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Amidst the drama, the unspoken legal issue of what happened days before the match, eight-division world champion Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, the fighting pride of the Philippines, had a lot of pressure on his shoulders, coming off from a knockout by Juan Manuel Márquez who KO'ed the Philippines fighting pride on December 8, 2012.
A ton of conversation surfaced about how the match ended, Manny's chin, his age, his speed, his strength. "Should he retire"? "Maybe he's getting too old?" "We all go old". . . and many, many more.
Is he? One wonders. Now, I am not an avid watcher of boxing, I don't understand how scoring is dictated but I know, like any common person knows, whether or not a fighter won, should've won, cheated, needs improvement, blatant, slow or lost.
As I watched Pacquiao bombard Rios round-by-round, I felt as if he learned from his previous fight. He has learned to be an intelligent, tactful and patient fighter. Taking what faults he might have had in the past, used them and improved them, that is the mark of any proper fighter. Learning to turn your weakness into strengths.
As anyone who saw the match between Brandon Rios and Manny Pacquiao, the amount of slight or blatant punches by Rios were uncalled for and any proper boxer who takes pride in his skills shouldn't do it.
Back to the round-by-round observations, as I watched Rios being bombarded by PacMan, I noticed that PacMan is still not back, in my opinion. His strength, the strength in his punches just wasn't there. Mind you, PacMan is still strong but not as strong as before. Rios is tough, period. Gotta give him his dues. He stuck throughout the entire match with minor bruises on his face. Plus his punches, as one can clearly see by the reactions of PacMan, aren't weak either. Respect.
If it wasn't for Manny's amazing footwork, there's a high percentage of chance that, it would have been another knock-out period. Rios is a heavy puncher but so is, or was PacMan.
In my humble opinion, if Manny's strength was back, his full strength, there would be more bruises on Rios' face and a fair percentage of a knock-out or even a knock-down.
Clearly, the match was in PacMan's side. Every round, I saw him swing at Rios without a care in the world (well, almost. PacMan was careful which is good) but every time Rios swung back, I sense the heaviness of Rios' punch. Every time, Rios would temporally corner PacMan, I felt that if he, PacMan didn't get escape, PacMan would have been knocked-out, period.
It is truly a blessing to PacMan - his footwork, his speed and his tactfulness. PacMan won the match over Rios', with a staggering 12-round wins, at least to this blogger's opinion.
With all this in mind, one might wonder is he? Is he truly back? Is the fighting pride of the Philippines truly back? Will his presence be known again in the world? Will he bring honor and respect to his country? Or will he show "his old", "his impatience". What do you think?
Me, I think he's back, but not fully. He lacks strength. Footwork and speed are there but his strength, that "pound-for-pound" that "you keep on receiving my punches. You'll go down, eventually" quality, is not.
Ladies and gents, Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao is back!
May his previous loss be a valuable lesson to him. Let him bring honor, respect and love for his country. Let him be a wonderful congressman to the people of Sarangani. . . I hope to see his strength back
Articles:
By Latimes.com *score card ratings (for those of you, who understand them)
By Theguardian.com *opinions about PacMan, earnings and a couple other things
Sincerely,
-John Arcenas
Amidst the drama, the unspoken legal issue of what happened days before the match, eight-division world champion Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, the fighting pride of the Philippines, had a lot of pressure on his shoulders, coming off from a knockout by Juan Manuel Márquez who KO'ed the Philippines fighting pride on December 8, 2012.
A ton of conversation surfaced about how the match ended, Manny's chin, his age, his speed, his strength. "Should he retire"? "Maybe he's getting too old?" "We all go old". . . and many, many more.
Is he? One wonders. Now, I am not an avid watcher of boxing, I don't understand how scoring is dictated but I know, like any common person knows, whether or not a fighter won, should've won, cheated, needs improvement, blatant, slow or lost.
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| PacMan and Freddie Roach Link To Image |
As I watched Pacquiao bombard Rios round-by-round, I felt as if he learned from his previous fight. He has learned to be an intelligent, tactful and patient fighter. Taking what faults he might have had in the past, used them and improved them, that is the mark of any proper fighter. Learning to turn your weakness into strengths.
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| Brandon Ríos (right) with two-time champion Antonio Margarito (left)Link To Image. |
As anyone who saw the match between Brandon Rios and Manny Pacquiao, the amount of slight or blatant punches by Rios were uncalled for and any proper boxer who takes pride in his skills shouldn't do it.
Back to the round-by-round observations, as I watched Rios being bombarded by PacMan, I noticed that PacMan is still not back, in my opinion. His strength, the strength in his punches just wasn't there. Mind you, PacMan is still strong but not as strong as before. Rios is tough, period. Gotta give him his dues. He stuck throughout the entire match with minor bruises on his face. Plus his punches, as one can clearly see by the reactions of PacMan, aren't weak either. Respect.
If it wasn't for Manny's amazing footwork, there's a high percentage of chance that, it would have been another knock-out period. Rios is a heavy puncher but so is, or was PacMan.
In my humble opinion, if Manny's strength was back, his full strength, there would be more bruises on Rios' face and a fair percentage of a knock-out or even a knock-down.
Clearly, the match was in PacMan's side. Every round, I saw him swing at Rios without a care in the world (well, almost. PacMan was careful which is good) but every time Rios swung back, I sense the heaviness of Rios' punch. Every time, Rios would temporally corner PacMan, I felt that if he, PacMan didn't get escape, PacMan would have been knocked-out, period.
It is truly a blessing to PacMan - his footwork, his speed and his tactfulness. PacMan won the match over Rios', with a staggering 12-round wins, at least to this blogger's opinion.
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| Link To Image |
With all this in mind, one might wonder is he? Is he truly back? Is the fighting pride of the Philippines truly back? Will his presence be known again in the world? Will he bring honor and respect to his country? Or will he show "his old", "his impatience". What do you think?
Me, I think he's back, but not fully. He lacks strength. Footwork and speed are there but his strength, that "pound-for-pound" that "you keep on receiving my punches. You'll go down, eventually" quality, is not.
Ladies and gents, Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao is back!
May his previous loss be a valuable lesson to him. Let him bring honor, respect and love for his country. Let him be a wonderful congressman to the people of Sarangani. . . I hope to see his strength back
Articles:
By Latimes.com *score card ratings (for those of you, who understand them)
By Theguardian.com *opinions about PacMan, earnings and a couple other things
Sincerely,
-John Arcenas
Previous article : "The faith of a nation."
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