Manny Pacquiao vs. Boxing Style and Technique of Manny Pacquiao
Today, one of the most popular boxers in the world, Manny Pacquiao, celebrates his 35th birthday. the site recalls the best fights of the Filipino athlete.
Opponent - Ricky Hatton (Great Britain)
Where- Las Vegas, USA
Battle Status- Fight for the IBO world title, 2nd defense of Hatton
Result- victory by Pakyaon knockout in the second round
Description
In the first round, Pacquiao twice sent Hatton to rather heavy knockdowns, but the Briton managed to survive and finish the round on his feet. At the last minute of the second round, the Filipino held a left side exactly in the jaw of the Briton and sent him to the deepest knockout.
Opponent - Oscar De La Hoya (USA)
Where- Las Vegas, USA
Result- Victory by Pacquiao by rejection of the opponent in the eighth round
Description
In December 2008, a fight took place between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya. The fight took place at welterweight. Pacquiao made his debut in this weight, jumping over the 1st welterweight, which he also never competed in. De La Hoya last fought in this category in 2001. Before the fight, most of the experts believed that the American would easily defeat the former featherweight. However, the fight disproved these expectations. Pacquiao immediately took the initiative into his own hands: he moved more, more often and more accurately punched punches. The duel turned out to be practically one-sided: Oscar De La Hoya simply did not have time to react to Manny Pacquiao's lightning attacks, having managed to win only a few separate episodes. In the seventh and eighth rounds, De La Hoya missed a large number of accented blows that half closed his left eye, and during the break before the ninth three-minute period, his seconds decided to refuse to continue the fight.
Opponent - Hector Velazquez (Mexico)
Where- Los Angeles, USA
Battle Status- Fight for vacant WBC International World Champion title
Result- victory by Pacquiao technical knockout in the sixth round
Description
Pacquiao knocked out the Mexican in the sixth round and won the WBC title.
Opponent - Shane Mosley (USA)
Where- Las Vegas, USA
Battle Status- WBO World Title Fight, 2nd Defense Pacquiao
Result- Pacquia wins by unanimous decision
Description
The fight itself did not justify the hopes of the fans in many ways. Instead of an enchanting fight between two magnificent masters, the audience saw a rather monotonous tactical confrontation, which looked more like a friendly sparring than championship fight.
Opponent - Eric Morales (Mexico)
Where- Las Vegas, USA
Battle Status- WBC international title fight, Pacquiao's 1st defense
Result- victory by Pacquiao technical knockout in the tenth round
Description
In January 2006, a rematch took place between Manny Pacquiao and Eric Morales. At the end of the 10th round, Pacquiao made a left cross to the head, and Morales fell to the canvas. He barely got up at 9. Pacquiao immediately threw a series of punches to the head, after which Moralesvo fell for the 2nd time. This time the referee did not count and immediately stopped the fight. Moralesne argued.
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| Full name: | Emmanuel Dapideran Pacquiao |
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| Place of Birth: | Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines |
| Accommodation: | General Santos, Philippines |
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Pride of the Philippines Manny Pacquiao will enter the ring this weekend for the 68th time in his professional career and will defend his WBO welterweight title from Australian Jeff Horn at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. The 38-year-old eight-division world champion needs to prove in this fight that he is still someone who can beat any welterweight. This fight is important for Pacquiao in that a victory in it can lead him to a unification against IBF champion Errol Spence or WBC / WBA champion Keith Thurman, and maybe even give him such a long-awaited rematch with Floyd Mayweather, whose return was not heard only by the deaf-blind.
Manny Pacquiao is coming to Australia. The Filipino boxing legend dated the best boxers of his era. Now, after ending his short-term retirement last year, Pacquiao has embarked on a world tour. First stop is Brisbane where the Suncorp Stadium is expected to be filled with 50,000 fans, which is no surprise given that this is a very important event for Australian boxing. Still one of the strongest welterweights in the world and one of the leaders of the pound-for-pound for several years, will meet with the little-known Australian Jeff Horn, for whom this will come out of the shadows and the most serious test he could ever imagine.
What will a victory over Horn do for Pacquiao's legacy? Absolutely nothing. Manny is one of the few active top-level boxers whose greatness is beyond doubt. While Pac-Man lost the fight of his life, he won't be remembered for just losing to Floyd Mayweather in 2015's boring Millennium Fight.
During his career, Pacquiao pretty much jumped on the scales. He had a protracted 4-match rivalry with the brilliant Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez. He defeated two more legends of the Mexican people, Marco Antonio Barrera and Eric Morales. Climbing into the welterweight, he began his glorious, destructive run. He sealed Oscar De La Hoya's career by simply tearing the Golden Boy apart. He tightly knocked out Ricky Hatton with a terrible left hook and mentally and physically destroyed Miguel Cotto. Even his victories over peak Timothy Bradley cannot be forgotten or underestimated. What else does Pacquiao need to prove? Perhaps nothing.
Who is Jeff Horn? Rival Pacquiao, with all due respect, will not be able to somehow add glory to the Filipino. The Australian has amassed a record of 16-0-1, 11 KOs in his professional career, which is nothing compared to Manny's record of 59-6-2, 38 KOs. These numbers alone speak to how big the difference between them is, without taking into account the fact that Pacquiao fought the most worthy opposition he could. Horn doesn't even come close to anything like that. After qualifying in Oceania, Horn went to Olympic Games to London in 2012 and stopped there a step away from the medal, losing in the quarterfinals to Ukrainian Denis Berinchyk.
His biggest achievements as a professional are victories over Randall Bailey (42) and Ali Funeka (39). None of them have entered the ring since. In other words, in track record Horn has nothing to suggest that he has the talent and experience to win against a boxer of Pacquiao's caliber.
Pacquiao has not boxed in a stadium since facing Antonio Margarito in 2010 at Cowboys Stadium in Texas. This will be his first last years not a PPV fight. In the US, the show will be covered by ESPN, with which promotional company Top Rank has entered into a new deal. This has its advantages, Pacquiao's boxing will be enjoyed by a large American audience, which could be the basis for Manny's future potential megafights.
However best years Pacquiao behind. He is no longer the same fighter who defeated Miguel Cotto. Since the Pac-Man stopped the Puerto Rican in 2009, he has never won again. In addition to age, Pacquiao's boxing career is negatively affected by his political career. Now that he has become a senator, the burden of political duties has become even heavier. Perhaps Horn hopes that politics does not allow his opponent to train as before and time, together with a grueling career, have taken their toll.
But should he hope so? So far, there is no conclusive evidence that Manny is too old, too busy and too overtrained. He shut up his haters when he returned from retirement and convincingly defeated Jesse Vargas to regain the WBO welterweight title. In that battle, the Filipino was fast and sharp. He threw powerful punches, but there was no smell of knocking out Vargas. Although the American is a tough nut to crack, who performed at much more high level than Horn. And he is much more experienced than the Australian.
Even with a big downturn in Pacquiao's career, Manny's current form isn't encouraging for Horn. Pacquiao is no longer the whirlwind that swept Cotto, De La Hoya and Hatton out of the ring, but he boxed very intelligently and his punches were faster and harder than anyone Horn had ever faced.
The newly legendary Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao lost his WBO world title in a fight with Jeff Horn. What was there?
Many experts wondered what Horn would do against Pacquiao himself, yielding to him in speed, and what tactics he would choose for the battle. And, the Australian really surprised everyone. Knowing full well that he would not be able to compete in speed and mobility against the Filipino, he and his team decided to simply deprive Pacquiao of these advantages.
The first question was - how to approach Manny and minimize the damage from oncoming attacks? A way was found - Horn went to the enemy through the "spread" forward. Those who were engaged in boxing remember this exercise when you walked around the ring ( or on the running track of the stadium) with beats. For every step, a blow. It is important that the faster and smaller the steps, the faster the hands fly. This element in the fight, we can often see in the competition of kids when they go forward with direct blows. Already less often, only sporadically, this happens in older amateur boxers. Well, the pros and even more so, this is rare.
However, Horne used the "spreader" approach from start to finish. At first, in the first round, Pak was a little embarrassed, and Horn had time to come up and throw his punches. But, starting from the second round, Pacquiao began to meet Horn on the right side and move away from attacks to the side. Moreover, Manny, from time to time, also connected his left hand, forcing the opponent to go into the exchange and concede. The fight went with varying degrees of success, but Jeff's team brought another surprise for the Filipino.
Realizing that Pacquiao had time to meet him, the Australian began to lean on his opponent after his attack, having a clear advantage in weight. He is a natural welter, moreover, he “drives” a lot at this weight, and Pak hardly reaches this limit and looks like a kid here. So, this very weight and advantage in strength was used by Horn at close range. He was dirty after his approaches, held Pak, hit with elbows, used his head dangerously, and all this only with the aim of exhausting him and depriving him of maneuverability in movements that Horn could not keep up with. He succeeded.
Moreover, closer to the middle of the fight, Jeff managed to “cut” Pacquiao, first in the crown area, and in the seventh round already near the eye, which is more dangerous. This paid off, and already in the sixth Horn for the first time cleanly hit the right and seized the advantage. The eighth round also took place with the advantage of the Australian, due to his approaches and close tactics. Pak, even if he managed to meet him, could not tear himself away, and the Australian literally hung on him for the whole round.
But already in the ninth, Manny began to move and not let himself be caught. And he shook Horn, whom he finished off with deuces in various combinations for the rest of the round. Jeff was shocked and, even, there was a threat to stop the fight from the referee during the break. He warned the Australian that if he did nothing the fight would be stopped. Jeff did not tempt fate and returned to his tactics already in the tenth round, and did not change anything until the end of the fight. And Manny, having spent a lot of energy on finishing off Horn, was tired and could do little to oppose the Australian, who purposefully went into clinches and worked dirty there.
The twelfth round was brighter and remembered for the ending, when both fighters, standing up almost frontally, went to the exchange. The judges delivered a verdict - a unanimous decision in favor of Jeff Horn. Is it fair? I think yes. Horn implemented his tactics and plan for the battle, not without loss of course, but this was to be expected. He was in the ring with Pacquiao himself and had to take risks. And with risk, mistakes are not ruled out. However, Horne did a great job and won the fight with his tactics.
Of course, this tactic will not work with any top of this weight, except for Manny. And it is not clear what Horn will be able to show against young champions who are not inferior to him in size. But that's why it is a tactic that is selected for a specific battle, and here it turned out to be successfully executed. So what about Manny? It would seem that he is still competitive in fights with young tops and welterweight champions, but it’s obvious to everyone that his time has already passed and you don’t want to see Pacquiao beaten.
There is a question about his possible fight with Terence Crawford, but after today's defeat, this is already a less likely event. Rather, rumors about a possible fight between Pak and Konstantin Ponomarev are more real on this moment. What Manny Pacquiao himself will decide, and how it will be further, we will find out in the near future.
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In the career of the most famous boxers there was always one main opponent, the fight with which society could call with the prefix "super". Everyone remembers the confrontations between Ali and Foreman, Hagler against Sugar Ray Leonard, Tyson against Holyfield, and in modern boxing This Manny Pacquiao - Floyd Mayweather(49-0, 26 KOs). It was not the best fight for both boxers, and for the Filipino he became one of the most unsuccessful at all. However, its significance for modern professional boxing hard to overestimate.
They tried to organize the historic Mayweather-Pacquiao fight for more than one year, but the negotiations constantly ended in failure. As a result, the fight nevertheless took place at the end of the careers of both boxers. In Las Vegas on May 2, the legendary American and the phenomenal Filipino clashed in the ring. Tickets for this fight cost crazy money, and paid PPV broadcasts on American television sold like hot cakes in the market.
Despite losing in a boring 12-round bout, Pacquiao earned his biggest payday of his career, $120 million, while Floyd pocketed $180 million. In terms of fees, this fight became the highest grossing in history. And this is without taking into account the percentage that the boxers received for paid television broadcasts on American rival television channels HBO and Showtime. It should be noted that such cooperation between the two TV channels was difficult to imagine in American business realities.
OSCAR DE LA HOYA
"Golden Boy" Oscar De La Hoya(39-6, 30 KOs) during their professional performances earned the status of one of the best by defeating many famous names. In the duel with Pacquiao, it was De La Hoya who was considered an almost unconditional favorite. This opinion was influenced by the status of the former Olympic champion and the fact that Pac-Man fought Oscar for the first time at welterweight. The Filipino physically looked less powerful than his American opponent.
In 2008, before the December fight, the boxers went through a serious media campaign, during which Manny was given a supporting role. However, in the fight itself, Pacquiao immediately took the initiative into his own hands, showing that he was elusive for Oscar. The high-speed Pac-Man moved a lot, more often and more accurately punched punches, putting the opponent in a difficult position.
The Golden Boy later stated that Pacquiao's punches were very fast, biting and caused him serious damage. Throughout the fight, the Filipino beat the American in every possible way, and in the interval between the 8th and 9th rounds, the American team simply decided to refuse to continue beating so as not to ruin the health of their boxer, who at that time had a hematoma in almost his entire left eye .
MIGUEL COTTO
In a duel with a Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto(40-5, 33 KOs) Pacquiao won the WBO world title in the weight category up to 66.7 kg. Cotto at the time of the fight with Pacquiao alternately defeated Michael Jennings and Joshua Clottey. Note that the fight with the Filipino in the United States at that time received the prefix "super".
Miguel after the defeat of Antonio Margarito ceased to carry the status undefeated champion, and in the battle with Pac-Man, he was given a little less chance. However, no one expected that there would be such a one-sided beating in the ring - Pacquiao did whatever he wanted with the Puerto Rican.
In the third round right hand Filipino for the first time sent Cotto to the knockdown. The second time the champion fell after Pac-Man's uppercut in the 4th round. In the championship rounds, Manny generally arranged a beating, and the referee at the beginning of the 12th round stopped this action. Some time after fight pacquiao admitted to reporters that the fight with Cotto was one of the most difficult in his career.
RICKY HUTTON
When it comes to the most significant victories of Pac-Man, one cannot help but recall the unexpected end of the duel with the British Ricky Hatton(45-3, 32 KOs).
For Pacquiao, the fight with the Englishman was a comeback after a short downtime. The Filipino was called the favorite, but no one expected that in his debut fight in the light welterweight division, Hatton would crawl around the ring in the first round. In the first three minutes of the fight, the Briton fell into two heavy knockdowns, but finished the round on his feet. The end of the fight came in the last minute of the second round, when an accurate blow from Pacquiao's left "gun" flew into the Briton's jaw. The Briton went to the deepest knockout, and as it turned out, was retired. This knockout was recognized as the best in 2009
ERIK MORALES III
Often, Pacquiao's confrontations with rivals did not end in one fight. The same thing happened with the opposition Eric Morales(52-9, 36 KOs). In their first fight, Pac-Man got a cut and lost to an experienced opponent on points, and in the second fight he took a confident revenge by knockout. All dots over i had to dot the third fight.
In the decisive fight, alarming notes for Morales sounded already in the 2nd round, when the Mexican missed an oncoming right hook to the jaw and knelt down. Previous fights have shown that a knockdown against Pacquiao is a harbinger of disaster. However, Manny did not force things and finish off his opponent. Again, unreasonable anxiety in the heart broke through in the third round, when, under a hail of blows from Pacquiao Morales, he sat down on the canvas. The Mexican could no longer stand on the count of 10.
SHANE MOSLEY
Another not-so-impressive fight for Pacquiao ended with a victory over one of the best welterweights in boxing history. Shane Mosley(49-9-1, 41 KOs). The American, as a fast and thoughtful boxer with knockout power in gloves, could throw a nasty surprise at the Filipino. Shane also looked great in the Mayweather fight, which made it possible to talk about their possible fight with Manny.
The danger of both boxers contributed to the fact that experts now call this fight a “tactical battle”, and not a bloody mess. Also, this fight became a model of technical boxing, in which Pacquiao won. Pac-man began to control the fight in the second round. However, the Filipino showed his advantage cautiously, since there was a great danger of “running into” a dangerous blow. But even in this manner, Pac-Man knocked down the opponent in the third round.
Mosley, in this fight, worked more with a jab from a distance, but basically he could not hit a more nimble opponent. The only positive for the American is Pacquiao's knockdown in the 10th round, which was the result of a referee's mistake.
MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA I
The first significant fight in Pacquiao's career was a meeting with a Mexican Marco Antonio Barrera(67-7, 44 KOs). The Filipino boxer, who previously beat the so-called “no-names”, in November 2003 went to fight for the world title according to The Ring magazine.
For Pacquiao, as an underdog, it didn't start well, because at the beginning of the 1st round he was unsuccessful in keeping his balance, and fell, and the referee mistakenly called it a knockdown. There was no hit by Barrera and the Filipino focused on this.
In the 3rd round, the Mexican already missed a blow and rolled around the ring, getting up only at the expense of "8". Barrera immediately decided to arrange an exchange of blows with Pac-Man, but achieved nothing.
In the 9th round, Barrera and Pacquiao were in the clinch, and while the referee gave the order to disperse, Barrera landed a hook to Pacquiao's jaw. The referee penalized the Mexican by one point because of this behavior. At the end of the 11th round, Pacquiao again forced Barrera to kneel, indicating a knockdown. The subsequent finishing off from Manny generally forced the referee to stop the fight. The course of the fight came as a surprise to many experts and the beginning of the path of the Filipino boxer.
Timothy Bradley III
The Filipino had his last fight with an American Timothy Bradley(33-2-1, 13 KOs). We could not help but put the end of the trilogy in our rating. The first defeat of Pacquiao seemed to be the arbitrariness of the judges, the subsequent victory was called the triumph of justice, and everything was to be decided in the third meeting.
Pacquiao before his last fight was considered a favorite among the experts. Bradley's chance was seen only in the help of the judges, as in the first fight, or the coaching phenomenon of Teddy Atlas.
However, everything ended as expected. Dimensional Bradley did not lose by knockout, and did not celebrate the victory on points, having been knocked down twice.
The fight began cautiously, with boxers throwing single punches. Pacquiao won the first three rounds by a narrow margin due to more activity and accurate hits. Then Pac-Man's advantage got bigger as 3-4 hit combos started to come through. The referee recorded the first knockdown in the 7th round. At this moment, Pacquiao performed a combination with three quick strikes, and Bradley, avoiding them, lost his balance. In the 9th round, the Filipino left hook from Timothy's rules to a "clean" knockdown. Then, realizing his advantage on points, the Filipino brought the fight to the end "without straining." In the end, all three judges scored 116-110 in favor of Pacquiao.
JUAN MANUEL MARQES II
In March 2008, the second duel took place between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez(56-7-1, 40 KOs). In Pac-Man's career, it was the uncompromising Mexican who was the most uncomfortable opponent. In their first fight, having sent Marquez down twice, Pacquiao could not snatch victory - a draw, in the second fight it was not so easy - the Filipino won by decision, the third ended in a controversial decision of the judges, and in the fourth Manny "turned off the light" and almost sent to retire.
The second fight was probably the most 100% won for the Filipino. At the end of the 3rd round, Manny with a counter hook to the Mexican's jaw made the referee count to 4. Then Pacquiao went for finishing moves, but there was not enough time. In the 7th round, the fight was generally suspended due to a mutual cut caused by a headbutt. However, the boxers continued, and in the championship rounds we saw an equal fight with a slight advantage of the Filipino. As a result, the judges by a split decision declared Pacquiao the winner.
ANTONIO MARGARITO
In a duel with Antonio Margarito(39-8, 27 KOs) Pacquiao won the championship belt in the eighth weight category. No boxer of our time had such an achievement. It was the victory over Margarito in the light middleweight division that brought Manny this historic achievement.
From the very beginning of the fight, Pacquiao seized the advantage and did not miss it until the gong. The Mexican, as expected, had a very strong jaw and the Filipino failed to knock out Margarito. However, the beating was obvious, and the Mexican cut forced Pacquiao to ask the referee to take pity on the opponent and stop the fight. The result of 12 rounds of beating was a devastating set on the scorecards: 120:108, 118:110, 119:109. After this fight, Margarito was no longer "the same" in subsequent fights.
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Over the American Jesse Vargas and became the world champion according to the World Boxing Organization (WBO) in the welterweight division. Lenta.ru recalls other bright fights of the famous boxer.
November 11, 2003. Manny Pacquiao - Marco Antonio Barrera
Pacquiao is the first and so far the only boxer to win titles in eight weight categories. I started with the lightest (up to 50.84 kilograms) and successfully rose to the first middle category (69.91 kilograms). Despite his occupation, Pacquiao is extremely religious. He constantly talks about God at a press conference, and after each fight he thanks the Almighty for help. as well as his hostility towards gays.
In 2003, in the United States, the 26-year-old Filipino met with the most experienced Mexican boxer Marco Antonio Barrera. In the first round, Pacquiao was knocked down, but this misunderstanding only angered the athlete who was hungry for victories. He bombarded the venerable opponent with punches throughout the fight. As a result, Barrera himself was knocked down twice, and in the 11th round the coach could not watch how his ward was simply beaten, and asked to stop the fight. This is Pacquiao's first truly meaningful victory.
May 8, 2004 Manny Pacquiao - Juan Manuel Marquez
Already in the first round, Pacquiao sent the Mexican to the floor three times, but he got up each time. It was a real battle - the fight lasted all 12 rounds, the judges recorded a draw. The Filipino and the Mexican met three more times - Pacquiao prevailed twice, Marquez won once by knockout.
December 6, 2008. Manny Pacquiao - Oscar De La Hoya
The 1992 Barcelona Olympic champion Oscar De La Hoya, nicknamed the Golden Boy, was at that time the most eminent of all the Filipino's rivals. To meet him, Pak Man jumped to welterweight, bypassing one category. De La Hoya, who had an advantage in height and arm length, was considered the unconditional favorite, but already in the opening it became clear that the experts were deeply mistaken. The American simply did not have time to respond to Manny's lightning attacks: despite Long hands"Golden Boy", he got hard.
Before the ninth round, the corner of the American stopped the fight, and Pacquiao ascended to the boxing Olympus. De La Hoya, by the way, got so painful blow out of pride that he never returned to the ring - the fight with the Filipino was the last in his career.
May 2, 2009 Manny Pacquiao - Ricky Hatton
The fight was title. Offender of the legendary Russian boxer Bones Tszyu, Briton Ricky Hatton defended the championship belt of the International Boxing Organization (IBO) for the second time. The struggle that the audience expected did not work out - already in the first round, Hatton was twice in heavy knockdowns. It all ended at the end of the next segment, when the crown left Pacquiao flew into Ricky's jaw - this knockout was recognized as the best at the end of the year. Another title for the Filipino, and the British were pumped out by doctors for a very long time.
