He spent 95% of the Margo fight on the back foot. Plus large portions of the Cotto fight. Plus 1st 6 rounds of dela hoya fight. Plus most of Juan Diaz Fight.
Very good breakdown, I can add something here. He tends to want to make a good show so he allows himself to get hit rather than turning up the power shots when he is clearly in control. He did this against Cotto starting in the 3rd round and against Margarito he almost got ko'd him with a blody shot in the 6th. When he covers up against an attack, he puts his gloves together and pulls his elbows in to protect his body and leaves his chin open to the inside uppercut.
When did Pac fight Diaz? Or did you mean David? Margo is a human punching bag with no defense. When Pac was on the ropes with Cotto, Pac did very little, and was getting caught with Cotto's jab very often. (Early in the fight) He was not backing up against DLH, he was moving side to side giving him angles. But backing up in a straight line is a problem for Pac. JMM did this often, and when he did, Pac had no answers. Same as the Morales fight. The only minimal success Margo had in that fight was when he got Pac aginst the ropes, backing up.
No jab Can't cut off the ring Can't fight backing up Doesn't go to the body, head hunter Lacks defense Can't fight on the inside Comes in off balanced Often reckless and wide open One-dimensional
sometimes he is open for counter punches, but his flurrys of punches are so quick, that it is hard too punch back, you realy have too be exceptional fast with great reflexes....like pussyweather has short arms short by size
Well if I was training a guy to fight him (Im too big to fight him not getting down to 147 any time soon) I would follow a few strategies Obviously the jab, Manny is dangerous at mid range but at long range he can be dealt with like how Marquez handled him you gotta put the jab in his face it will slow him down The straight right Manny's face is like a magnet for straight rights he blocks them with his head, right hand definitely Get inside hes not great inside at welter these guys can impose on him get in close lean on him hit the body tie him up itll wear him down Body punching is key the last guy to really stun Manny was Margo and that was a body punch So basically master distance be outside using the jab and tattoo him with the right as he charges, or be inside work the body tie him up and wear him down, dont dont dont dont be in mid range and get to his ribs Another possible thing would be go south paw he hasnt fought one in a bit hasnt seen those punches from that angle might just work
Pacquiao's a good body puncher. Nothing special, but good. Hurt Morales early to the body, dug some straight lefts into DLH's mid-section, bothered Hatton with a perfect right hook to the body prior to the KO, seemed to momentarily hurt Cotto to the body when he countered Cotto's jab with a straight left, set up the first Cotto KD with a body punch that dropped Cotto's hands and allowed him to land a right hook to the head, hurt Margo with that left hook to the body (although he should've gone downstairs more in that fight). He mixes up his attack well enough...not what I'd call a head hunter personally, but like I said before, not a great body puncher by any means.