Morales' long reach may pose danger to himself against PACQUIAO!!

[BoxingAnalyst]

Pacquiao is not gonna fight on the inside ala Barrera. If he does its almost a for sure thing he isnt dropping Morales. Simple physics he wont have the leverage up close to drop someone like Morales. Pacquiao's power comes from the huge lunge he takes in his 1 - 2. Thats why this fight is so great. Pacquiao will rely on the distance he kept against both Barrera and JMM as will Morales which means... Maximum power for Pacquiaos left and Morales' right. Morales' reach will be an asset against pacquiao as his power will be felt more by him beccause they will fight at distance at both fighters preferance. Morales wont even have to move as much to keep the distance. If pacquiao starts fighting on the inside it will be because he will have felt the power and decided to stay in the "less powerful" saftey pocket just like other fighters have elected to do after feeling the power of Morales.

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How can they play from the outside, when they are a go at it attitude. I think they will converge in the inside cause non of them would wanna back up. What do you think?

[m00ks]

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How can they play from the outside, when they are a go at it attitude. I think they will converge in the inside cause non of them would wanna back up. What do you think?

more likely the case. no inside knockdown for Pac though.

[Alibata]

[QUOTE=.::|ULTIMATE|::.]Pacquiao is not gonna fight on the inside ala Barrera. If he does its almost a for sure thing he isnt dropping Morales. Simple physics he wont have the leverage up close to drop someone like Morales. Pacquiao's power comes from the huge lunge he takes in his 1 - 2. Thats why this fight is so great. Pacquiao will rely on the distance he kept against both Barrera and JMM as will Morales which means... Maximum power for Pacquiaos left and Morales' right. QUOTE]

GOOD ANALYSIS!!!
Pac has the speed though. If he carries it to this weight the reach advantage of Morales is nullified. He land his punches before Morales lands his. Yeah but I agree that Pac needs distance. I heard Pac has developed an uppercut though. Not the Fashan 3k type neither.

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GOOD ANALYSIS!!!
Pac has the speed though. If he carries it to this weight the reach advantage of Morales is nullified. He land his punches before Morales lands his. Yeah but I agree that Pac needs distance. I heard Pac has developed an uppercut though. Not the Fashan 3k type neither.[/QUOTE]

Thank you.

I doubt he will use his uppercut much though, he would have to get up close. When things get tough as surely they will with these 2 warriors battling it out, they will both resort to what comes naturally. Which is throwing bombs from a distance to get maximum leverage. Any missed uppercuts from that distance will result in serious punishment something i doubt they will risk consireing the consequences.

[m00ks]

I doubt he will use his uppercut much though, he would have to get up close. When things get tough as surely they will with these 2 warriors battling it out, they will both resort to what comes naturally. Which is throwing bombs from a distance to get maximum leverage. Any missed uppercuts from that distance will result in serious punishment something i doubt they will risk consireing the consequences.

First guy to land clean first will score big. That much I know.

[Floydmayweather]

I think Pac will really worked on his uppercut, right hook, and jab for this fight. Morales will not trade with Pac no matter what he says. Pac will keep pressure on him and eventually catch him.

[psychopath]

GOOD ANALYSIS!!!
Pac has the speed though. If he carries it to this weight the reach advantage of Morales is nullified. He land his punches before Morales lands his. Yeah but I agree that Pac needs distance. I heard Pac has developed an uppercut though. Not the Fashan 3k type neither.

Thank you.

I doubt he will use his uppercut much though, he would have to get up close. When things get tough as surely they will with these 2 warriors battling it out, they will both resort to what comes naturally. Which is throwing bombs from a distance to get maximum leverage. Any missed uppercuts from that distance will result in serious punishment something i doubt they will risk consireing the consequences.[/QUOTE]


Good exchanges of views here.

Yeah right I don't think there's much use for PACs uppercut here because Morales never comes in STOOPING. Eric fights up right most of the time plus the fact that he is taller.

I agree that If Eric makes use of his longer reach by boxing that will give team Pac something to think of . . . it's an advantage for Eric. On the other side Pac can use his foot speed to go in and out within his STRIKING distance or go in there all the way and fight Eric up close . . . too close for Eric to use his reach advantage. But in this scenario since Pac is shorter he has to watch for Eric's killer uppercuts.

[torvix2000]

Haven't you figure out that Pacquiao is also comfortable at long range? And that his left straights do more damage when fired at long range?

Pacquiao, according to his friend trainder, was a sprinter when he was in primary school. That's perhaps he's comfortable at lunging at his opponent. And he does it with cruel intention.

[Kimmy]

I don`t see an early KO in this fight. Morales would be wise to stay on the outside and work off a jab, straight right and hook when circling to his left ( away from Pac`s left). Manny will look to rush and flurry and hopfully catch Morales when he leans straight up, like he does. But i think the key to victory is dictating the fight. At a slow pace Morales could box manny silly but at a higher tempo Pac would be favored as it might leave useful gaps in Morales` defence. Hard to pick a winner but I lean towards Morales. He has a decent chin, vast experience in big fights and if he boxes instead of brawls ( big IF ) then he could make this a relatively easy nights work!

[adeelr]

I think the advantage of his long reach will outwiegh the disadvantage...and Moralles probably does realize this and has backup plan...