Roach's Strategy Was Sound

Kinda long... But last night was not Roach's fault.

 

Pac improved and it was a technical way, so you know Roach was behind it. It's just ridiculous that it was only made in the 4th fight.

 

My old buddy Randall Tex Cobb summed it up best when he said "" When the bell rings the trainer goes down the steps what happens in the ring is the fighters problem"

 

Good breakdown.

 

He did a good job in there, he probably looked his best since arguably the margarito fight. He's been missing that killer instinct he used to have, and he brought it back out last night. Problem is his chin seemed to fail him which is the last thing you'd ever expect.

If he went about his work with tad bit more care he probably would've avoided that KO but you never know. It seems like Marquez focused a lot on power and landing that one big monster punch.

 

Both fighters were using a high risk, high reward strategy. Someone was going to get knocked out or stopped, one way or the other. Pac was being more aggressive and active, while Marquez was sitting down on his shots more and looking for big, hurtful attacks and counters rather than just focusing on getting points. Marquez almost lost that gamble -- he looked hurt at one point, and Pac was picking up steam. What saved him (much like in the first fight) was his superb ability to stay calm and think when under fire, combined with his physical ability to recover quickly. That's why he was able to come back from three knockdowns in the first fight when other fighters might have panicked or had meltdowns. Even when Pac was hitting him and winning the round, you could see (at the end) Marquez waiting for his one big opportunity, backing up and then suddenly throwing the right hand.

Should Roach have changed the gameplan? It's hard to tell. If Pac had been more cautious and less active, then he at least would have avoided being brutally knocked out. Would he have been able to win like that? Probably not, but I actually think he could have had a good shot. His straight left was hitting Marquez, and if he had been able to set it up in a less predictable way (he always tries the 1-2, or the feint-1-2) then he might have been able to be successful.

When he lead with the straight left, timing it to land when Marquez threw his jab, he caught him by surprise and got a knockdown. That's the sort of thing that has more chance of working -- you need to surprise Marquez and throw new things into the mix. Counterpunchers thrive on the opponent's predictability -- if they memorise your favourite moves and combinations, you're in trouble.

 

pac was going for the ko that is where he failed. he should have fought intelligently and let the fight come to him. roachs strategy failed miserably

 

Roach is a ****ing idiot, and a horrible trainer! 2 of his fighters got KO'd this year. Why is that? He doesn't teach them defense! It is his fault!

 

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The strategy of trying to "box" JMM was stupid. If Pac didn't get Marquez early, like he was close to doing in round 5, it wasn't going to come late because Marquez was banging him ahrd to the body and doing a good job of taking the left well.

Using more of the right hand for Pac was a nice wrinkle in the gameplan, but I question Roach's strategy, especially after the Bradley outclassing.

 

Agree completely, great way to describe it. High-risk high-reward was the theme going into this fight. Pacquiao made one mistake that Marquez exploited to the fullest, but his overall Pattern was working great. the 4th and 5th rounds reminded me of what I imagined as a worst case scenario for Marquez in the 3rd fight; the fresher legs allowing him superior mobility and his combination of movement, feints, and handspeed catching Marquez off guard with leads and combinations. But I think JMM was way more focused on hurting Manny than he was winning rounds. Anything could have feasibly happened in that fight. So far though, each time Manny comes in with something different, it's Marquez who seems to come to class prepared to do what's necessary.

 

he was brilliant. he was winning the fight. he just paid the price and got caught. end of story. could happen to anybody even the best of them. teddy was talking about what the fighters have to do to win the fight and he hit it right on the nail with jmm. when pac shuffles his fight, bang.