Mayweather can have to be compelled to attack Pacquiao early to beat him, says Foreman

In order to defeat Manny Pacquiao on might ordinal, Floyd Mayweather Junior. Goes to wish to travel on the offensive early, throw plenty arduous combos, and not offer Pacquiao the first rounds, says former heavyweight champ St. George Foreman.


Foreman doesn’t suppose Mayweather can win the fight as a result of he’ll kick off slightly too slow and too several rounds away to the Filipino star. Foreman thinks its winnable fight for Mayweather, however as long as he attacks Pacquiao from the gap bell and nails him with arduous shots and not simply single shots. Foreman thinks Mayweather must throw combos to induce the higher of the 36-year-old Pacquiao and win rounds.

“Against Pacquiao, you've got to throw arduous shots and opt for the end 2 or 3 times,” Foreman same to sports.yahoo.com. “He’s [Mayweather] reaching to have to be compelled to throw combos and massive punches. You’re not reaching to get a knockout however attempt early anyway to remain ahead on points.”

Juan Manuel Marquez invariably created it a degree to throw arduous combos back at Pacquiao in every of their four fights. He wasn’t simply attempting to nail Pacquiao with single counter shots, though he did do plenty of that. Most of the time the', Marquez would look to throw 2 to 3 shots, and he was ready to get the higher of Pacquiao in virtually each exchange they'd in their four fights. Don’t question me however Pacquiao won 2 of the fights and was given a attract a 3rd, as a result of I don’t realize it. Marquez won all four fights from my perspective. Marquez had plenty of success in returning forward and backing Pacquiao up. He didn’t simply await Pacquiao abundant of the time like Pacquiao’s different opponents.

Marquez was invariably willing to require the fight to Pacquiao and force him to either stand and meet him or make a copy. What we tend to discovered in those four fights is that Pacquiao isn’t nearly pretty much as good once associate opponent is returning at him than he's once he’s returning when his opponents. Pacquiao additionally isn’t superb fighting going backwards. In fact, he’s terrible and fighting in reverse gear. He doesn’t have the reach and he’s unable to land his short combos.

“He [Mayweather] will solely use that counterpunching if someone is offensive,” Foreman same. “Pacquaio uses his vogue and angles, he's arduous to land on with a poke. Mayweather could be a defensive genius, however believe Maine, to win these rounds it’s reaching to take offense.”

Foreman is perhaps right. Mayweather isn’t reaching to be ready to land enough counter punches for him to win rounds. He’s additionally not reaching to be ready to win rounds by simply gesture and moving from the surface. There square measure plenty of judges which will offer rounds to a fighter simply supported him returning forward notwithstanding he’s not landing something. It’d not be enough that Mayweather is creating Pacquiao miss all night long together with his shots.


Mayweather goes to wish to run Pacquiao down, or chase him once he tries that jumping in and jumping out issue that he likes to use. Once Pacquiao jumps backwards to start out retreating, he’s vulnerable. He’ll stop once somebody comes at him and take a look at and throw combos, however his feet aren’t set for him to induce any power on them and he’ll be vulnerable to obtaining knocked down on his backside.