Margarito needs to rough up Pacquiao

By Boxing News - 10/02/2010 - Comments

Image: Margarito needs to rough up PacquiaoBy Dave Lahr: I’m kind of wondering how many knockdowns and much of a beating it will require before Antonio Margarito is given a decision against Manny Pacquiao in their fight on November 13th. I don’t think Margarito is going to need a decision to win the fight, mind you, because I’m confident he’s going to beat Pacquiao to a pulp.

But I am wondering what it would take for a less popular fighter like Margarito to earn a decision against Pacquiao. My guess is probably around four knockdowns with each one of them spaced out in different rounds. I think getting a decision against Pacquiao is probably going to be next to impossible unless Margarito does something really dramatic in there.

I already saw the Mexican warrior Juan Manuel Marquez end up with one draw and one defeat in his two fights with Pacquiao, and I had Marquez winning both of those fights and I’m not the only one. This is why it’s important to beat the stuffing out of Pacquiao and ensure that he’s knocked clean out so that there won’t be any funny stuff afterwards.

Margarito is going to have to rough the little Filipino up to keep from running all over the ring all night long. His trainer Freddie Roach seems to be drumming it into Pacquiao’s head to hit and run and stay off the ropes. Margarito needs to give Pacquiao a little shoulder and shove into the ropes, and maybe land a nice shot to the head when he bounces off of them.

I would suggest grabbing Pacquiao and mauling him like bear, and make his short legs hold up the entire body of Margarito in the clinch. The important thing is go get Pacquiao out of control fighting like a wild primitive caveman. Once he’s fighting like that, he’ll be tuning Roach out completely and unable to listen to his pearls of wisdom.

Margarito needs to make this a Mexican brawl, and rough Pacquiao up as much as possible. Once he’s got Pacquiao fighting like a street amateur, Margarito needs to go the body and take Pacquiao out with a big hook. Pacquiao doesn’t like body shots and doesn’t seem to take them well at all.

Margarito will have Pacquiao rolling around on the canvas gasping for breath if he lands to the body. Okay, so you first get Pacquiao fighting like an animal, then after roughing him up, hit him in the gut when he’s not suspecting it. Maybe in the cinch, and then watch him roll around in pain.



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