JMM: "Pacquaio Hits Harder than Mayweather"

Marquez also said Mayweather would beat Pacquaio

 

Not really suprising.

 

May be they should pull a Mayweather and just duck each other....

 

Huge Floyd fan, but this isn't exactly surprising. I imagine 90+% of rational boxing fans would agree that Pacquiao hits harder than Floyd.

 

No **** really?

 

I think Floyd would **** up Bradley more than Manny did. Manny's power has magically gone away. He cant KO Bradley and didnt score a knock down on JMM in the last outing so really this question cant be answered. Give Manny Ariza back then yes for some reason Manny has more power than Floyd and hits harder. No Ariza for all intents and purposes then the answer really points towards no. Plus Manny lunges in a la Happy Gilmore when he throws a punch as where Floyd simply banks off precision more so than power and still retains his footing unlike Manny who always has to recover his balance.

 

What he said

 

Its too bad none of the shows hosts know much about boxing.

A good question to ask Marquez after the "who hits harder" question
Skip" I know zero about boxing" Bayless asked, would have been "who is the physically stronger of the two, Mayweather or Pacquiao?"

I dont think there's any doubt Marquez would have said Mayweather was bigger and stronger and thus while controlling Pacquiao from distance, as Marquez indicated in the video, on the inside Mayweather would be to slipper and even too strong to be physically forced back and be uncomfortable.

Imo, its going to take physical strenghth on the inside to make Mayweather uncomfortable.
Pacquiao indicated and thinks that a high volume of punches makes Mayweather uneasy and he points to the DLH and Hatton fights.

The only problem with Pacquiao's way of thinking is that Hatton fought an in your face type of battle with Mayweather. Lots of clutching, clinching, and grabbing which entails the use of physical strenghth and force being used.
DLH had reach and strenghth at his side. DLH fought Mayweather at 154 lbs which was DLH's natural weight at that time.
Even then, the only time DLH had some sucess with Mayweather is when he'd back him up to the ropes using his long jab
Its the long jab that made Mayweather uneasy and alert when backing up, to be aware not to get blinded by the jab for a bigger shot to come.
......even being backed up with that jab, DLH landed little which was clean and effective, Mayweather being defensively alert and too slippery even when he was in front of his opponent.

Pacquiao neither has the strenghth of Hatton, or the jab of DLH, so his take that volume punching disrupts Mayweather is off key.

What is'nt off key is that we know that volume punching has been Pacquiao's trademark for a long time and even more so at his stay at Welter vs the likes of Hatton, DLH, Cotto, Margarito, etc.......

Off of that we know that the one thing that disrupts Pacquiao's volume hard snapping punches is the strong counterpunch.
Landing a strong counter as Marquez repeatedly did vs Pacquiao, not only disrupts Pacquiao's volume, but it diminishes the snap and torque on his punches.
Getting hit flush on the face in the midst of Pacquiao throwing volume with snap, forces Pacquiao to throw less and with less snap and conviction on his punches.

If you're a Pacquiao fan, it has got to be an uneasy feeling to see him transformed into an arm punching leary to let his hands go puncher in the face of all those counters being dropped at his noggin.

Marquez in the video made it clear that defense and distance wise, Mayweather is by far the superior fighter.
If it were a spanish show, Marquez would have broke it down to a tee why Pacquiao has virtually no chance against Mayweather.


"Mayweather does'nt come to fight," Marquez said of Mayweather.
100% true. In the face of a real live tough opponent, Mayweather will never give you the chance to fight him.
Boxing will be the name of the game, not fighting.

Pacquiao is neither a long distance stay out of range fighter, nor is he an in your face got to stick to the inside destroyer.
Pacquiao is a mid distance fighter who has to be at his range for his shots to carry the snap and power to them and be effective.

Pacquiao has been successful against slower plodders because he's able to secure the distance he needs using his much faster legs.
Pacquiao cant secure the distance he likes to operate in against a fighter who's not slow and knows how to navigate a ringe and give angles.

 

Okay, but he would say that granted it's the fighter he's fought and survived multiple times and is about to fight yet again.

 

bradley took holts and abregu's punches, aswell as pacquiao's

i think he has a legit great chin

 

No, I think if you would ask Marquez to elaborate on his assertion Pacquiao hits harder, he would say he does so because he's more offensive minded and commits more to his punches.

 

Exactly, Pacquiao fights to destroy his opponent whereas Floyd fights to win.

 

.Sherlock, **** No

 

As if JMM's legacy and possibly PPV numbers wouldn't benefit by establishing Pacquiao, his arch nemesis who he is about to fight a fourth time, as a stronger puncher than the P4P #1. I don't care if Pac hits harder or not (he probably does)--JMM has incentive to say he does.