Would Sergio be able to drop his hands against Pac or May?

[ThatHaitiankid]

for pac fight he would cuz he moves around and slip punches but for the floyd fight he will start in the begining and once he starts getting potshotted his hand will go up

[Larry the boss]

yes he would....

[-MAKAVELLI-]

for pac fight he would cuz he moves around and slip punches but for the floyd fight he will start in the begining and once he starts getting potshotted his hand will go up

i actually think he would do it more against Floyd than PAC...most of the fighters that he's fought, have pretty much come to him and are textbook boxers...Pavlik, Dzinziruk, Willams...they were right in front of him and he can see where they were at all the times

it would be the same with Floyd...Floyd would sit in the pocket, in front of him


PAC on the other hand, with the angles he uses might make Sergio hesitate (for a few rounds at least) before he invited his attack by dropping his hands

[S.G.]

They would score off him constantly if he did. I really think they are both capable of beating him.

[New England]

sergio would drop manny like a bad habit


true story

manny's natural fighting weight is probably between 135 and 140
sergio is a full fledged middleweight with punching power


he'll avoid him like the plague and for good reason


and i dont think floyd would throw more than 30 punches in any round if he fought sergio
he'll be better off keeping his hands low and saving the energy and hoping floyd ACTUALLY throws at him so he opens up

[Pez]

He would do it but he'd get tagged. Pac and Floyd have faster hand speed than his recent opponents.

[-Kev-]

He drops his hand not only because it's part of his style, he does it to lure his opponent in. He becomes "open" so that his opponent can fire away and he counters with his deadly left/hook.

Mayweather is a counter puncher, he's not gonna be lured in with such an amateurish move. As you can see Martinez does pay for his troubles of putting his hands down, Dzinziruk and Williams both caught Martinez quite a lot before they were stopped.

Martinez will not be able to put his hands down against Floyd because of the fact that Martinez will actually have to be the aggressor in the fight, not the counterpuncher. If you go on a counterpunching war against Floyd, you'll probably just get countered to death and by the time you know it, you need a knock out to win. Martinez will have to use his size, power, and all the speed he has to pressure the smaller Floyd and be careful with the counters.

Pacquiao on the other hand, is the aggressor in his fights, so this will allow Martinez to be the counterpuncher and freely showboat, with only having to worry about Pacquiao's handspeed and footwork, since Pacquiao is no defensive wizard or master counterpuncher by any stretch. Pacquiao's power might be neutralized because of the weight difference on fight night combined with Martinez' ability to take a punch from heavier punchers. This is where Mayweather comes in, Mayweather's power has been gone for a long time now, but Mayweather doesn't win on power, he wins on skill/boxing ability/perfect defense.

So in conclusion:

Martinez can showboat and counterpunch a little against Pacquiao.

Martinez should be the aggressor and look for the fight against Floyd, don't do that hands low style thing unless he plans on attempting to lure Floyd which will never work.

[Bushbaby]

Any man that can keep his hands low against the Punisher's 100+ punches a round,can keep his hands there against anyone around his weight class.

[Crazylegs77]

Given Mayweather and Pac's speed and agility, would he be able to just drop his hands like he normally does without them jumping all over him?

probably would

[Southpawology]

hes been fighting with his hands low since the beginning of his career, i doubt hed change his style up now at this point in his career regardless of the opponent