New Weapon

Right hand jab that looks more of a Straight Punch... This is the new weapon that Manny Pacquiao brought in his fight against Nahrongrit Fashung Pirang... (i don't know the right spelling for Fashung cause some articles write it as Fahsan and Pirang which was written as Phirang... But i'll just use Fashung and Pirang cause it's the one i've seen on his shorts)

From his past fights... Manny is known to be aggressive and most of his punches are just pure combination and just waiting for the right time to unload his devastating left hand... He also relies on his foot work and rythm to unload his killer blows... but all of that was changed...

Since the very first round... Manny unloaded continous barrage of his newly acquired weapon... And one thing that is very noticeable to his new fighting style is that he had lessen his foot work and decided to just focus on giving more power to his right hand punches... He also limits the use of his left hand and only used it when Fashung gets too close to him... But because of the good defense shown by 3k Battery... most of the punches thrown by Manny landed only in his gloves... But Manny showed that his all business... he continues his raging punches and deadly combinations that stopped the momentum of Fashung...

Late in the 2nd round... Pacquiao connects with a right punch straight to the forehead of Pirang and then throwed a left hand that made the Thai boxer hit the floor... on the 3rd round... Pacquiao continues to work on his right hand but as promise, the Thai boxer fought toe-to-toe and unloads his own right hands that shaken up Pacquiao but most of these are counter punches. The 4th round was a different one... Manny is just too fast and too furious for Pirang to handle... He throw a right hand and then followed it with a left uppercut that made the Thai hit the floor again... But it's not yet over... after the standing 8 count Pacquiao threw again a right hand that opened the defense of Pirang and then delivered his finishing left hand uppercut connecting to the jaw that sends Pirang's both feet up and landed hard on his back... But i was surprised that a doctor suddenly appears inside the ring that stopped the fight... i thought referee Ferdinand Estrella should have counted first before stopping the fight and then call a doctor... is this the meaning of a home court advantage? Anyway... it doesn't really matter because obviously Pirang was knocked out...

Pacquiao definitely proved that the speculations of the Thai camp are wrong... They said that Manny is not at his peak condition which Manny personally admits and that they found the vulnerable spot of Manny that Pirang promises to rip off...

This bout ended to be a tune-up fight in preparation for the rematch against Juan Manuel Marquez on Febuary 26 next year... But i think Manny showed some weaknessess in this fight... One is that when he's too confident, he tends to drop his guard and becomes too careless... another weakness is that he lessens his foot work making him an easy target... and another one is that he easily gets frustrated when he can't knock down his opponent after delivering hard punches...

After the fight against Marquez it's rumored that he's next opponent will be Erik Morales and then the much awaited rematch against Marco Antonio Barrera...

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