Originally posted by americanbot
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I didn't think he was successful at all in this fight. His jab was basically used a stick to keep Pac off of him when Pac got close. He never used his jab to set up any sort of offense, it was used primarily for survival. He wasn't dominated the way he was with Floydie because he never stood his ground against Pacquiao. Against Floydie he was still there in front of him, albeit he was shaking like a salt shaker. Against Pacquiao he was basically just running to survive for the last 9 rounds. He was unwilling to engage because he was afraid of Manny's punching power. When has Shane ever been afraid to mix it up against anyone in fear of being KO'd? No one before this fight, not even against Vernon when Vernon almost lobotomized him with that right hand in their first fight.
And that's basically my beef with Shane. Shane was a warrior before last night. He's fought the best boxing had to offer and not once have I ever seen him afraid to get into a firefight against anyone. Shane was a fighter that wanted the action. And at the very least I expected him to provide that.
I don't think anyone was asking him to take the beating Margo fight, they were just asking him to fight. If he got KO'd then so be it, but at least try to win the fight and actually fight the man. And that's what pissed me off the most. He f'n mailed it in after the 3rd round and basically just gave up trying to win.
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