You're right. Manny has been outboxed in stretches. Until he overwhelms them. Technically superior guys like MAB, morales, marquez were better boxers when pac fought them yet only one actually beat him(then pac obliterate him in the second and third fight) and he didn't do it easily. Regardless of what you think in the marquez fights but it was close and clearly the superior boxer marquez have a lot of trouble with a less technical pac. 31 yr old crawford may trouble 2009 pac but i still expect pac to bodybag him.
Shockingly precise insight. Here I was thinking Crawford’s best chance would be prime, absolute peak Pacquiao.
So your saying he wasn’t prime when Eric beat him ? What about JMM putting him to sleep? And before you say this is hater talk I was thinking 09 Pac-Man was a little too much for Bud but the reality is 31 year old Bud would arguably be the best fighter he could face at 147 so this is a coin flip to me.
Pac was still very much a raw product against Erik, but physically, he was prime. JMM put a past prime Pac to sleep while doping heavily. Margarito took something out of Pac and softened him up for JMM.
Lmao, the weaving of the legends of the tales of the current welters when they still cannot fight each other.
Can Crawford beat one b+ level fighter first please. How good you look is all relative to your competition.
FMJ is the only fighter around that weight at that time that would beat manny. Manny cuts through Crawford like butter
Gamboa was careful no way could Manny try and KO a powerful counter puncher like Crawford without getting countered, he was open to the right hand when he jabbed because he used to leave his rear hand low as he jabbed, you need the jab v Crawford and his jab was far longer and smarter tan Manny`s jab.
Tim said he sparred with a young Bud and couyldn`t understand how Crawford was doing the things he was doing in their, Tim ssaid he had never fought anyone on tat level before in sparring or in pro fights.
I don`t think Manny`s jaw was tested at welter, he was also knocked out by JMM, I don`t think he was iron jawed unles you`re talking about punchers he faced at the lower weights, Bud is more powerful than any welter Pac ever fought.
