If you were a manny fan and rooting for manny then yes, Quite distressing viewing..

But for those rooting for barrera it was comfortable to watch and a calming pace for Marco's gameplan..

I wouldnt go as far to agree with too many of your statements and only manny really knows whether his pop was coming and going throughout or if it was in fact down to marco and the way in which he seemed to have discovered and awkward variation of his boxing style to keep the pace a little more in his favour..

I would rather believe it was more likely that marco that kept manny slightly in check although pac wasnt guning for a fight like we may have seen before, However ..If he had perhaps it may not have done him any favours as barrera was sharp with counters and movement, But inconsistant during every other round..

There are alot of angles to be thought of when analysing this fight..