Manny Pacquiao vs Ricky Hatton, 2 minutes 31 seconds left in the first round…”Bam!” right hook to the face of Hatton. Hatton clinches…2 minutes and 10 seconds left in the first round and “Bam!” again, right hook to Ricky Hatton’s face. Ricky Hatton presses forward with his usual rough-housing tactics. Clinching and hitting while in the clinch. Manny Pacquiao circles away from Hatton’s clinch and positioned himself on the outside at the center of the ring. Ricky Hatton tries to fire a one-two combination. Pacquiao ducks Ricky’s punches. Pacquiao fires his own one-two and misses. Hatton seems to be aware of Pacquiao’s deadly left straight. 1 minute 29 seconds remaining in the first round and Pacquiao hit Ricky Hatton with a right hook while Ricky Hatton was coming in! Ricky clinches again. Referee Bayless breaks the clinch…Ricky continued to push forward, stalking, throwing one-two combination again…Manny Pacquiao evades those
punches and throws his own one-two, while Ricky ducks and clinches again. Referee bayless breaks the clinch and Pacquiao hit Ricky Hatton with another right hook! And followed it up with three punch combination! Ricky seems to be hurt and now holding on to Manny Pacquiao’s waist. Ricky clinches again….and Referee Kenny Bayless breaks the clinch. Pacquiao hits Ricky with a four punch combination….Ricky backs up a bit…Ricky Hatton was about to throw his left hook…but Manny Pacquiao connected first with his own right hook! The punch hit right on the button on Ricky Hatton’s chin. Down goes Ricky Hatton for the count!
Which brings us to Manny Pacquiao’s Most Effective Techniques part 4: Manila Ice: The right hook!
It was Pacquiao vs Morales 1, a classic fight between two legends. It was a battle from start to finish. But on the 5th round, a head butt cut Manny Pacquiao above the eye that hinders his sight, which was ruled by Referee Joe Cortez as a “punch”. The cut bothered Pacquiao all throughout the fight. Coach Freddie Roach was supposed to train Pacquiao the “Manila Ice” for this fight, or the “right hook”. And it was apparent that Pacquiao has not perfected it yet. Pacquiao lost that first fight with Erik Morales via unanimous decision. When coach Freddie Roach was asked about the fight, he said “Pacquiao has been too “left hand happy”. Evidently, Pacquiao was too much dependent on his “bullet” straight left hand. And Morales was wise enough to watch out for that left hand in this fight. He was also intelligent enough not to brawl with Pacquiao all the way, but to mimic Marquez’ counter-punching style.
Pacquiao learned a lot from that first fight. Coach Freddie Roach continued to train Manny with the “Manila Ice”. The training was long and repetitious… I once heard Manny Pacquiao say “Sometimes I get bored doing the right hook over and over again…but that’s just the way it is. Now I don’t need to think about my right hook. Its already there when I need it.”
The right hook can be employed in many different situations. Manny Pacquiao usually throw the right hook when his opponents are coming in with a left jab. He slide his right foot to the right, and slightly leaning his body to the right side, letting the opponents’ left jab slip in front of him, then from the legs the twisting motion shall begin, and the movement shall travel towards his hips, going to the torso, all the way to Manny’s shoulders and right arm; and with a powerful circular motion, his arm shall pass right above his opponents’ extended left arm. The movement shall be punctuated with his right fist hitting his opponents’ face. All these movements happen in less than a split of a second. His opponents usually won’t see the punch coming. And as they say, “the punch that you don’t see is the punch that usually knocks you out!”.
After some long hard training, trying to perfect the right hook…After the first Morales fight… Manny Pacquiao was pitted against a dangerous opponent, Hector Velasquez. Velasquez at that time had never lost a fight in 8years. He was in his winning streak. And he was taking his chances against one of the best punchers in the business, Manny Pacquiao.
And as always, Manny Pacquiao brought an exciting show against Hector Velasquez. Velasquez for the full fight had a hard time finding the speedy Manny Pacquiao. And from the beginning of the fight, Manny peppered Velasquez with super fast combinations and some taste of those hard straight lefts. But it seems that Velasquez was one tough customer. Even though he’s received some good punches, Hector kept swinging. Then on round 6, 49seconds left in the round…Hector Velasquez was coming in with his lead right…then “Bam!” Manila ice executed to perfection. It stunned Hector Velasquez. Manny Pacquiao’s killer instincts kicked in! Pacquiao rained power punches on Velasquez. Hector Velasquez went down for the count! Game over for Velasquez.
Pacquiao vs Morales 3. Exciting fight! Just as you expect from two ring legends who gave us two other equally thrilling fights. Furious exchange of punches from the first bell! Second round, Erik Morales was chasing Pacquiao against the ropes, when Pacquiao caught Morales with a hard left hand to his right ear that knocked down Erik Morales. Erik Morales got back up and furious fighting continued. Fierce exchanges again happened on round 3. Then 1minute 35seconds left on the third round, Erik Morales was coming in with his long left jab at Pacquiao….”Bam!” Manila Ice: The right hook, hit Morales at the side of his head. Erik Morales was stunned! Manny Pacquiao rained punches on Morales. And Erik Morales’ warrior spirit just couldn’t back down. Morales kept throwing straight punches at Pacquiao. But Manny Pacquiao felt that right hook land, and he can smell the end for Morales. Super hard and fast combination connected by Pacquiao on Morales!
Morales was retreating…Pacquiao was chasing…then a left straight connected by Pacquiao that sent Erik Morales falling to the other side of the ring! Erik Morales was down for the count. He shook his head saying he’s had enough. The fight was over! Manny Pacquiao knocked out Morales for the second time.
From a one armed left handed fighter, now Pacquiao can knock his opponents out with his right fist!
That’s double trouble for any future Manny Pacquiao opponents!
punches and throws his own one-two, while Ricky ducks and clinches again. Referee bayless breaks the clinch and Pacquiao hit Ricky Hatton with another right hook! And followed it up with three punch combination! Ricky seems to be hurt and now holding on to Manny Pacquiao’s waist. Ricky clinches again….and Referee Kenny Bayless breaks the clinch. Pacquiao hits Ricky with a four punch combination….Ricky backs up a bit…Ricky Hatton was about to throw his left hook…but Manny Pacquiao connected first with his own right hook! The punch hit right on the button on Ricky Hatton’s chin. Down goes Ricky Hatton for the count!
Which brings us to Manny Pacquiao’s Most Effective Techniques part 4: Manila Ice: The right hook!
It was Pacquiao vs Morales 1, a classic fight between two legends. It was a battle from start to finish. But on the 5th round, a head butt cut Manny Pacquiao above the eye that hinders his sight, which was ruled by Referee Joe Cortez as a “punch”. The cut bothered Pacquiao all throughout the fight. Coach Freddie Roach was supposed to train Pacquiao the “Manila Ice” for this fight, or the “right hook”. And it was apparent that Pacquiao has not perfected it yet. Pacquiao lost that first fight with Erik Morales via unanimous decision. When coach Freddie Roach was asked about the fight, he said “Pacquiao has been too “left hand happy”. Evidently, Pacquiao was too much dependent on his “bullet” straight left hand. And Morales was wise enough to watch out for that left hand in this fight. He was also intelligent enough not to brawl with Pacquiao all the way, but to mimic Marquez’ counter-punching style.
Pacquiao learned a lot from that first fight. Coach Freddie Roach continued to train Manny with the “Manila Ice”. The training was long and repetitious… I once heard Manny Pacquiao say “Sometimes I get bored doing the right hook over and over again…but that’s just the way it is. Now I don’t need to think about my right hook. Its already there when I need it.”
The right hook can be employed in many different situations. Manny Pacquiao usually throw the right hook when his opponents are coming in with a left jab. He slide his right foot to the right, and slightly leaning his body to the right side, letting the opponents’ left jab slip in front of him, then from the legs the twisting motion shall begin, and the movement shall travel towards his hips, going to the torso, all the way to Manny’s shoulders and right arm; and with a powerful circular motion, his arm shall pass right above his opponents’ extended left arm. The movement shall be punctuated with his right fist hitting his opponents’ face. All these movements happen in less than a split of a second. His opponents usually won’t see the punch coming. And as they say, “the punch that you don’t see is the punch that usually knocks you out!”.
After some long hard training, trying to perfect the right hook…After the first Morales fight… Manny Pacquiao was pitted against a dangerous opponent, Hector Velasquez. Velasquez at that time had never lost a fight in 8years. He was in his winning streak. And he was taking his chances against one of the best punchers in the business, Manny Pacquiao.
And as always, Manny Pacquiao brought an exciting show against Hector Velasquez. Velasquez for the full fight had a hard time finding the speedy Manny Pacquiao. And from the beginning of the fight, Manny peppered Velasquez with super fast combinations and some taste of those hard straight lefts. But it seems that Velasquez was one tough customer. Even though he’s received some good punches, Hector kept swinging. Then on round 6, 49seconds left in the round…Hector Velasquez was coming in with his lead right…then “Bam!” Manila ice executed to perfection. It stunned Hector Velasquez. Manny Pacquiao’s killer instincts kicked in! Pacquiao rained power punches on Velasquez. Hector Velasquez went down for the count! Game over for Velasquez.
Pacquiao vs Morales 3. Exciting fight! Just as you expect from two ring legends who gave us two other equally thrilling fights. Furious exchange of punches from the first bell! Second round, Erik Morales was chasing Pacquiao against the ropes, when Pacquiao caught Morales with a hard left hand to his right ear that knocked down Erik Morales. Erik Morales got back up and furious fighting continued. Fierce exchanges again happened on round 3. Then 1minute 35seconds left on the third round, Erik Morales was coming in with his long left jab at Pacquiao….”Bam!” Manila Ice: The right hook, hit Morales at the side of his head. Erik Morales was stunned! Manny Pacquiao rained punches on Morales. And Erik Morales’ warrior spirit just couldn’t back down. Morales kept throwing straight punches at Pacquiao. But Manny Pacquiao felt that right hook land, and he can smell the end for Morales. Super hard and fast combination connected by Pacquiao on Morales!
Morales was retreating…Pacquiao was chasing…then a left straight connected by Pacquiao that sent Erik Morales falling to the other side of the ring! Erik Morales was down for the count. He shook his head saying he’s had enough. The fight was over! Manny Pacquiao knocked out Morales for the second time.
From a one armed left handed fighter, now Pacquiao can knock his opponents out with his right fist!
That’s double trouble for any future Manny Pacquiao opponents!
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