Perspective on Pacquiao

There's been a lot of OTT excitement on JMM spectacular KO, mainly because no one has seen Pacquiao flattened like that since he was a lightweight. For all the credit given to Marquez, some of which is absolutely deserved because no one deserves the W more over Pacquiao than him (unlike that loser Bradley), I think we need to get some perspective over what happened Sat.

- This was Pacquiao's best performance since Miguel Cotto. His movement completely befuddled Marquez. He was losing the 3rd round before the KO (great punch), he had lost the first 2 rounds and was getting completely annihilated in 5 and 6 (in 6th he landed just 5 body shots the whole round). Pacquiao was turning back the clock

- Marquez' nose was broken, he was struggling to breathe. By his own admission Pacquiao could have KO'd him at any time, he was ready to go.

- Roach's gameplan and Pacqiao's movement befuddled Marquez for the first time. The actual rounds he won was because of the KO (he was losing) and the 4th because Pacquiao had to readjust after the KO.

I think it's a natural thing, people want to kick a guy when he's down, especially a great fighter like Pacquiao. Particularly when many of those detractors are Mayweather fans (many of which show a hint of xenophobia like their "idol" does) towards Pacquiao.

So that's my take to counter the OTT element of Marquez KO at a time when he was getting hammered by Pacquiao - his "boxing skills" were nowhere in rounds 5 and 6, his timing of his counters is the best out there, and Pacquiao paid the price, I give him all the credit for that punch though