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Video: Pacquiao spars in San Francisco gym

02/28/08

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Check out this video of Manny Pacquiao sparring in a San Francisco gym, taken by our US Director of Sales Esther Chavez, assisted by Raffy Lacap.

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Mortz Ortigoza Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Pacquaio-Marquez II: A pre-fight analysis
By Mortz Marcelo Ortigoza

If you look at the first encounter between Manny “Pacman” Pacquaio and Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez last May 9, 2004, the former was a one handed boxer who only banked on his lethal left fist while his right hand acted as a jab cum decoy to set his left hand for the kill.
Despite Pacquaio’s knocking down Marquez thrice in the first round, the latter exploited the holes on the guard of the former by unleashing his big right straight counter punches as his either left hook or left uppercut immediately followed it big time to the almost undefended Pacman.
Manny was also destructed by the stiffed left jabs of Marquez that made the former lost his angle to fire his left fist straight from the pipe.
Pacman was sometimes in quandary whenever Dinamita hit with an anti-aircraft gun liked salvos of punches onto the head and the body of the Filipino. Reminiscent of Floyd Mayweather Jr. disorientation’s of Ricky Hatton.
The counter-puncher technician’s in Marquez obviously confused Manny, and robbed him of his timing.
After his draw with Marquez up to present, Pacquaio was transformed by trainer Freddie Roach to a patient, calculating, weaving, and bobbling pug. His right hand was minted not only for jab work, but used as a power punch too.
But in terms of casualty, the prowess of the said hand still remains to be seen.
In general however, Pacquaio is still a one-dimensional boxer who depends on his left hand. Hand that made the likes of Oscar Larios, Jorge Solis, Eric Morales, and Antonio Barrera detestably avoids it as what a fugitive is to a policeman.

Comparative Advantages of Pacquaio in this rematch

Has a rapid and powerful killer left hook. A deadly straight left hand and left uppercut – all of them an undertaker’s dream of what should be a prosperous material life.
Opponents in Barrera I &II, Morales II & III, aware of his being a knock out puncher, lost their composure as they preoccupied themselves running clockwise from him.
The speed of his body punches could be likened to a Surface to Air Missile (SAM).
After Barrera II, renowned trainer and boxing commentator Emmanuel Steward said of Pacquaio: “He still stays out of balance, his style out of positions. But he is still aggressive. Punches are authoritative. He got away with that!”

Comparative advantages of Marquez in this rematch

His overstretch right straight counter and immediately interjected by his overstretch left straights or hooks is as fast as a round of burst from a Russian made AK-47.
Has a strong left jab that could qualify as left hand straight. His body punches are fast as a moving elevator that stops as double punctuation marks at the face of his opponent.
Very good in a phone-booth encounter - as his right and left uppercuts can treacherously and accurately hit even the heads of his opponents.
Marquez is a consummate counter puncher-boxer.

Handicapped of Pacquaio

After he unleashed his powerful left straight hand, he returned it to position at the level of his breast thus his left face is open to a counter right punch from his opponent – a Marquez’s specialty. The same right face vulnerability after he fired his right jabs that he leveled at this breast
After he fired his left hooks, it was noticeable that he sometimes stopped momentarily as if contemplating for somebody in the Philippine’s version of Hollywood . A weakness that is conducive to a counter-attack.
The right jabs of his opponent can destruct him.

Handicapped of Marquez

After he unleashed his counterpunches, he lowered his right hand at the level of his breast, thus his vulnerability to Barrera’s successive left hooks at his right face.
Was defenseless after Barrera shots a volley of punches then tied him up. See Round 9 of their tussle.
Opponent fired combo at his face or body then danced away from his expected counterpunches - as what Chris John and Barrera had done.
His counter punches that act as his iron-curtain could be penetrated by just doing what Rocky Juarez had done to him. Used the gloves and forearms as fortification for the head and body and hit him with a jab then followed by a power punch. In the Juarez fight, Marquez was in many occasions at the retreat since many of his counterpunches landed to naught on the forearm and gloves of the former who was pressing his will.
It was reminiscent of Winky Wright?

What Pacquaio should do

Counter the counter-puncher in Marquez. After he fired his counter right straight, Pacquaio should give Dinamita a dose of his own medicine by vigorously countering it by his sledge-hammer left straight. His technique of counterclockwise movements’ paid as he cut and fired at orthodox styled opponents (in Morales I & II, and Barrera II) who avoid his left like plague in a clockwise manner.
Emulate what Juarez had done to Marquez. Manny is more in the position to smoke-out Marquez in this mode of combat since he has a KO power!
Just hide under the comfort of his forearm and gloves every time Marquez rally back with a volley of firepower.
Be an effectively aggressive fighter by pressing the enemy to the ropes. Judges at Vegas are fond of the fire-breathing hunter than the counter-punching hunted as seen on Spinks-Taylor, Pavlik-Taylor II, and of course the Marquez-Barrera tussle where the latter chose to stick, attack, dance, and probably thought unloaded the most punches but still lost the fight.

What Marquez should do

After Pacman shot his right jabs Marquez counter it with his big left straight.
After the former shot his left straight, latter counter it with his big right straight, then follow by either a right hook or uppercut.
A barrage of left jabs at the right face of Pacman can slow him down
at the same time destruct him in setting up of his left bomb.
Of course avoid Pacman’s left by running counter clockwise and be wary of the impending ambush to a counter clockwise or horizontally right moving Pacquaio.
Every elite Mexican boxer has tried all of the above mentioned craps to the Filipino superman to nothing.
My poser: Why not Marquez tried a Bernard Hopkins (against Tarver and Wright), or a Mayweather Jr. (against dela Hoya and Hatton) by crowding and tying the Pacman after Marquez hit him with his punches? Or frustrate his left hand to operate by holding it or whatever. Will it culture shock Pacman that he will eventually lose the fight?
Or do a shell-covered bombs proof Winky Wright style (against the hard punching Tito Trinidad) and retain the WBC Super Featherweight diadem.

(Send comments to totomortz@yahoo.com,
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Dizzy Says:
March 10th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
There’s no sparring in that clip. Either you have the wrong clip or wrong title.
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cryst Says:
March 3rd, 2008 at 2:09 pm
My cable operator called me already today.
She was reminding me that there is a boxing event for march and would I be interested.

Is she nuts ?

Sure I’m booking the fight!

Go Manny!

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