Translation: Marquez Breaks Down His Fight With Pacquiao In The 'Golpe A Golpe' Ring

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(Marquez says they are trying to disguise Pacquiao’s loss as something else, and that the inconsistency of compubox reports can be seen through conflicting statistics of power-punches landed and percent connected; guest announcer says he his surprised by the statement that Pacquiao landed more jabs, when the jab was Marquez’s key. In-Ring Analysis starts at 1:00, right after his gym-mate Jhonny Gonzalez tells him that they know he’s the true champion, a warrior, and to keep in good spirits.)
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Announcer Dude: Here we are in the Ring of Golpe a Golpe. We just heard from Jhonny Gonzalez, an extraordinary world champion from the Mexican roster. Well we’re ready to relive what occurred last Saturday. We’re going to talk in depth and see if maybe we end up excluding this section (JMM Laughs.) Let’s see with Juan Manuel Marquez what it was that he did, how it worked against Manny Pacquiao, so that he can explain how it really was and how he lived it.

Guest Announcer: I’ll be the referee; please, a clean fight, no low blows; don’t hit him for real, because…

Announcer Dude: (Laughs) Lets see Juan. Manny Pacquiao was the aggressor; we’re talking an ineffective aggression. But it wasn’t ineffective “just because”; it was due to your great defense, and your counter-punching. What was Juan Manuel Marquez doing when Pacquiao threw his jab to reach you Juan (throws southpaw jab)?

JMM: What we were doing to start, Jorge…we’re making the fight in the middle of the ring, because Pacquiao is a fighter who brings you to the ropes and takes advantage. So we were working in the center of the ring, using lateral steps (circles); he would throw the jab, and I would block it here with this hand (blocks with left), and I would respond right away with mine; I’d take it away, and answer with this same hand. And he always does the same feint. He’ll go like this (steps in feinting as if to go downstairs), and then he gets you with the left hand. So when he feinted, I’d block him here (holds gloves open by his face), block his jab, since he always leads with a jab, and from there I’d move with the waist (slips to the right of the incoming left straight), where he’d always restart and take away the angle… because what I wanted to do was this: lateral step (slips left and pivots out to the right), (left) uppercut-right hand. I wanted to do it but he’d always step right to me, he didn’t let me work.

Announcer Dude: Now, Manny finished perfectly like this (mimes Pacquiao’s high guard), without seeing what you were throwing at him, Juan. But when Manny threw a jab, you’d connect a technically beautiful uppercut, Juan.

JMM: The uppercut I landed multiple times was, he’d throw the jab, and I’d move my waist towards the side (slips outside to the left), and then you have everything to throw the uppercut (throws left uppercut) and land it directly on the chin, as well as the right.

Announcer Dude: Apart from that, the right.

JMM: Yes, so I’d do this (slips to outside of straight left, lands left uppercut-straight right combination), come back with the right, and on top of that perhaps a hook or another uppercut as well.

Guest Announcer: For me, the most important aspect of the fight was how Manny never entered a comfort zone. Every once in a while, he’d shake his arms, and he’d adjust his trunks. But more than anything, what I noticed was that he was always out of range, and he’d jump to connect his jab onto you. How did you maintain that misbalance of Manny?

JMM: What I would do in the ring was be here at a distance, and he’d throw the 1-2, and I’d block them (blocks 1-2). I’d block them and I’d move with lateral steps, and what I did was keep away from his left foot. So I’d bob and weave out, and he’d wait for me right here (pauses as he weaves low to his left and Announcer Dude goes to throw a left straight), and then I’d make the lateral step (pivots out to opponent’s right), to take away the range of his punches.

Announcer Dude: Now they’ve been saying that you’ve employed the technique of the foot-stomp, and we’d have to tell the people that that’s something normal that happens against a southpaw, right?

JMM: That’s right. Why? Because you have your right foot in front, and I have my left foot in front, so…(steps)

Announcer Dude: They anticipate each other (align) very well.

JMM: Exactly.

Announcer Dude: Now, the uppercut-straight; how is it Juan?

JMM: The uppercut-straight?

Announcer Dude: The combination you used with Manny.

JMM: With Manny Pacquiao, a southpaw, half in front of you (square),what I’d do is throw the jab, jab, and then suddenly come in with the uppercut. In this case me, I throw the uppercut instead of the jab, just like that. And because you have your guard open (wide)-Manny Pacquiao has it open- the uppercut enters directly (throws left uppercut through guard), because they never think…

Announcer Dude: It’s a punch you throw while advancing.

JMM: Exactly. It’s as if it were a jab. You’re here, and you go like this (quickly lands left uppercut.) You throw the uppercut while stepping, then throw the straight, and you’re ready to throw a combination.

Guest Announcer: Something that Nacho Beristain said before the fight concerning the leg/footwork was that you’d have to control the “zone of combat”. Illustrate what the zone of combat is.

JMM: The zone of combat in the ring, which we made be in the center, is to be working lateral steps, to be moving the waist, and I’ve always said that things become difficult for Pacquiao if you fight him with the same speed, and you saw it.

Announcer Dude: Do you have the same speed or do you have the timing?

JMM: The timing. The speed, I don’t think so because he’s a fighter that comes forward quick, boom-boom-boom…

Guest Announcer: But it was never seen!

Announcer Dude: And intelligence.

JMM: But here the important thing is that he is always moving his waist (announcer dude bobs and weaves in place). If you move your waist in the same way and you’re equally there with him (moves side to side in the same rhythm), it makes things difficult for him because he didn’t know what kind of answer I would have for him in the fight, when he would attack; whether I’d counter-punch, or whether I’d throw a combination of punches.

Announcer Dude: There’d be a movement to this side, or that side, and you’d get him completely off balance. You’d duck, you’d move in close (inside), and nullify him…but he understood it, and starting throwing uppercuts.

JMM: He threw uppercuts. I saw them, several. What he would do was throw the hook, the right hook, and the (left) uppercut. So what I would do was have my hand here (holds right hand to face to defend), and duck down, but not duck down right in front, because if I duck low in front,-

Announcer Dude: He’d connect.

JMM: He’d connect. So I’d duck to the side (blocks right hook, slips left uppercut outside), and then he wouldn’t find me anymore. A step to the side and he’d lose his uppercut, and wouldn’t land a single one on me.

Guest Announcer: That’s enough now, because the vibe’s getting heated, and you’ve got to have something left for number 4 (everyone laughs).

Announcer Dude: The Ring of Golpe A Golpe.

 

Sometimes you can talk all you want and there isn't a damn thing the other side can do about it. He's been spilling these beans for about 4 interview translations I've done in the last 6 months. Plus, these are probably just a few basic key points out of an array of adjustments and counters and traps and strategies Marquez can employ.

And I agree, I think he's reluctant for a 4th.