Why was JMM's head not snapping back in Pac-JMM 3

Probably the training regime that was set up for him. They changed things up a lot by the sounds of it. If I had to guess, I'd say they did more work on the neck muscles and core strenght.

 

Pac wasn't landing as clean, Marquez's movement and counters kept him off balance so he couldn't get leverage

 

I know he landed some but I think Marquez's positioning took the edge of the punches that and he was incredibly focused

 

Probably his new training regime.

 

probably good anticipation? he took pac's left away real good. meanwhile, pac's head was snapping back even when he had his hands up and jmm hit him on the gloves.

 

I agree, he was perfectly positioned most of the time. I thought Pacquiao wasn't able to land a clean punch.

 

He was circling to Manny's right (his left) to take away Manny's straight left, it also positions himself to land his left jab/hook/uppercut. All the while he is backing up to control distance When Manny moves to his right and comes forward to set up his own left Marquez looks to time the right hand on him. Or alternatively Marquez does the opposite, moving to his own right and forward, putting his lead foot inbetween Manny's feet to land the lead right hand. That's why all the foot stomping happened, Marquez was trying to get his lead foot inside Manny's to land the right hand

 

It's Marquez' effective weight gain. Marquez weighed in at 150lb. that night and that is the reason why he wasn't seriously getting hurt. Everything has a negative side effect. That weight gain could possibly be the reason why he wasn't attacking Pac. He can't risk to get tired quickly because of his weight gain and get knocked down or worse, ko'd. In my opinion, Marquez really played it smart and with big concerns.

 

Because Pac never landed anything significant?

 

Putting the lead foot on the inside for the orthodox fighter isn't necessary to land the right hand per se, because circling left still aligns you own right while alienating the opponent's left, though it may provide a new angle. Whenever Pac was on the defensive, he basically shut down, so I think the foot-stomping had more to do with Marquez and Pacquiao taking turns stepping forward with their lead to start an offensive assault from in front of each other.

Marquez kept a low center of gravity in this fight, so any shots he took were absorbed by his head being in line with his spine and legs which were able to be anchored in the ground upon impact. If you look at the rematch in 2008, the only shots that visibly hurt Marquez were a left he didn't see coming from the side which caught him as he was going for a left hook to the body and knocked him down, and an overhand-left counter Pacquiao used when Marquez came in aggressively with a wide left. He took plenty of other lefts in that fight and it wasn't often his head rocked backwards with those, and he got hit less in this fight than the others.