Pacquaio - Bradley (Technical thread)

Timmeh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111

 

I think its time to get a life and maybe go out once in a while. The sun wont hurt u !!

 

His tits must be fatter than the fake tits of the ***** in his av

 

[url]http://youtu.be/riSEb-hdq8M[/url]

 

brilliant video

If anyone needed confirmation that Timmeh wins the rematch, this video is it.

I knew the effects of his jab and how his head movement offset emmanuel's left, but I didn't realize how well he used his right hand to parry emmanuel's left until I saw the slowmos from this video.

 

I suppose this is as good a place as ever to bring up a point of observation I talked about recently. Bradley was having a good amount of success pivoting out towards his left and making Manny miss, but it seemed Pac had no problem simply stepping rightward or widening his stance as he came forward to achieve lead foot positioning. Bradley seemed to be moving a lot more than Marquez did, so I was curious as to why he simply wasn't getting the timing or the angle right. Then I remembered what Morales said in a translation I did here he discussed his tactics against Pacquiao (which he demonstrates physically at 3:53):

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Morales: The thing with Pacquiao is that he has this (lead) hand here (out in front), and this other (rear) hand down here, very low. So what he does, what Pacquiao does, is that he attacks you with the jab 2 or 3 times, lunges with his left hand, and steps (MAB steps into left.) It's a very big error. But if you throw the jab this way, and walk in this direction (jabs while stepping leftwards), so what happens? When he tries to step over with the left, I'm right here waiting (leans back and throws counter right-left uppercut-right hand combination) bam-bam-bam! But I never gave him time to let that hand go. I would be here, boom, boom (parries jabs), blocking him, with the (lead) hand held high, crouched, and when he wanted that left to come out, I'd stand straight up and boom (counters over the top with a right straight), because he would throw it here (points to lower point where his head used to be crouched). So distance, movements, knowing how to step....if you watch, all-all-all-all of his fights, his opponents stand in front, and step so lightly to the left (lightly makes leftward steps), not behind him.

What Bradley was doing was stepping to his left all right, but hardly ever in range or towards the direction behind Pacquiao to truly turn him. This is why despite having Manny follow him around at times, he still got the drop on Tim on the ground with his footwork. That right hand up top and to the body was missing for most of the fight; why? He didn't have the angle for it, and his jab which would normally set it up kept being countered by the left.

 

I think you need to read that carefully. The point is lightly and not behind him. I've seen quite a few dolts on this forum who argue that it is so "easy" to turn Pacquiao. Well any orthodox can turn an southpaw and vice verse if they over step with their lead foot instead of lightly step. Which is what Richardson had Shane doing. The problem is that you put yourself more off balance than you do you opponent when you do this. You may have negated his left hand but you have negated both of yours.

The true footwork battle when crossed stanced is much more subtle. It is very slight movements to the left and right where you are just trying to win the foot position by an inch so you are still in position and balanced to throw your own shots. This is much harder to do than that **** Richardson had Shane doing.

 

I didn't read it, I translated it that way. I agree with what you're saying about subtle movements and balance, but Morales is stating that it is an error to move laterally too far outside instead of turning hard in-range"behind" Manny. What I'm saying is that that was Bradley's error.