Manny's tactics

Mayweather just found the way to escape from the ropes. This was done by clinching or moving away. He still has fast legs.

 

Agreed, Manny wasn't willing to commit and throw more combos when he had the chance. Floyd kept luring him into the ropes and Manny was way too hesitant.

Floyd knows how to win rounds and he knows what the judges are looking for. Simple as that. If his opponent isn't landing, Floyd will content himself with a few well placed counters and he'll defend in what remains of the 3 minutes.

With a little more aggression, Pacquaio could have turned the scorecards around or at least forced Floyd out of his comfort zone.

 

What i noticed is that unlike Maidana, Canelp and many others, Manny had the speed to trouble Floyd. When they exchanged, Manny looked dangerous and at least as fast as Floyd. The problem is floyd controlled the range well and moved a lot. Manny had a hard time getting inside, within his range. Part of this was due to Floyd but Pac was also more cautious than i'm accustomed to seeing. He was afraid of the counters, which was a disappointment to me. He should've taken more risks but i'm just a guy on a forum and i was't facing Floyd's counters. I felt Manny needed to step in and throw a lot more. I did hear Freedie telling him to be careful though.

 

I thought Floyd buzzed Manny a few times with that right really early in the fight, really stopped Manny in his tracks, clearly wide open to that counter right, he could take some but not too many.

I thought his corner and himself would of had some other options cuz the chances of that happening shouldnt of really come as a surprise. But i saw nothing. Maybe for Manny there was no answer to what to do next against this particular opponant.

I didnt really see any changes to what Manny was trying to do.

 

He was getting countered by Floyd a lot and obviously didn't like it. Floyd hit him hard in the first round and I believe it made Manny respect his power but more importantly the accuracy in which he can land his power shots/counters. Floyd always nullifies his opponents offense he's a very good defensive fighter.

 

It was an easy win, do nothing, don't get ko'ed, run and leave it up to the judges.

 

he felt Floyd power , thats why he was hesitant , scared of getting countered,

happens to every Floyd oponent

 

He definitely gave Floyd problems with his hand speed when he was within range, mores that other fighters Floyd had faced. I just wanted Manny to be more aggressive. I think it was a combination of Freddie telling him not to step in recklessly and Manny being afraid of counters. He must of felt the few rights floyd landed. I still feel Pacquiao has the best shot of beating Floyd due to hand speed, problem is he has to take more risks. Floyd was clearly not comfortable with Manny's hand speed when Manny let his hands loose.

 

I couldn't hear what was being said in between rounds because of the loud crowd I was surrounded by. It seemed like there wasn't any urgency coming from Manny's corner so maybe they did think he was winning. Possibly a big sign that Roach needs to call it quits as well.

 

Because Floyd sets traps on the ropes and Manny was aware of that

 

Manny was quite careful about picking when to throw his shots because otherwise he would miss and Floyd would counter him. Simple as that. When somebody avoids your shots and counters them, it makes you reluctant to continue to throw punches, miss and eat counters.

Manny probably thought he won because things can seem very different when you are in the ring fighting. He's concentrating on fighting, not keeping track of who is winning. From his point of view he just see's himself pressing the action and Floyd running away from him for the most part.