Manny Pacquiao Sparring for Marquez

I hope he learns how to keep his right hand up when launching in with his left otherwise marquez will make him pay again.

 

Precisely. Floyd is untested in this department. What if gets a cut on the eyebrow and sees red? How will he handle it? What if he gets tag for 2 rounds ala Mosley? Will he ever comes back?

Floyd problem could be he doesn't want to be embarrassed in front of millions of people. I'm afraid the word "quit" comes in early just to prevent further embarrassment even if he is very competitive in the fight.

 

You fo reeeeeeel?

I give Mayweather a lot of **** for his out of the ring shenanigans (to put it politely), but in a fight there are fewer with a better mentality than him. He's always calm, in control and never shook.

Against Judah he got smashed in the nuts and all hell broke lose, his uncle is in the ring scuffling, there's nearly a riot in there - and what does Floyd do? Go to a corner and ignore it all.

Against Castillo he ****ed his shoulder yet still stood in there and fought it out with him, then came back in the rematch and dominated.

Against Mosley he was BADLY rocked twice in the second, yet he kept his cool, saw it out and came out to win the next round.

Against Ortiz he was butted several times, with one particularly nasty one. He doesn't throw a tantrum, he just focuses on being ready to fight when the ref says so.

He may be many things outside of the ring, but in it he's a natural fighter.

 

I am trolling. And don't call me Shirley.

 

That's ring iq not heart....:scaredas:
Pure fact is, he's never been out of his comfort zone.
PAC would make him fight there, hence no fight.

 

Some of it is ring IQ, which is still pertinent to the point he raised about getting cut and seeing red.

Standing in the pocket and fighting with Castillo with a shoulder injury isn't ring IQ.

Getting rocked hard twice by Mosley and still fighting it out with him, then coming out to win the next round isn't ring IQ

 

I think that Pac respects Marquez more than any fighter he has fought, because unlike Morales, Marquez got stronger after each fight and Morales got weaker. Marquez is weaving and bobbing a lot better ( Kasidis fight) and sitting down on his punches. Pac has been beating fighters up but Marquez has been knocking busters out. I think that out of the two ,Marquez has upped his fight game more than Pac. Manny is predictiable, if he boxes Manny when Manny wants to fight and fights Manny when he wants to box, he should pull out na tough but clear UD.:bbb:bbb:bbb

 

I agree that Floyd's chin and heart will be tested against Pac. Those areas have been tested before, however, and he's always come through. He's not just going to crumple and fade away once Pac starts landing...that's not his style. It's actually what makes him quite interesting as a fighter -- on the surface he's this graceful, dancing type who just pecks away at you and focuses on defence, but if you hurt him or land good shots then he suddenly reveals a vicious, tough side. (As Nazim put it, he turns into a 'dragon'.) The key to dealing with him rests right there. It's a critical stage where he always takes control of the fight, and you need to have the physical and mental toughness to out bully him and force him back into his shell. If you can't do that, you've lost, just like Judah, Shane, Ortiz, etc.

This is what should give Pac fans hope, because Pac is one of the best examples of a fighter who is both physically and mentally tough. He simply doesn't back down, no matter what you do to him. I think this, above all else, is what makes Floyd wary -- it's not just Pac's speed, power and unorthodox style. It's the fact that you just can't bully or intimidate him. You can't wait for him to get tired, either. You have to fight him every moment of every round.

 

CASH MONEY!!! Couldnt have said it no better.:good:good

 

Shaunster, I think what people are referring to is a moment-to-moment reaction time.

Mayweather is never discouraged, never backs down, never crumbles mentally, and never does anything other than come right back at his opponent in the next round.

What we do sometimes see, however, is a kind of apprehensiveness within the same seconds or minutes of getting hit. As Nacho said, "one punch, and he's fine, but two or three punches and he loses a step." Against Ortiz, in the moments before the headbutt, he wasn't exactly getting tagged very repeatedly, but he wasn't countering and shut down for a good few seconds trying to avoid the punches without offering any offense in return. Against Hatton, he loses his footing and takes a step back to restart. Against DLH, it took him a few rounds to figure out how to neutralize him, and even then he didn't look completely dominant.

My point is, while Mayweather is great and is a complete fighter with a will to win, when people refer to Floyd's comfort zone, the refer to the fact that he doesn't respond immediately to adversity, but waits to restart and regain control of the situation. He's nearly always in control; a stark contrast to a counter-puncher like Marquez who fights in the eye of the storm that his opponent chooses to bring. But the question is, can he change the tide and return fire immediately and effectively if he finds himself consistently out of control? That's what I really want to see when the two face off. We saw some of it during the first Castillo fight, but that was more physical pressure than it was the shock-and-drop power punching that Pac springs upon his opponents.

 

For me, who bleeds boxing, B, for all Money's noxious antics outside the ring -- within 20 feet -- a purist hasta give it up: RESPECT! MAESTRO

 

He does command great respect in the ring. He's a true master of his craft.