Why did Pacquiao win? Why did Matthysse lose?

Manny Pacquiao rewrote another chapter of his legend. He became champion again, was knocked out after nine years without doing so and confirmed what all the badysts had predicted. The result was predictable, which was not predictable was, precisely, how it was achieved, by quick way.

The rival, Lucas Matthysse, has somehow ratified it was presumed, he long lost his enthusiasm, he left boxing a long time ago, although boxing insisted not to l & # 39; abandon. This title that he defended for the first time had fallen from the sky and in the night of Kuala Lumpur he only showed that it was an accident, never a conquest.

The Filipino as Argentine had clear reasons for the ring. win and lose. One was beyond time and the other, was defeated at the same time, something that must necessarily be explained.

THE OLD PACQUIAO AND THE NEW PACQUIAO

The image left by the seven badaults of Malaysia, was the confirmation that the weather gave the Filipino the wisdom necessary to prolong his career successfully, beyond of what is desirable. The experience gave him patience, sharpened the tactical sense, taught him to use his speed accurately, without wasting it and convinced him that his explosiveness was to serve the efficiency and never of anxiety.

Before Lucas Matthysse, we saw an exhibition of the wisdom of boxing and the clever use of all its resources. Starting with his position in the ring. He has always placed the best power shots, controlled the fight of his attitude, never stopped being offensive and risky at the right times.

This defensive caution allowed him to cancel again and again the long and announced right Matthysse was looking for his forehead, simply placing his left glove on that part of the face. His biggest problem is the straight lines or the double jab left that the Argentinean tried to take into account. When he did, he came with good moves, but the badimilation of the Filipino solved this problem.

Early on, he detected defects in Matthysse's defense which, coupled with his slow reflexes and almost no ability to beat, allowed him to release his hooks directly on the opponent's chin and made enough damage to send it more than once on the web.

The other tool that he used in attack and that was impossible to counter for Matthysse, was the curved right on the left of Argentina. Whenever Matthysse tried to hit the low or medium areas, Pacquiao followed him, stepped outside, crossed his right hand to reach his face, and was about to ring with the left hook in it.

This is a new Pacquiao. More technical, more patient and with the same speed, although administered with wisdom and strength. Not for a reason, he hit again after so long.

MATTHEW WITHOUT SOUL, WITHOUT HEART AND WITHOUT BOXING

Argentine facial language spoke for him early. We saw him discouraged, discouraged and as he refused to be the protagonist of a party at which he did not want to attend. After this painful defeat before Viktor Postol and his admission of being tired, Matthysse never managed to convince us of anything else. He spent several months without a fight and on his return he won two inferior opponents, who still gave him too much work.

We expected to see him lose, but it was hard to imagine so cautious. Argentina felt Pacquiao's blows, more in the mind than in the body. He went to the canvas twice voluntarily, that is to say that he bent his knee to avoid being touched. From the third round, we all knew that the fight would not reach the limit, it only remained to know how much Matthysse would bear before losing his belt.

He was content during the fight to keep the Filipino with the jab, at first he moved correctly to the right shoulder of the opponent to escape his dangerous left, placed precise lines with his left hand and always disarticulated throw his right to the outside, or failed or hit harmless glove Pacquiao. Unfortunately, he did not insist on the straight line, which was the only thing that managed to hit the Filipino.