Salivating for Juarez vs. Pacquiao...

[Hous]

here is where i say "styles make fights" you don't belive me? lets just wait and see. as i said, rocky NEEDED to put more of his punchs together to get the tko or ko, that was clearly evident rocky could have gotten.

Styles make fights? Weren't you one of the haters that said Hatton is a bastard because Collazo troubled him? You do realize Collazo had the perfect style against Hatton, dont you?

So why do you have this mentality now, but not when Collazo lost?

[ferocity]

Manny hits too hard and is far too active.

When Barrera was busy, Rocky was ineffective.

Pacquiao goes to the body and and stops Juarez late.

i thought about this too, but once rocky sees what they have to work on they can only get better.

and it would take huge balls to see if pacquiao would dare come straight at rocky, especially coming in with wide punchs when juarez throws nice short punchs

[ferocity]

Styles make fights? Weren't you one of the haters that said Hatton is a bastard because Collazo troubled him? You do realize Collazo had the perfect style against Hatton, dont you?

So why do you have this mentality now, but not when Collazo lost?

sorry buddy, i didn't say this, im one of the ones who belived hatton did enough to win.

[Bozo_no no]

and it would take huge balls to see if pacquiao would dare come straight at rocky, especially coming in with wide punchs when juarez throws nice short punchs

Hand speed friend, hand speed.

Manny is much quicker than Rocky, and I think that makes the differnce.

Hope to find out though.

[Hous]

sorry buddy, i didn't say this, im one of the ones who belived hatton did enough to win.

My apologies...

[Papa Ace]

rocky fights clean, dishes out good lefts and a couple of right hooks but he tends to back out, even if he inititated the slugfest. once manny keeps going, its just a question whether rocky can withstood it. with tonight's performance, he has to do a lot more.

[ferocity]

Hand speed friend, hand speed.

Manny is much quicker than Rocky, and I think that makes the differnce.

Hope to find out though.

yes, but rocky has great timing. and im sure we will get to see this fight, i think the public will demand this fight.

[Azteca]

the way you counteract against great speed is good timing. manny is a totally different style. manny lunges in with his punches and crosses his feet. rocky would make him miss and make him pay. he would keep manny off-balance, upset his timing and rhythm, feint him out of his shoes and counter-punch with authority.

I think rocky's style of punching is just too short and compact for manny to deal with. he is used to fighting morales and barrera who don't throw many in-tight hooks and uppercuts. rocky throw's straight, accurate textbook punches and he paces himself for the later rounds in which he doesn't lose his power. on paper, manny wins, but fights are never fought on paper.

[ROSEWOOD]

I'm almost 95% sure this fight would not go the distance. Two young POWER PUNCHING fighters, going toe to toe, no bicycles included, that would be AWESOME!

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[grayfist]

If Pacquiao has anything, balls are among them. And that he has proven to have plenty of.

Juarez has a chance against Pacquiao and that's why I too am salivating over the prospect of a meeting between the two. But it defies common sense that the Rocky who was seen tonight, whose best chance was for a draw or at best a slight edge of a win against a fighter--regardless of caliber-- who had been soundly beaten by a guy whom he is supposed to beat, could SURELY give the guy who gave the beating now a beating? As Juarez failed to take Barrera down, much less out, the question is begged: how much more power does he have than Pacquiao who not only floored Barrera many times but eventually took him out?

So, okay, styles make fights. Are we saying then that Juarez is a better counter-puncher than Barrera? If so, then why did he back-track, particularly in most of the early rounds and not counter-punch Barrera tonight when MAB went in? And when he and Barrera stood toe-to-toe, who CLEARLY got the better of the exchanges? (Please note the operative word: CLEARLY).

Or, are we saying that Juarez can deal with the speed of Pacquiao quite easily? Then, why was he not able to convincingly deal with the lack of speed of an ageing Barrera?

Juarez is good. But to say with CERTAINTY that he can deal with Pacquiao's speed and would have the power to equal Pacquiao's is quite a stretch. It is that lack of certainty that now has me salivating.