If you had watched the sasakul fight, it will speak volumes of pacquiao will to win. It would not be farfetched to think that he is losing all the rounds prior to that left bomb. Sasakul was giving him a performance that could match pbf-gatti. The Filipino commentators ( henson ) were already giving up on him as he appeared very slow, very tired and just looking to land that big left. It did.
The thread title is "Has Manny been battle tested?" and not "Has Manny overcome adversity?"
As far as overcoming adversity,
Barrera 1-Manny was the underdog...A lot of people still doesn't know him that time
Marquez 1-Manny had a broken hand by the end of round 1 and he still managed to get a draw
When in Barrera I did Manny have to overcome adversity DURING the fight? Can you compare any of Manny's moments to Cotto's overcoming of adversity? Like I said its not Manny's fought that he hasnt been in those type situations, its a testament to his ability, I just think Saturday he will be in a fight and it will show.
The stoppage was premature. He got up, though. Kept fighting and got the W.
Ive seen that fight many times, the ref took points away from Hussein for trying to stop Manny from holding him. what the heck. He gave Manny ample time to recover, total home cooking.
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