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Roach has cut down Pac's pre-fight sparring to just a little over 100 rounds in his last 3 fights. They used to do a minimum of 140 rounds if i recall. Could this be the reason why Pac is running out of gas lately?

what i noticed is he has thrown less punches lately and usually doing nothing on the 1st minute of every round.

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"dencio, the chemist who once dreamed of becoming a doctor someday"

Thats right bro dencio. Could be due to inadequate sparring sessions. I dont remember Roach' reason why he cut down on Pacs sparring

Maybe its because Pacquiao is 33 years old?

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could be true but we can only speculate.

pacman though less active and throwing less punches, still is the clear winner of that fight.

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"dencio, the chemist who once dreamed of becoming a doctor someday"

I will drink to that!

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well mayweather is 35 and trains 2hours everyday till his muscles memorize the reflexes..i think the reason is training only for 8 weeks before the fight is not enough. MP has so much going on with his life. bradley is right that MP schedule is constantly moving around 24/7 with no time to relax. Well i can understand that hes a politician/entertainer/preacher. But after a fight he will not again train till 2 months before his fight agn. Remember boxers nowadays train harder as much 3 hours everyday. MP was use to be like this when hes not in politics yet(but understandably, one needs to established himself and take care of his future after boxing). Well, now all his attention is divided with so many commitments. Good thing he cut his vices and late nightout. Thank you manny for a decade of great boxing!!

Of course, he did on purpose. His concession is not to do anything in the first half of every round except to defend himself. He was bobbing and weaving in the 11th and 12th, but wouldn't do anything in the starting minutes since the early rounds.

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I think it's because Pac gets so out of shape in between fights.
He doesn't work out at all between fights.
Then about 10-12 weeks before the fight, he starts light training.
That inactivity has caught up with him .

8 weeks of training is enough. He trained 10 weeks for Morales and over trained.

I think Pac needs to run 5 day a week now to stay in shape.
Also, Roach needs to stop importing these sparring partners who do nothing but trade punches with Pac. He needs to find runners and movers. Not just bangers.
Roach doesn't allow Pac to spar with Porter and Khan now b/c honestly they get the best out of Pac in sparring b/c it takes Pac a long time to get in shape during camp.

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I agree.

I agree.

If there's one thing i agree with Bratley its that when he met Pac during the pre-fight press conferences he saw tiredness in Pac's eyes thats why he was so confident going into the fight that he can whoop the Pacman...but tiredness doesnt mean that he can already manhandle Pac. Pac was still too much for him.