I don't think he lost and am not trying to suggest he was in on the fix, but he was relatively inactive for many rounds.
I was somewhat disappointed with it despite the fact that I think he won clearly. I just feel like the manny pacquiao I know would have been going all out trying to damage bradley in the later rounds.
Manny looked very average,speed has declined,stamina is no longer there,output way down cause he cant deal with movement...time for him to go fight another come forward fighter so he can look great again
Very impressed. He is obviously planning on fighting for a long time to come. Being smarter moving his head, picking spots more accurate, just boxing so much better. Chin is remarkable and impressed he is outlanding younger guys like Bradley while getting hit much less. All the essence of fighting. He.looked better than expected IMO
It was expected. He's already 33 years old. He should have retired after AM. After AM, there were really no potential good fights left.
not a fan but he performed with a sense of entitlement. I'm going to chill for the first two minutes and then try for the final minute. What was he thinking?
Yeah.. He won't beat mayweather at this stage. The speed, the volume punches, the footwork, and to some extent the angles are gone or watered down. Skills that everyone thought he could beat mayweather. If that was the pac that fought cotto, he would've finished him off when bradley was hurt. And he was hurt several times in the fight. It might be just a case of bad training (remember he came in on his heaviest and less ripped we've seen in years). But if not, we may be seeing pac's last fight soon
Pac can't cut off the ring and Bradley knew this. When he fought off the backfoot, particularly late in the fight, Pac's offensive attack was drastically reduced - which is something that we've seen against JMM and Mosely. The fact that Pac hasn't been able to develop this part of his game continues to be concerning and, quite frankly, unsatisfying.
He performed well. Manny in the beginning rounds was trying to take Bradley's head off, but you could see later on he did carry him at times. Whether it was to simply counter him and land something big, or just to make the fight a little more interesting. Bradley looked like a amatuer in there with an ATG. Pac landed with authority, and Bradley landed with pillows. Of course Pac took his foot off the gas, and I don't think it was because he was tired (he wasn't even breathing heavy after the fight), and I don't think it was cuz he was necessarily in cruise control so he wouldn't take a chance of Bradley KOing him. Pac carried Margarito if in the last rounds. I'm not sure why they screwed him... Not sure if they thought he was on his way out, and put the belt on somebody else, OR he didn't show them that killer instinct, and they want him that way. Obviously if there's a rematch he doesn't hold back this time at all, and going straight for the KO.
Pac has too many distractions in his life and it has caught up with him. To fight at an elite level needs total focus. It is amazing the Pac has been able to fight at such a high level for so many years with what he pacls into his life. My thinking is that he should take the rematch providing he can be 100% focused on the fight, and then after regaining the title, commit himself 100% to boxing or retire. So many naturally talented fighters lose sight of the fact that age changes things and they can not get away with things that they may have in their prime.
i thought he could've thrown more combinations he seems more like he's trying to box now rather than his older fights i don't see that speed like he had in the hatton/cotto fights even against tony, i felt his in and out and his speed had slowed, but he was still throwin mad combos now i feel he's slowed down and not really throwing as much, YET, with all this, still showed what a different class he is than bradley not his greatest performance, but liked it more than his fights with shame n **** drinker on side note, i can't agree with you saying "inactivity", it's pretty hard to try and do something when the guy you're fighting (who's usually a come forward guy) is backing up like a ***** i need to go back and count how many times manny pumped his gloves together asking timmy to throw down
That's what I observed on that fight. He was either sloppy, or just resting for the decision to come out I think you guys want to see IB RBR to check ESB's reaction while the fight progressed.
