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The sport of boxing has seen some extraordinary characters who transcended the sport in more
ways than one both inside and outside the ring.
Global waves of emotion, dazzling displays of skill, determination
and will-power, blistering fast hand-speed, destructive power, or perhaps a respectful
demeanor that's to inspire many generations to come.
All great boxers tend to present one of those aspects.
But what if I told you there's one boxer who presents all of those things.
I present to you, Manny 'Pac-Man' Pacquiao.
Once a young boy who arose from the depths of the Philippines to the absolute pinnacle
of Boxing.
In his early career Pacquiao had some haters, but he saw them as motivators.
In a sport muddled with brash proclamations Manny Pacquiao is a man of a singular strand,
belief in his own ability.
The common foe has felt the perpetual wraith of his vigor and zest.
His reign was not the saga of a boxer, but a rise from rags to riches, and then again
to greatness.
To topple not only those in front of him, but those who laid far beyond.
One by one, Manny Pacquiao overthrew the champion of 8 weight divisions as a
confident invader in foreign land.
Manny Pacquiao is a fighter who's achieved things that lesser men would call impossible.
So far we've made a 2-part series overlooking moments where Manny Pacquiao defied his opponent
in the ring, you guys showed incredible support for Pacquiao by watching, liking
and commenting on the videos, so in this video we make Part 3.
Welcome to this video here on The Fight Game, where we breakdown some times where Manny
Pacquiao defied his opponent, and we analyse deeply the mechanics that enabled him
to systematically dismantle his opponent in the ring.
[PACQUIAO vs. JULIO]
We look to Manny Pacquiao's fight versus Jorge Julio, a 47-fight veteran at the time from
Colombia.
It was Pacquiao's third fight in the United States and the second defense of his
122 pound world title.
The fight started with Pacquiao establishing his position in the center of the ring.
Quickly Pacquiao lunges in an attempt to land his left hand.
He motions with the left hand again, almost getting the feel for it rather
than intending to land it.
Again he tries to land the left hand.
On his fourth time he lands the left hand the cleanest so
far, although it didn't seem to have much grit behind it.
Again he lands the left hand, Pacquiao sure was eager to get comfortable landing that
left hand.
After Pacquiao got the feel for the left hand he started
to let it go with great intention.
It was like target practice, he kept landing with pin-point accuracy.
With laser-like precision Pacquiao became familiar with the way he can land the
left hand.
All of these left hands are in only the first round by the way.
Let's hear what coach Freddie Roach had to say.
Roach: "I want you to use the jab a little bit more.
Okay?
You're a little bit wild with your punches okay, I want you to go behind the double jab."
As you heard, Roach instructed Pacquiao to use the jab more.
And that's just what Pacquiao did.
[CROWD NOISE]
Pacquiao scored a knockdown in the first 10 seconds of the round by doing as he was told,
Manny Pacquiao is a very coachable boxer.
Julio got up but Pacquiao knocked him down another time quickly after.
[CROWD NOISE]
Once again Pacquiao showed just how powerful his left hand is.
Julio got up again, and Pacquiao saw victory in sight and continued to pressure Julio.
Commentator: "Pacquiao is just getting ready to swing away again, Bill Clancy has seen
enough!"
A very impressive 2nd round victory for Manny Pacquiao.
He showed skill, power and coachability.
Announcer: "Manny...
The Destroyer...
Pacquiao!"
[PACQUIAO vs. BRONER]
Manny Pacquiao has had his fair share of trash-talking opponents.
But in his fight against Adrien Broner Manny Pacquiao held an inevitable constituent,
his first fight past the age of 40.
Pacquiao has been doubted many times in the build up to his fights, there tends to be
the common reasoning of size, this opponent or
that opponent is too big for Manny to handle, but he sure did prove them wrong.
As we approach the tail end of Manny Pacquiao's career, we as observers are introduced to
a new reasoning, age.
Most boxers fade drastically past the age of 40, well, Manny Pacquiao is not most boxers.
In his fight against a young Adrien Broner, Pacquiao proved
to the world that he doesn't only defy opponents, but age itself.
The build up was fueled by Broner's trash-talking antics, but Pacquiao remained cool as ever.
Broner brought words to the table, but it was Pacquiao who brought action to the ring.
The fight took place in Las Vegas and attracted fans from all around the world.
It was Experience versus Youth, Offense versus Defense, Pacquiao versus Broner.
But of course the question many were asking was is Manny Pacquiao still good enough
to compete with the young guns of the sport.
The fight started with Pacquiao being active with his feet and lead hand.
Broner, despite his mishappenings, is quite the crafty boxer when he puts his mind to
it.
Pacquiao edges, looking for an opening, and quickly
gets Broner to the ropes.
Broner did a good job of defending.
Pacquiao got Broner to the ropes again, but Broner again showed
craftiness by holding.
Pacquiao was able to slightly land his right hand in his next attack.
Pacquiao then found the opening for his left hand.
Despite it's lack of back and forth action, the first round had of a lot of active
feinting and footwork.
The fact that Pacquiao was able to out-move Broner at the age of 40 showed that age mattered
not to Manny Pacquiao.
The fight continued onward from there with Pacquiao trying to get inside the defense
of Broner.
Broner is generally quite good at evading the punches, but he's a single-shot fighter.
That means he rarely throws in combinations, and that would later prove troublesome for
Broner against one of the greatest combination punchers in the sport.
Broner is always looking for that one perfect punch, you can see here
he's looking to land that clean right hand as Pacquiao comes in.
Single-shot fighters also tend to get overwhelmed by aggression, which
can be seen here.
[CROWD NOISE]
In the clinch Broner pushed his elbow to Pacquiao's throat, which of course is against the rules
and quite disrespectful.
Pacquiao however the polar-opposite, remained emotionless to the foul.
Here Pacquiao motions, Broner ducks thinking a left hand is coming, but Pacquiao waits
for Broner to come back up before throwing it and consequently lands clean.
At 40 Pacquiao was not who he once was, but it looked like it was still better than the
youth of today.
The middle stages saw Pacquiao land with more authority.
Round 7 was Pacquiao's most dominant round in the fight.
[CROWD NOISE]
Pacquiao's speed was too much for Broner who often gets overwhelmed by high-volume combination
punchers.
Also watch here how Pacquiao breaks Broner's high-guard defense by dragging his
glove down and lands through the opening.
Round 8 Saw Pacquiao land a sweet right hook after Broner's jab.
We don't really see how clean it landed until we see it in slow motion.
In round 9 Pacquiao landed a very hard left hand nearly dropping Broner.
Pacquiao avoids Broner's right hand, comes back in with a jab and then lands the left
hand clean to the chin.
It's impressive Broner managed to stay standing after a shot like that.
Much of the fight included Pacquiao cutting Broner down, looking for a path of attack,
but it's difficult to fight a boxer like Adrien Broner who much prefers to stick and move.
However despite this, Pacquiao still managed to out-box a boxer who wanted to do the out-boxing.
Manny Pacquiao is unmatched in both speed and intensity.
Broner had little interest in trading with Pacquiao as he avoided a war by all means.
Pacquiao came to fight like always.
A very comfortable decision win for Pacquiao, a true example of
his grandiosity as he defied Adrien Broner's youth, and age itself.
[PACQUIAO vs. MARQUEZ II]
The epic rivalry between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez is one that's produced
a common respect between two gargantuan boxing fanbases, the fanbase of the
Philippines, and the fanbase of Mexico.
History will look very kindly on boxers such as Pacquiao and Marquez, and considering we
have a 4-fight rivalry between them both we just had to include this particular
fight in this series.
The first fight ended in a draw, which was a very entertaining affair with high-volume
action.
The second fight held massive anticipation not only from the clash of fanbases, but from
the hype surrounding the spectacle of their first meeting.
Pacquiao was beginning to solidify himself as someone really special in the sport, a
win over Marquez would set that in stone.
Pacquiao started the fight moving his head side to side staying off the straight line
and perhaps trying to reveal a movement in which telegraphs Marquez's attack.
Neither fighter willing totally to stand toe-to-toe as they remained active in-and-out with the
feet.
Marquez quickly landed a great right hand.
Towards the end of the first round we saw a little more action but in the same see-saw
style with the feet.
Pacquiao and Marquez are very strong punchers who respect one another's power.
They know one punch can knock them down, and so they were cautious with how much
time they spent within eachothers range.
And such a scenario nearly came to fruition when Marquez landed a massive left hook with
5 seconds left to go.
Commentator: "Uppercut by Marquez...
HUGE LEFT HOOK!"
A very impressive shot by Marquez who landed while both fighters rotated their position.
Pacquiao entered the next round surely cautious, making sure not to get caught by another shot
like that, but also to recover still from the previous round.
However he regained his confidence as the round approached the last minute.
And very soon the dynamic would quickly change.
Commentator: "DOWN GOES MARQUEZ!"
Just when you thought Pacquiao might be in trouble, he knocks Marquez down.
Marquez got up and both fighters ended the round in a roaring blaze.
The next round started with a continuation in pace.
These are 2 very evenly matched warriors.
Such amazing skill displayed by both boxers.
Marquez began to gain momentum towards round 6.
Going into the second half of the fight it seemed practically even, but remember Pacquiao
did score a knockdown in round 3.
Pacquiao uses his right hand often to measure up for his powerful left hand.
His left hand is truly one of the most dangerous punches in the history of the sport.
His style very much revolves around setting up his left hand, it's not only his knockout
punch, but his scoring one too.
Pacquiao started the championship rounds with a crazy interception with the left hand.
Pacquiao rolls under Marquez's left hook, and with the momentum he lands a left
hook to the face of Marquez with an elastic snap.
A truly extraordinary display of his boxing ability.
Pacquiao attempted to capitalize on what seemed to be a hurt Marquez.
The championship rounds put even the greatest of champions to the test.
Their heart, skill, pride and durability is revealed to all spectators right there in
the ring.
If there's one place in the world you can't hide, it's in the boxing ring.
As the final round it looked like Pacquiao was finally going to get a victory.
[CROWD NOISE] Commentator: "And here comes the crowd, on
their feet, one more right hand from Marquez!
One more combination from Pacquiao!"
[BELL RINGS]
What a great fight.
Pacquiao thought he won, but Marquez thought he also won.
It was a very close fight, but the knockdown Pacquiao scored secured him a very close decision
victory.
A simple conclusion came from these violent delights, just how even a match these great
fighters were to one another.
A victory for Manny Pacquiao was the product of the violent determination of two passionate
warriors.
That brings a close to this video, we hope you enjoyed it and if you did consider checking
out Part 1 and 2 to this series by checking out the channel.
Also a massive thank you to all the loyal subscribers who liked and commented
on the previous videos.
We'll see you in the next video here on The Fight Game.