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In every Manny Pacquiao fight there has been peril, and therefor there is always glory
in the triumph.
War after war, Pacquiao delights his fans with his courage of fighting toe-to-toe
with every opponent he faces.
In Boxing preparing for battle is physical, and more often than not plans are ineffective,
but on the flipside to that coin planning is also indispensable.
For the large majority of Manny Pacquiao's career he's worked closely alongside long-time
trainer Freddie Roach.
The epic trainer-student duo has become one of the most recognized in the sport and it's
effectiveness is unquestioned.
Of course Buboy Fernandez deserves a mention as he's not only been Pacquiao's co-trainer,
but longtime friend.
Pacquiao's resume is a long one.
The only 8-weight division world champion.
The only 5-weight division lineal world champion.
The oldest welterweight Champion in History.
The only boxer to hold a world title in 4 different decades.
The only 4-weight glamour division world champion.
The only world Champion to serve as senator.
In Boxing Manny Pacquiao has broken so many world records he likely has the world record
for the most world records broken.
Pacquiao is still chasing more records, when he beat Thurman last year he scored his 22nd
victory over a world champion, if he wins 2 more he
will beat Floyd Mayweather's world record of 23.
With over 70 fights to his record his career is rich of highs and lows, it's had it's ups
and downs but his fans have stuck by him all the
way.
Looking at Manny Pacquiao's career is like looking at a history book, chapters upon chapters
of glory and honor.
Over a month ago we made a video looking at some of the most electrifying moments of Manny
Pacquiao's career, that video got over 30 thousand likes which is absolutely
incredible and a massive thanks to all of you who showed your support by liking, sharing
and commenting on the video.
In this video, we make Part 2.
Welcome to this video here on The Fight Game, where we once again take a look at some historic
moments where Manny Pacquiao defied his opponents,
and shocked the Boxing world.
For this video we start with one of the most significant victories of Manny Pacquiao's
career, his glorious win over Mexican Marco Antonio Barrera.
Going into this fight Barrera was recognized as the lineal featherweight champion of the
world.
The general consensus in the boxing world was that this
fight was going to be an easy one for Barrera, but Manny Pacquiao was the ultimate wild card.
Barrera had huge support and fittingly De La Hoya was
watching ringside.
The fight started with Barrera in the white and Pacquiao in the red.
Pacquiao began cautiously testing Barrera's defense with his lead hand in search for an
opening to land his laser-like hard left hand.
Quickly Pacquiao landed the left but then slipped.
Commentator: That was a slip [CROWD CHEERING]
But then shockingly the referee called it a knockdown.
Pacquiao now with a massive mental burden before the end of only the first round.
However he had to stay focused, and that's what he did.
Pacquiao got back to establishing his jab, and now and then he would slip the left hand
in behind it.
Barrera ended the round with a good bodyshot.
[CROWD CHEERING]
Before we continue lets take a look at the so-called knockdown.
Pacquiao lands the left hand, but seems to trip over Barrera's lead foot.
Upon closer look we see that Barrera actually steps on Pacquiao's
foot, resulting in Pacquiao falling over.
It was indeed a trip and shouldn't have been called a knockdown.
Now let's hear what advice Freddie Roach had in the corner.
Roach: Double jab, okay?
Alright?
Don't let him lead you, let's back him up with
the double jab.
Double jab, left hand.
We hear that Roach is instructing Pacquiao to set up the left hand with a double jab.
In the first 5 seconds Pacquiao let's go of that same combination.
And seconds later the same again.
Pacquiao also put his own spin on the instructions by double-feinting before the left-hand.
This is a great example of Pacquiao's disciplined ability to take instructions.
As round 2 came to a close the heat began to rise, Pacquiao and Barrera began to scrap
and the fans were watching an early clash of wills.
[CROWD CHEERING]
Going into round 3 there was a welt forming around the eye of Barrera.
And quickly Pacquiao would score the first real knockdown of the fight.
[CROWD CHEERING]
With the crowd roaring Pacquiao fought his heart out, the underdog was an underdog no
more.
It was all Pacquiao.
As the rounds went by it was the Filipino underdog who out-fought the Mexican warrior.
[CROWD CHEERING] Commentator: This is an absolute war!
The speed in both the hands and feet of Manny Pacquiao shocked the
American-Mexican crowd.
Out of nowhere this young man from the Philipines arrived onto the scene and now he was demolishing
one of the division's greatest.
[CROWD CHEERING]
The blitzing hand-speed was piercing the guard of Barrera with ease.
For every punch Barrera was landing, Pacquiao landed 3.
[CROWD CHEERING]
Then in round 6 Pacquiao seemingly dropped Barrera, however it was ruled a slip.
Let's take a closer look, in slow motion we can actually see that it should've been
ruled a knockdown.
So far Pacquiao had been robbed of 2 points.
But it mattered not to Pacquiao, his mental fortress remained in-tact and he continued
to bulldoze Barrera in the following round.
It was the dawning of a new superstar, the coming-out party.
[CROWD CHEERING]
In round 11 Barrera would get knocked down with exhaustion from the sheer pressure Pacquiao
had put on him.
What many don't talk about is Pacquiao's fitness, his pace of fighting is
almost impossible to keep up with.
Pacquiao shortly would continue the onslaught and Barrera's corner finally stepped onto
the ring apron to stop the fight.
Pacquiao had done it, a legend was born in the ring that night.
A superstar of Boxing who rose from rags to riches.
Pacquiao defied Barrera with heart and speed to score a technical knockout victory in the
11th round.
Pacquiao: I am a superstar to the eyes of the people, but in myself I don't want to
be higher than before.
Translator: He means that he wanted to still be humble as he usually is.
The victory sparked a media frenzy and fans couldn't wait to see more from Manny Pac-Man
Pacquiao.
For the next fight we take a look at the megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto.
The fight was fittingly billed as Firepower.
This was Pacquiao's seventh weight division he ventured into.
The only six-weight world champion ever wanted to push his record further.
The fight took place at welterweight.
Cotto at the time was a highly respected Puerto Rican warrior with a long string of wins over
high-class opponents.
If you hadn't guessed already Pacquiao had a lot of doubters during his career.
Every fight they said he had finally went too far, but Pacquiao knows no
limits.
The fight started cautiously.
Pacquiao showed Cotto's power great respect.
Cotto kept Pacquiao at bay with the jab.
Cotto ended the round strong.
[CROWD CHEERING] Commentator: Ducking and slipping, and now
tries to get a bodyshot in on Pacquiao.
[BELL RINGS] Cotto is just as fast when he trades with Pacquiao!
Round 2 was much of the same, Cotto had fought fast fighters before and he knew how to keep
Pacquiao in his cage.
Commentator: So far Cotto is doing alright!
[CROWD CHEERING]
But the tentative easing wouldn't last long.
Commentator: 3-punch combination Pacquiao!
There's the speed advantage for Pacquiao!
He starts to open up!
Cotto tries to find a place to counter!
And by the end of round 2 each fighter were slugging it out.
Commenator: Good bodyshot by Cotto!
Traps Pacquiao in the Corner!
What a round!
[BELL RINGS] Commenator 2: This is what we came for!
The next round started with the crowd chanting Manny.
And soon Pacquiao would score the first knockdown.
Commentator: Manny landed a little right hook in there - and follows up by knocking Cotto
down!
The combination was one Pacquiao likes to throw a lot, jab to the head, left hand to
the body, then jab back up to the head.
The opponent drops his lead hand for the bodyshot, leaving an
opening upstairs, and then Pacquiao takes advantage with the right hand.
This is also the same combination that knocked Thurman down.
However after the knockdown it was actually Cotto who fought back valiantly, and ended
up dominating most of the round.
Commentator: That's Manny's rythm, he goes in and out, he punches on his toes.
Commentator: Left hook by Cotto landed! - knocked Pacquiao back!
Round 4 continued with back and forth action Commentator: This is the most we've seen Pacquiao
geting hit in recent fights.
Commentator 2: Uppercut snaps Pacquiao's head back!
[CROWD CHEERING] Commentator 2: Flurry of punches for Pacquiao!
When Pacquiao laid against the ropes Cotto landed hard blows to the body and head.
But then Pacquiao returned with a flurry of his own and ended
up scoring another knockdown.
Commentator: Now it's Cotto who's back is against the ropes, and he fights his way off,
and goes down again!
Pacquiao's an incredibly difficult boxer to face because of his ability to throw punches
from all sorts of angles.
Cotto got back up and continued fighting, and even though Cotto seemed to be the one
scoring more, Pacquiao was taking Cotto's shots really well.
Pacquiao kept walking Cotto down, resulting in Cotto getting fatigued from all
the movement he was doing to avoid a frontal confrontation.
Soon Pacquiao got to Cotto in the corner.
Cotto quickly grew tired and Pacquiao took advantage of that.
Commentator: He can't see the punches coming!
Pacquiao's god-like fitness is what separates him from the rest.
It now seemed the end was near as Pacquiao proceeded the continuation of a vicious assault.
Commentator: Does he wanna close the show?
Does he wanna close it right now?
Pacquiao scored a technical knockout victory in the 12th round.
[CROWD CHEERING] Commentator: Now Kenny Bayless does his duty!
Pacquiao once again done the improbable, he defied Cotto with pure greatness.
There's a reason why he's regarded by some to be the best boxer in the sport, beating
Miguel Cotto is one of many.
Commentator: We thought Manny Pacquiao was great, he's better than we thought.
For the next one we go far into the past for old time's sake, we go back to over 21 years
ago to December of 1998, where he won his first world title.
The fight took place at the 112 pound division, and he came up against Chatchai
Sasakul.
Sasakul was a boxer from Thailand, and the fight took place on his home turf.
At the time Sasakul had 32 wins and only 1 loss.
Pacquiao at the time had 23 wins and 1 loss.
They both were fast boxers and the combined 54 wins made the matchup very exciting.
The fight started with Pacquiao pushing forward.
We can see here, even over 20 years ago, Pacquiao's straight left hand was the money shot.
Commentator: Good left hand there from Pacquiao.
His in-and-out movement of the feet is something that's deeply rooted into his style.
[CROWD NOISE]
In the 8th round Pacquiao got the job done with a hard left hand.
[CROWD NOISE] Commentator: And down he goes...
We can see Pacquiao simply flicked the jab to measure up the distance,
then after that he replaced it with a laser-like left hand.
Manny Pacquiao's reign had officially begun.
Next up we look at the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton.
The fight was billed as The Battle of East and West.
It took place at the light-welterweight limit of 140 pounds.
Before the fight, both fighters had a friendly game of darts.
[DARTS THROWING]
Spectator: Ricky wants double 2.
Spectators: Ay!
Hatton would win, but of course it was the fight-result that truly mattered.
Lots of people are aware of this knockout against Hatton, but very few know the technicality
behind how it was made possible.
The fight started with Hatton moving forward in a straight line, Pacquiao timed a fall-back
right hook.
The fall-back right-hook is a signature shot from Manny Pacquiao, he lets his body fall
to his back leg when his opponent throws, this makes the opponent over-extend and consequently
leaves an opening.
Pacquiao has done this famously against Margarito.
Pacquiao lands this punch seconds later again.
Pacquiao soon landed this punch a third time, but Hatton would not
be so lucky this time around.
Commentator: 1-2-3-4, very heavy looking punches he really let them go there.
And a right hand!
Puts Hatton the floor!
He still has the power even at this weight!
Pacquiao had become familiar with the timing of the punch, and he was able to intercept
Hatton's left hand with it this time.
Pacquiao would knock down Hatton another time before the end of the
round.
Commentator: He's in survival mode here!
Commentator 2: Down again!
He's been caught here by a Pacific Typhoon!
Hatton made it to round 2, but would soon be ultimately knocked out.
[CROWD CHEERING] Commentator: Oh!
That might end it!
Massive left hand!
Let's take a closer look at this punch, Pacquiao falls back on his left leg, like he did when
he scored the first knockdown.
Pacquiao extends his right arm, to give the elusion that he was repeating the same punch,
but Pacquiao actually comes up with a left hook instead of a right.
I personally like to call this rhythmic deception.
Hatton was anticipating the same punch, and was in no way prepared for the pulverizing
left hand that came from down low.
This knockout won the knockout of the year award in 2009.
It was at this stage where Manny Pacquiao looked to be in his absolute prime.
Manny Pacquiao, forever defying the environment he's in, forever great.
He'll go down as one of the greatest boxers of all time.
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