ByChris Williams: The best thing to do against a fighter that jumps around like a jumping flea like Manny Pacquiao is to hit them to the body with hard shots to make it harder for Pacquiao to move. This is what Antonio Margarito will likely be doing against Pacquiao on November 13th. Margarito isn’t going to be able to slow Pacquiao down with head shots, because Pacquiao has a good chin and seems have no problems taking the hardest of punches without flinching. His head is like granite. It’s a waste of time for Margarito to even focus too many punches upstairs if it all he can accomplish is maybe a cut or two around Pacquiao’s always vulnerable scarred up eyes.

But the real key to victory for Margarito is to take away Pacquiao’s legs and make him more stationary. As it is, the weight that Manny’s been putting on has made hm a much more stationary fighter than he used to be. If you look at Pacquiao’s fight against Joshua Clottey in March, Pacquiao moved around very little after sixth round when he started showing signs of fatigue. It may be that Margarito might not even need to focus on body shots to get Pacquiao to stand and trade. However, it will clearly help him the more he throws to the body because the sooner he gets Pacquiao to stop jumping around, the easier fight will get for Margarito.

Pacquiao is basically nothing when he’s not able to jump around. He’s too small to beat Margarito in a head to head battle, and will never be able to beat the Mexican in a war which involves volume punching. I know Pacquiao threw over 1000 punches against Clottey, but he also only had to worry about 10 punches coming back from Clottey each round.

With Margarito 10 X that amount each round, Pacquiao is going to take a terrible beating if he’s unable to move around a lot to keep from taking so many punches to the head and body. This is why it’s important for Margarito to work Pacquiao over with hard body shots and never let up until he’s got Pacquiao unable to move and forced to fight him in a small box.