You're Timothy Bradley : How do you fight Pacquaio?

run him over in your new peugot 206

 

Circle him, use good lateral movement and counter in combos. Pick your spots to get off first....use the jab, pot shot a bit and wait for mistakes. Beware of firefights.

 

how much is the insurance mate?

 

Pacquiao is a rythm fighter, and the key to beating him is to disrupt his rythm. It'd very hard to do because Manny is so fast and so powerful, but JMM has proved it can be done. Is Bradley as good as JMM? Not imo, no, but he has a few similar qualities (feints well and at the right times, excellent timing, good combination punching, accurate punching, bags of heart, determination and excellent recovery powers) aswell as some different ones of his own.

JMM disrupted Pacquiao's rythm by using feints, using the jab as a weapon rather than just a range finder, and with that perfect right hand which he often threw from out of range. He used good variation when throwing the right hand aswell. Sometimes he'd throw it as a single shot, sometimes he'd throw it off the jab and other times he'd throw it as the last punch of a combination. Bradley's jab, combination punching and ability to judge distance would allow him to use a similar tactic.

One thing that Manny does when he's about to throw the left hand is he drops his head and all of his bodyweight to his left. He does a similar feint aswell where he'll drop his head and his bodyweight to the left but he won't throw the left. He'll do this and his opponent won't know if he's going to throw or not, it must be a ****ing nightmare to fight, especially with his hand and footspeed aswell where he can land it from what seems like an impossible position/distance.

IMO, he needs to get Pacquiao coming forward. He won't win this fight by being the aggressor as Pacquiao is almost unbeatable when he's going backwards and throwing hard, fast combinations from those crazy angles. If Bradley comes forward all night and throws caution to the wind then he's getting knocked out imo, simple as that. He needs to avoid getting caught in that mid-range because Manny is devastating at mid-range, he must ensure that he's either inside or out of range at all times. When inside, he should throw a 2/3 punch combination and then tie-up immediately. Show off his strength, show Manny that he's the stronger man and that he's not to be ****ed with. He needs to gain Manny's respect. Pacquiao respects JMM a great deal and, as a result, he was very, very tentative last time out and that's the worst thing for a rythm fighter like him.

Bradley's timing is actually pretty good and it's not something i've ever seen anyone praise him on. Marquez's timing in the third fight was absolutely majestic, and his right hand was insanely accurate. Bradley has a very accurate right hand and Manny isn't exactly hard to catch clean with one. Bradley's footwork is very under-rated aswell. He CAN follow a gameplan which involves boxing at range, throwing combinations, moving off at angles but fighting effectively on the inside when he has to. He did this expertly against Peterson and boxed his ears off. LaMont Peterson is obviously no Manny Pacquiao and i'm not for a minute suggesting this would definitely work against Manny simply because it did against Peterson, but it's Bradley's best bet imo.

Who do i think will win the fight? Manny via wide points decision, so i've just wasted my time in typing the above.

 

He must box Manny Pacquaio. Manny lost 2 fights by way of knockout early in his career. His latest loss came at the hands of Erik Morales. He needs to got to sleep and wake up to the tape of that fight. Morales laid the ultimate blueprint to defeating the Pac Man. The last thing Bradley really wants to do is get into an all out firefight with Pacquiao. He can trick them into thinking that he wants to fight toe to toe but he must have a strategy to outbox Manny Pacquiao. That's the way to go. Use intelligence, Use his natural athletic ability, use his mobility, and use his high boxing IQ to frustrate Pacquiao and force him to make mistakes. He must also end off his combos with body shots. Double up on the left hook to the body and throw them with force. Pacquiao is way vulnerable to body shots so focus on body work and focus on outboxing him. Slugging it out is not the way to go. He's too fast and he has a solid chin so he must be drawn out of his game and outboxed.

 

turn him, turn him, turn him

 

Very good post.

 

Thanks, SJS.

I have to disagree with the Morales blueprint being the one to follow though. Manny is a much improved fighter since then. The legend that is Nacho Beristein said it best when he explained that Manny is technically much better nowadays, compared to the "wildcat" at 130.

His right hook is fantastic and he didn't have this in the Morales fight. I wouldn't say he was a one-handed fighter because you don't get to his level by being one, but it was certainly something an elite fighter like Morales could exploit. His right hook initially came to light against Diaz and he used it brilliantly in the Hatton fight.

He's not as reckless as when he fought Morales either. The cut clearly bothered him in that fight aswell and it was still a very, very close fight (115-113 Morales is how i had it), plus you have to remember he wasn't wearing the socks of his choice.

 

I think what's valuable about the Morales game-plan was the well-timed aggression Morales used to back Manny up and neutralize his aggression. Manny is a lot better at controlling the center and countering than he was, this is true, but he's still there to be timed and pressured. Both Morales and Marquez established lead foot position, feinted, baited, & countered, and then after landing, followed up with a combination through or around the guard. Morales though was much more physical and voluminous in his follow up. If Bradley can establish the right rhythm, circle, land, and explode with bursts of inside activity from time to time, he can win the rounds big and neutralize Manny's own aggression. He'd have to fight the perfect fight, though; ultimately, I think Manny's footwork will prevail whenever Bradley is unsure of Pac's movements, and Pac will start confusing him enough to land his signature punches by the mid-late rounds.

 

that is sweet, is it 1.2?