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In THIS sequence, how can you say that Manny Pacquiao dominated anything? Floyd is bossing him without half trying.
Look at the Floyd fight. This gif alone should tell you something.
"Floyd RAN!" he's right in front of Manny. RIGHT IN FRONT. Barely throwing, not blocking, not holding. But when Floyd does throw, he lands. Unlike Manny.
"He's just throwing one punch at a time!" meanwhile, Manny isn't throwing a damn thing back when Floyd is right there to be hit.
That's the kind of crap that you don't want to see from a fighter you know is better than that. It's like why is he allowing this to happen?
He did the bare basic minimum against Broner too.
This is a guy that went years sparking and blowing out competition. Then randomly all of a sudden, he's going the distance against guys he shouldn't be, like Chris Algieri. Okay, maybe they're durable. But so was Margacheato and so was Cotto back then.
The thing is, Manny Pacquiao is a quality fighter. He is. But he's a flawed fighter. VERY flawed. Pay attention to his fights and you'll see one of three things happening.
1. He gets frustrated. We saw this against Marquez in three of the four fights, we saw it against Bradley, we saw this against Floyd, we saw this against Horn, we saw this at times against Thurman, we saw it late against Broner. If a guy is countering him, he gets flustered, and he telegraphs this by minimal punch output. Just stops throwing nearly as much.
2. He makes excuses every time he loses. EVERY time. And it's always a different excuse too. Whether it's cramps or socks or a shoulder or Freddie Roach or fear of needles or Bob Arum, the guy just can't say "look, the better man beat me this night, I would respectfully like to have a rematch". It's always got to be an excuse.
3. He ducks rematches when he wins but demands rematches when he loses (except Jeff Horn).
See, #2 and #3 are infuriating, but #1 is what really bothers me.
I don't want to hear "he's old" when all I saw of headlines is "Manny is fighting like he's in his 30's!!" okay, then if you're going to hype him like that, my standard for his performance is that of a 30-year old, not a 40-year old. Which means I shouldn't see him going to split decisions or razor close decisions against anybody. Especially not when you got Floyd himself saying Manny is the 2nd best in the world.
So no, I don't hate Manny.
I hate his ducking of rematches when he loses.
I hate his refusal of rematches when he wins.
I hate his poor performances against fighters who really shouldn't be in the ring with him.
And I hate his excuses when he does lose.
Look at the Floyd fight. This gif alone should tell you something.
"Floyd RAN!" he's right in front of Manny. RIGHT IN FRONT. Barely throwing, not blocking, not holding. But when Floyd does throw, he lands. Unlike Manny.
"He's just throwing one punch at a time!" meanwhile, Manny isn't throwing a damn thing back when Floyd is right there to be hit.
That's the kind of crap that you don't want to see from a fighter you know is better than that. It's like why is he allowing this to happen?
He did the bare basic minimum against Broner too.
This is a guy that went years sparking and blowing out competition. Then randomly all of a sudden, he's going the distance against guys he shouldn't be, like Chris Algieri. Okay, maybe they're durable. But so was Margacheato and so was Cotto back then.
The thing is, Manny Pacquiao is a quality fighter. He is. But he's a flawed fighter. VERY flawed. Pay attention to his fights and you'll see one of three things happening.
1. He gets frustrated. We saw this against Marquez in three of the four fights, we saw it against Bradley, we saw this against Floyd, we saw this against Horn, we saw this at times against Thurman, we saw it late against Broner. If a guy is countering him, he gets flustered, and he telegraphs this by minimal punch output. Just stops throwing nearly as much.
2. He makes excuses every time he loses. EVERY time. And it's always a different excuse too. Whether it's cramps or socks or a shoulder or Freddie Roach or fear of needles or Bob Arum, the guy just can't say "look, the better man beat me this night, I would respectfully like to have a rematch". It's always got to be an excuse.
3. He ducks rematches when he wins but demands rematches when he loses (except Jeff Horn).
See, #2 and #3 are infuriating, but #1 is what really bothers me.
I don't want to hear "he's old" when all I saw of headlines is "Manny is fighting like he's in his 30's!!" okay, then if you're going to hype him like that, my standard for his performance is that of a 30-year old, not a 40-year old. Which means I shouldn't see him going to split decisions or razor close decisions against anybody. Especially not when you got Floyd himself saying Manny is the 2nd best in the world.
So no, I don't hate Manny.
I hate his ducking of rematches when he loses.
I hate his refusal of rematches when he wins.
I hate his poor performances against fighters who really shouldn't be in the ring with him.
And I hate his excuses when he does lose.
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