Manny Pacquiao vs Chris Algieri - Nov 22nd - Venetian Macao

Henno30

boxer.fan wrote: »

I think his technical ability could be greatly underrated by many fans. I can't remember ever seeing another boxer with such amazing skill. He uses his footwork & movement not only to evade attack, but also to deliver punches from crazy angles. His opponent's head was being snapped back continuously despite having their gloves up in a reasonably good defensive position.

I was getting pissed off with the commentary the last night. They were criticizing Lomachenko for circling too much. Why on earth would he want to plant his feet in front of a durable, tough opponent trade blows when he has such supreme footwork & gas tank.

To show he can do it. There's a difference between a guy circling and pot-shotting because he wants to and a guy circling and pot-shotting because he hasn't the physical power to push an opponent back.

In the Salido fight, all Lomachenko's pot-shotting amounted to little for much of the fight. Where he was most effective was when he stepped in, sat down on his shots, and stood Salido up with punches that had something on them.

With the Walters fight in mind, people are wondering if Lomachenko has the physical strength to stand up to this guy. Stepping to his opponent and drilling him with hard shots is a way to convince people that he has. Constant movement makes people think that maybe he hasn't. That maybe a strong guy like Walters will bully him.

walshb

I was surprised that Manny didn't switch off against Algieri, who was so boring and negative.

walshb

I didn't realise that Vasyl was so busy. Over 1000 punches thrown.

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boxer.fan

walshb wrote: »

I was surprised that Manny didn't switch off against Algieri, who was so boring and negative.

Algieri's corner men have got to take a look at themselves after that fight. Did they really expect to give Manny the first half dozen rounds & expect their man to step up & blow him away in the later rounds? Crazy stuff altogether.