Ronda Rousey: Pacquiao can provide Mayweather a tough time if he doesn’t jump in

UFC woman’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is giving her friend Manny Pacquiao a decent probability of displeasing Floyd Mayweather Junior in their mega-money fight in city, Sagebrush State on could ordinal.


Rousey, United Nations agency is unvanquished in UFC competition at 11-0, thinks Pacquiao shouldn’t create the error of attempting to leap in against Mayweather within the manner that Pacquiao jumped in against Juan Manuel Marquez in their fight in 2012, Pacquiao was knocked cold by Marquez when he stricken the Filipino star with a superbly regular mitt to the pinnacle.


Instead of jumping in, Rousey says Pacquiao ought to fight together with his feet flat on the canvas and appearance to pressure Mayweather perpetually for as long because it takes to urge the triumph.

Rousey has ne'er boxed in her life at the skilled level, thus she’s simply giving her opinion of what she thinks Pacquiao ought to do against Mayweather instead of her having a decent plan of what's going to work or not work for the Filipino fighter.

“If Manny doesn’t jump in and he uses relentless pressure and uses all his speed, I feel he’s attending to provide Floyd a very onerous time,” Rousey same via ESPN’s 1st Take. “I understand he’s [Pacquiao] attending to provide Floyd some distinctive issues that Floyd hasn’t had to wear down – speed and relentless. The issue is that if he doesn’t simply jump in and he stays planted on his feet and uses all the speed that he has, I feel that’s an extremely sensible strategy for him. I do know Floyd is a very dangerous guy for Manny to fight, particularly as a result of he’s such a good counter puncher. That’s why I say Manny must not jump within the manner he did against Marquez; it’s not attending to compute. If he keeps his feet planted and uses his pressure, it’s attending to be utterly totally different.”

I think Rousey’s recommendation for Pacquiao goes to urge him altogether dominated by Mayweather during this fight. Pacquiao virtually can’t fight together with his feet planted on the canvas like Rousey desires him to, as a result of he’s too short to fight like that, and he’ll ne'er reach his target.

If Pacquiao tries to trudge his manner into punching vary by keeping his feet planted on the canvas, Mayweather goes to choose him off by landing everything however the sink on him. However by constant token, if Pacquiao jumps in like he’s through with his opponents his entire boxing career, Mayweather goes to choose him off with onerous shots to the pinnacle.

Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach is already talking concerning having Pacquiao jump in and out, thus it's like Rousey’s strategy for Pacquiao goes to fall on deaf ears.

“It’s very key that we’re in and out of the pocket very fast, as a result of if you keep within the pocket for quite 2 shots with Mayweather, he’s attending to hit you back,” Roach same via the Boxing Channel.

Does that sound like Pacquiao goes to fight together with his feet planted on the canvas? Roach goes to own Pacquiao jumping in and out for as long because the fight lasts. The issue is that if Mayweather is in a position to time Pacquiao like Marquez did, we’re attending to see Pacquiao face down on the canvas once more. He’ll be planted alright, however it won’t be his feet that area unit planted.

Honestly, Pacquiao has been jumping in and out for thus a few years throughout his professional career that I don’t assume he couldn't fight like this although Roach tried to alter his vogue for the fight. It’s just like the solely tune that Pacquiao is aware of a way to play. He can’t fight in another vogue as a result of he’s too recent at this time to be told a unique manner, and additionally he’s found success with this fighting vogue. The sole guy that was able to discover a way to benefit of the design was Marquez. Currently its Mayweather’s communicate solve Pacquiao’s fighting vogue.

Rousey ab initio mentioned eager to fight Leila Ali (24-0), a fighter abundant larger than her. However once ironed onerous concerning once she would be willing to require the fight, Rousey danced around, oral communication that she couldn’t fight Ali thanks to previous commitments. She additionally same that she would fight somebody her own size instead of Ali. Thus in alternative words, Rousey wouldn’t be fighting Ali although she turned her career to boxing. It’s a decent issue, as a result of Ali is just too huge, too robust and simply too accomplished.


Rousey may be a wrestler/judo kind fighter, and it might be just about not possible to show her into a decent enough fighter for her to contend with somebody like Ali in my read. Ali, 5’10” hasn’t fought in eight years since her last fight in 2007, however I feel she would don't have any issues going in fine condition and altogether wiping Rousey move into a match. I don’t assume it might be competitive in any respect. I see it as a worse match than Ali’s last fight against Gwendolyn O’Neil, United Nations agency she knocked move into the first spherical in 2007.