A few notes from last nights fight

[Syf]

Pac looked vintage to me..

Much better than the first fight. He was natural and relaxed and let the punches flow when opportunity arose... and he could have fought for 15 rounds. Bradley in the meantime, had a horrible gameplan. He wanted to repeat what Marquez did but he literally would have had to land the perfect shot. And Marquez is better at setting up punches than Bradley, who tends to be a little wild. Also, Bradley loaded up on every shot for 6 rounds and it was even going into the 7th but then Bradley tired which tends to happen when you load up on EVERY shot you throw for 18 minutes. Bradely either, should have tried to smother pac and stay in his chest, or try boxing from the outside. Not try to outslug Pacquiao.

[Syf]

I agree, manny has slowed.. Not as explosive, and alot of arm punches when throwing in bunches

I thought Pac was plenty fast enough. And to me he didnt lack explosiveness in theory, its just he was trying to fight a more defensively responsible fight because Bradley was yolked up to the gills and going for the knockout. Pac fought a very smart and relaxed fight. He beat Bradley up, dispirited him, and could have gone another 3 rounds, easy.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

I thought Pac was plenty fast enough. And to me he didnt lack explosiveness in theory, its just he was trying to fight a more defensively responsible fight because Bradley was yolked up to the gills and going for the knockout. Pac fought a very smart and relaxed fight. He beat Bradley up, dispirited him, and could have gone another 3 rounds, easy.

I agree that manny still has speed, just not the explosiveness,, The manny that fought cotto, would have stopped bradley.. Manny still is a top level fighter, just not the dynamic powerhouse he was a few years ago...

[IronDanHamza]

If Tim ran/boxed/moved like he did in Round 11, he might have had a shot at beating Pacquiao.

I never understood why he chose to stand in the pocket with one of the fastest fighters in the sport for two consecutive fights.

Personally, I think he got his gameplan wrong - twice.

Maybe he's just no where near a good enough boxer or counter puncher to maintain that for an entire fight against Pacquaio?

Bradley's not going to be able to do that, he's no where near skilled enough, smart enough or good enough.

Which is why he ends up being forced to fight in which he's obviously going to lose everytime which is why he ends up losing so many rounds.

That's been my standpoint before the first fight happened all the way up to now and it's been the case in both fights.

[Syf]

I agree that manny still has speed, just not the explosiveness,, The manny that fought cotto, would have stopped bradley.. Manny still is a top level fighter, just not the dynamic powerhouse he was a few years ago...

The question is how much of him not teeing off on a guy is defensive responsibility, not committing fully with a lunge step (which is what got Pac sparked against marq), and how much is actually Pac losing a step?

He may not be identical to prime pac but still in great form..and I think Pac, for the most part was trying to fight a more defensively smart fight instead of going all out like he used to.