I don't think he will walk him down but hes not gonna run as much as people may think... its been a looog time since Floyd fought someone smaller than him :bbb
At mayweather walking Pac down. When pigs fly. If comes with that high guard defense pac will drown him with activity. He is not as smooth at countering off that because of the squared stance. He would only be able to get off once pac stops punching. I can't wait to see how mayweather fights pac. Style wise pac has the upper hand. It's just it's hard to go against mayweather's undefeated record.
Pac can't fight going backwards, I've also noticed he has to reset after someone jabs him. Floyd might jab to stomach, right to the head over and over and over.
I personally don't think it's a good idea to try to walk someone down who is faster and has more power than you, especially a guy like Pacquiao. I feel Pacquiao would actually prefer Floyd to try and walk him down than use a ton of movement. But hey, it would be interesting.
Pac can't fight going backwards? I'd recommend watching the Margarito fight over again. He prefers coming forward, but I wouldn't go as far to say he "can't"
Great example. Might want to throw the Oscar fight in there as well for good measure on Manny fighting backwards lmao.
i think he will in spots. but just know floyd will be floyd in this fight. you should know he will do a little bit of everything in this fight. especially what works best for him in the fight. adjustments will be made by floyd and its up to manny make adjustments as well. also if manny just be manny he has a chance to the end of the fight.
That's the even funnier part. I just finished watching it now. Margarito is a walking punching bag with no defense and slow handspeed. He was walking into Manny's fist. It was just a bad example of Manny fighting backwards. He like to bounce around and then lunge forward. That's not fighting off the back foot.
There's never a full fight of Manny ever being walked down a full 12 rounds(for good reason), so you have to use the small pieces of fights of where it happened. Just how Mayweather has never struggled with a southpaw for a full 12 rounds(for good reason), so you just have to use the small pieces of the fights where he seemed to struggle. In the Margarito fight, he caught Pacquiao pretty good at some points and tried to walk him down at moments in the fight. In those moments, Pac become more offensive than defensive. He'd fire a 5 punch combination, and when the fighter covered up, he'd slip outside where Margarito was standing, and that's where Pacquiao would start walking him down again. I watched it not too long ago. I'll go back and get specific times for you after this Grizzlies game.