[quote=bhebhiej]I will agree with you that maybe Manny should not be quite so convinced that he can beat De La Hoya (although it's a boxer's instinct to feel that he can beat anyone, which fuels success usually) but I have to strongly disagree with you that Manny was fighting slower in lightweight. On the contrary, I thought Manny looked extremely fast (no loss of speed) and extremely good in the David Diaz fight. David Diaz is a damn good boxer but was overwhelmed by Manny's speed and power. The cuts that Diaz suffered were more from the speed than the power of Pacquiao (although it was certainly a combination of both). My final thoughts after the Pacquiao-Diaz figher was that I thought Manny looked just as good (if not better) as he did 5 years ago. My main concern is him taking a 2 weight class jump in just a few short months to battle Oscar. I can't say that this match is a "suicidal" move for Manny, but it's gonna be a hard fight, likely the most difficult of his career and probably will be a reality check for him. He did surprise me against Diaz, though, so maybe he'll surprise me again. I'm a huge fan of Pacman, he's my favorite boxer, but I am concerned about a fight against De La Hoya. Thank you, also, for posting in my thread.[/quote] no your wrong dude, if you carefully watch the bout, you can clearly see and count manny pacquiao's landed punches while comparing his featherweight bouts, it is hard to determine how many punches landed everytime he starting to use combo. and if you notice pacquiao during his fight with diaz, he barely move side to side which is something he usually do with his previews fights. what he did during that night was just standing in front of diaz and throw flury of punches and this is something that shows manny really was losing his agileness. just because diaz was rock hard by pacquiao doesn't mean pacquiao still have that speed. only that diaz ain't moving well and is not capable of dodging and countering pacquiao's punches. and Diaz ain't that good as Marquez and considering the way he fight, surely a slugger like manny can do what manny did to diaz. theres no way you won't loss any speed after adding weight, not unless your body is comfortable with the weight. in the case of manny, moving to 135lbs is not a problem, it is confirmed that manny is comfortable with 135lbs.he still have that power but the speed is slightly different this time though it is barely noticeable. gaining the same speed at 135lbs is also not a problem, manny just need to fight couple of lightweight bouts and surely he will gain the speed he have during his featherweight reign (just like he did when he moves to super-featherweight). for me jumping to 147 is already a different story. I dunno why manny change his mind and wants to fight in welterweight while when he was interviewed after the fight w/ diaz he refuses to fight 147. I really want manny to win this fight but my brain says this is something not acceptable to the nature of boxing (you know a former flyweight fighting a welterweight). :wallbash: I hope manny prove i'm wrong. BTW don't use highlighted video when comparing. that thing won't show you the actual speed. peace

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