Do you guys think that Pacman was too careful against Rios? No offense for Rios fans, He is a tremendous fighter... Based on what I see, I think Manny could knock him down if he pushes it a little bit... What do you guys think?
He probably could, but he didnt need to. Winning every single round of a fight with an awesome performance is more than enough.
I think the 11-1/12-0 result was easy to predict. -Pacquiao hasn't scored a stoppage since 2009. -Rios has never been stopped.
Rios could have been stopped by the body punches. Pac was smashing those in. Rios stood like a champ to them though.
That's what I thought too... A little more punches though, a little bit more engagement perhaps... It kindda look like he was fighting scared or something...
I saw some moments in the fight where Pac could've pushed it a bit but he backed off. I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I thought that he fought a near perfect and measured fight as someone who was coming off a KO loss and against a tough SOB. Pac was masterful and showed beautiful boxing.
Pac never really likes to stand toe to toe. He likes to fire in shots, get out, get in etc. He did seem to be a little bit hurt from some shots Rios threw, so maybe it's kind of dragged him down to like a "human" level when he got that KO. It hasn't hindered him though, and as Holy Grail said, only really improved him to be more intelligent.
I wouldnt exactly say like Clottey. Rios made Pac look good because he comes forward. Clottey stood still. Rios wanted to throw punches, and at times did, but then he started getting smashed and had to cover up again.
