COME Sunday, expect the Philippines to once again come to a virtual standstill. This is barely an exaggeration. Go to church on Sunday whenever Manny Pacquiao has a bout, and noticeably fewer people will be in attendance. If we believe the stories, coup attempts are postponed, and even the communist insurgents temporarily cease operations so they, too, can watch Pacquiao in action.
So, how will the Filipino hero fare this time around? Will he dismantle yet another proud Mexican fighter in his rematch with World Boxing Council superfeatherweight champ Juan Manuel Marquez?
Whatever happens, we’ve got it covered. Keep visiting The Pacquiao Files for the latest updates, and for our coverage of Pacquiao-Marquez II as it unfolds this Sunday.
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March 15th, 2008 at 10:14 am
read about Paquiao’s smiling over his fast improved body. Hope it will not bea result of the new Gen doping which is said it could be marring the Olypics in China since all what is needed is on the intrnet but there is not yet a real working detection existing.
Manny had some very surprising victories already, like when the other fighter has still several kilos overweight to eliminte with drugs and no eating during the days before the fight, absolute unusual for a boxer and his coach. Or when the other fighter is down, signaling not to fight anymore because of feeling groggy but minutes later gives laughing interviews. We should not forget that boxing,like others too, is first of all a big business and least of all a real sport. And the “sportsmen” have to do what coach and promoter want or they are out. The total demolition of the other Paquiao is not a good omen for Manny.
March 15th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Pacquaio-Marquez Rematch: What to expect
By Mortz c. Ortigoza
Manny Pacquaio’s credentials
Because of his tremendous knock out powered left fist, we can see on Sunday (Philippine dateline) Manny pressing Juan Manuel “Dinamita” by jabbing his right hand, and setting his left hand for a straight, hook, or uppercut.
Manuel Marquez’s credentials
As the less strong fighter, he will be back pedaling clockwise by sneaking his long right counter-punch every time Pacquaio unleashes his power left.
As Pacman chases him by sticking his right led jabs, Dinamita will answer them with his looping left straight or looping left hook that qualify more as a power punch than a stiff jab.
Weakness of Pacquaio
Tendency to lower his left hand by leveling it at his breast after he fired either his right straight or hook.
The same with his right hand after he unleashed his jab.
All of the said shortcomings weakened him in his 2004 campaign against Marquez. It was when the latter kept thrusting his bayonet like fist big time to all of those holes that jarred and slowed Pacquaio.
The justification of Manny that he broke his left hand thus slowed him was hogwash.
Judges in court have these barometers in gauging if a person was telling the truth. They call it Res Gestae and Ante letem motam. The first means startling occurrence, while the second means before a person had a motive to distort the truth as in before the lawsuit was brought.
In the post fight interview with Larry Merchant, the groping Pacquaio blamed his sock (Gee whiz, his sock?) as the culprit why he was not able to give the coup d’grace against Marquez who thrice somersaulted from his left fist. Later and up to present, he kept telling all and sundry that he broke his left fist. Question: If he broke his left fist, why he did not tell Merchant during the interview? Either Res Gestae or Ante letem motam can explain the credibility of his latest statement.
Was the broken fist just sheer crap justification? Or was it Marquez’s calculated aggression and counter-punching that beat Pacman if one looks at the computer box statistics?
What Pacman should do
Since Marquez is the sharpshooter to hit any parts of the head or body of Manny, the latter should hide in a sandbag (i.e: gloves and forearms). This strategy will deflect most of the counterpunching of Marquez as he backpedaled to avoid the sneaking left power punch of his opponent..
This has scientific basis. It was tried by the less powerful and bleeding Rocky Juarez against Marquez a year ago. We saw there Marquez’s backtracking on this tactics as against Marco Barrera’s in and out style of aggression.
Manny is more qualified to emulate this since he got a Katsuka rocket propels grenade on his left hand.
What Marquez should do
If Pacman brings him the said iron-curtain-defense. Then Marquez can do this shell-shock cover too. Nedal Hussein had done this against Pacman in Antipolo, Philippines years ago. He knocked down the latter with his straight from the pipe left fist sneak attacked in the early round.
But the fight was controversially stopped by the Philippine sanctioned referee Carlos Padilla that resulted to the likewise controversial victory of Pacquaio.
With the above scenarios use by both pugs, Will we be seeing a Castillo-Corrales I? The one who has the superiority for an accurate uppercut or hook prevails.
As what economics guru Adam Smith said:” To the inefficient, perish!”
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