Marquez Gives His Thoughts On Bradley-Pacquiao, Explains The Keys To Victory For Each

The video can be seen here, for any Spanish-speakers that want to hear the original interview: http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/videohub/video/clipDeportes?id=1464710&cc=3888


Enjoy.


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Announcer Dude: Timothy Bradley against Manny Pacquiao; two very fast fighters, one is a knockout artist, the other, not so much of a knockout artist, but more of a stylist…how do you see this fight?

JMM: Good afternoon Alvaro. I think it’s a good fight; a fight where the fans will be interested. But well, I think it’s a fight where Bradley has to box with a lot of intelligence. He has to use his boxing with a lot of speed, which can be very difficult. He’s a short fighter, a fighter characterized by his boxing (skill) and his speed. So what he needs to do is keep moving, throwing combinations of punches with speed, and also take advantage of the opportunities he’s given.

Announcer Dude: Bradley has had very difficult fights against Devon Alexander and Joel Casamayor, the latter an opponent which you faced. It made him work, but at the end he got the victory.
JMM: That’s right. Casamayor, a fighter with a difficult style, a fighter who is two time champion of the world and a winner of Olympic Gold in Barcelona; I think sometimes the style…the style is always different for each fighter, and there are times where it facilitates, and others where it complicates. We saw that Joel Casamayor was a little difficult for Bradley that November 12th.

Announcer Dude: (Referring to stats graphic) Pacquiao is 5 years older than the US citizen. Pacquiao has more fights, more experience; Bradley continues undefeated, but the knockouts, there’s where you see the difference: 38 for Pacquiao, only 12 for Timothy Bradley. If you were-and I’m going to ask something really difficult of you- if you were the trainer of Manny Pacquiao, what suggestions would you give him for facing off against Timothy Bradley?

JMM: What I would tell Manny Pacquiao is that he has to pressure, he has to pressure; he has to trap Timothy Bradley, who’s a fighter that looks to move laterally a lot, and cut off his lateral steps. He needs to pressure constantly, and he has to-when he’s got him cornered-he needs to take advantage of that opportunity and throw combinations of 4, 5 punches at a time, to capitalize on having enclosed Timothy Bradley; and also, his punches have to be (thrown) with precision. It’s useless to have trapped Bradley if you don’t have speed, and you don’t have precision. That’s what Manny Pacquiao has to do, that’s the key, and as the trainer, I’d send out Manny Pacquiao to fight that way.

Announcer Dude: Yes, it’s useless to have a great volume of punches if they’re not concrete. And Timothy Bradley, what would you recommend for him in confronting Manny Pacquiao, who you’ve faced on 3 occasions?

JMM: Yes, as the trainer I’d tell Bradley that he has to use speed. He’s right there…Manny Pacquiao is a fighter who’s a little slow to think; what Bradley has to do is use his speed a lot, to be in short, which is what works for him and his height. He has to use his speed, and always be moving, never standing still, or static; and at the same time, he has to throw combinations. With that speed that characterizes Bradley, he has to be throwing combinations, and be moving. He can’t be standing there or showing an open target, because if he does, Manny Pacquiao can connect on him, and we know Manny Pacquiao has a damaging punch.
Announcer Dude: If he stands still, he kills him.

JMM: That’s right. If he stays still and is static, Manny Pacquiao can connect on him.

Announcer Dude: With that, I consider why Manny Pacquiao is the favorite over Timothy Bradley.

JMM: Yes, he’s the favorite. Why? Because we see that Bradley has 12 fights won by knockout, and 50-something by Manny Pacquiao…53 or 54 wins, and 38 by knockout, but they’ve been barbaric knockouts. I think that the difference in terms of power will be very important.

 

Yea, I laughed a little when I saw that. To be fair, Pac's reaction time isn't what's slow, but his ability to figure out a fighter within a round without receiving orders from Roach.

I do believe Marquez is an underrated puncher. Good points about his stoppages post-Pac 2. His KO% is the same or around the same as Pacquiao's, I believe.