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The game plan was similar to the one he used against Marquez, never stay stationary, never throw more than 2-3 punches at a time against a counterpuncher like Marquez, use a lot of feints and use the jab a lot, only Floyd Mayweather can stick to that kind of game plan against a guy like Marquez or Pacquiao for 12 rounds. Pacquiao is a prolific counterpuncher in close and that's a big part of his game, he'd use his footwork and throw flurries at you, see how u react, then feint like he's gonna get in again to draw the counter out of you then counter your counter and he had the power to really hurt you, Floyd nullified all that for most of the fight.
Manny's offensive footwork wasn't a concern for Floyd at all since he knew he can easily nullify that by pivoting and turning Pacquiao everytime he tried to launch an attack, the blueprint for Floyd imo was the Shane Mosley fight, Shane was clearly past it and he was never known to be a mover but by using simple backward and pivoting movements he managed to have Pacquiao lunge in and lose his balance all night, if Pacquiao couldn't cut off Shane and trap him on the ropes, noway in hell he was gonna be able to do it against Floyd Mayweather. Floyd's only concern was Pacquiao's counterpunching ability and that's why he never commited nor was he ever in range, and his worries were justified because the 2-3 good punches Pacquiao landed in the fight were counterpunches, so he did a good job of deciphering Manny's style.
Floyd could've/should've thrown more punches late, the left upper cut followed by the right hand or the right hand left hook combo would've worked late but he was way to cautios especially with the hook but when he threw it he was very successful with it.
Manny's offensive footwork wasn't a concern for Floyd at all since he knew he can easily nullify that by pivoting and turning Pacquiao everytime he tried to launch an attack, the blueprint for Floyd imo was the Shane Mosley fight, Shane was clearly past it and he was never known to be a mover but by using simple backward and pivoting movements he managed to have Pacquiao lunge in and lose his balance all night, if Pacquiao couldn't cut off Shane and trap him on the ropes, noway in hell he was gonna be able to do it against Floyd Mayweather. Floyd's only concern was Pacquiao's counterpunching ability and that's why he never commited nor was he ever in range, and his worries were justified because the 2-3 good punches Pacquiao landed in the fight were counterpunches, so he did a good job of deciphering Manny's style.
Floyd could've/should've thrown more punches late, the left upper cut followed by the right hand or the right hand left hook combo would've worked late but he was way to cautios especially with the hook but when he threw it he was very successful with it.
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