This fight is going to be good to watch. It's either going to be Manny completely destroying Margarito, or it's gonna be a competitive fight. Mosley employed a very easy game plan against Margarito: use movement and hand speed to land punches, hold to recover and thwart any Marg offense, push off to get space again, then repeat it all over again. And it worked to perfection. In the Pac/Marg fight, I think Marg has to continue pressure regardless of the punishment a la Cotto. Pac will not hold like Mosley did, he'll use his brilliant footwork to get around, but he won't hold. This means that eventually Marg will definitely get chances to mount an offense. It's up to him if he wants to fight, and I believe he does. But I think Manny's handspeed and footspeed will thwart Marg's offense each time he gets close to starting it. And the way Tony leans in, doesn't bode well for him AT ALL against Manny. Manny UD 12.
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