demarcus Corley (Mayweather's slickest opponents) is easily proved by four words. Miguel Cotto outboxed all three.
I personally picked Mosley to beat Mayweather, I admit I picked on passions and not intellect. Throughout, I knew in the back of my head I knew that the fact Cotto outboxed Mosley, if Mayweather followed what Cotto did he would win. And, that's exactly what happened. Mayweather imitated Cotto's fight of picking Mosley apart with the jab, coming forward and closing the distance, sometimes following with the right hand.
Cotto could not do this to Pacquiao. Another thing to know about Pacquiao, is that guys like Mayweather, and fighter like him, they fight "slick" because that is their only option, or they don't have the means to fight in the offensive manner Manny Pacquiao does. Look at what Pacquiao did in the Margarito fight. He fought about a minute, dancing, sticking and moving, as if to say "look at how untouchable I am when I do this" (this was in the mid rounds, about the 4th or 5th).
Another important factor in Pacquiao's style is that Manny Pacquiao, in many of his best combinations, scores knockdowns and very effective punches when it seems difficult to do so. This is really how he beat guys like Margarito and Cotto. Early on in the Margarito fight Pacquiao was landing miracle shots on the inside, something Mayweather could NEVER do.
So my point is, that just because Pacquiao isn't content with winning the fight in the snoozy manner Mayweather beat Baldomir, odes not mean Pacquiao isn't a slick fighter. A lot of talk about how Pacquiao hasn't fought or beat a slick black fighter (which even made ESPN headlines) is unmerited.
PACQUIAO IS SLICKER THAN THE SLICKEST AFRO-AMERICAN FIGHTER OUT THERE. Yes, he's as slick or slicker than Mayweather. He has better footwork, that's for sure.
I personally picked Mosley to beat Mayweather, I admit I picked on passions and not intellect. Throughout, I knew in the back of my head I knew that the fact Cotto outboxed Mosley, if Mayweather followed what Cotto did he would win. And, that's exactly what happened. Mayweather imitated Cotto's fight of picking Mosley apart with the jab, coming forward and closing the distance, sometimes following with the right hand.
Cotto could not do this to Pacquiao. Another thing to know about Pacquiao, is that guys like Mayweather, and fighter like him, they fight "slick" because that is their only option, or they don't have the means to fight in the offensive manner Manny Pacquiao does. Look at what Pacquiao did in the Margarito fight. He fought about a minute, dancing, sticking and moving, as if to say "look at how untouchable I am when I do this" (this was in the mid rounds, about the 4th or 5th).
Another important factor in Pacquiao's style is that Manny Pacquiao, in many of his best combinations, scores knockdowns and very effective punches when it seems difficult to do so. This is really how he beat guys like Margarito and Cotto. Early on in the Margarito fight Pacquiao was landing miracle shots on the inside, something Mayweather could NEVER do.
So my point is, that just because Pacquiao isn't content with winning the fight in the snoozy manner Mayweather beat Baldomir, odes not mean Pacquiao isn't a slick fighter. A lot of talk about how Pacquiao hasn't fought or beat a slick black fighter (which even made ESPN headlines) is unmerited.
PACQUIAO IS SLICKER THAN THE SLICKEST AFRO-AMERICAN FIGHTER OUT THERE. Yes, he's as slick or slicker than Mayweather. He has better footwork, that's for sure.
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