
Pacquiao vs. Algieri Highlights: Knockdowns, Top Moments and Scorecard Results
Chris Algieri wasn't ready.
The 30-year-old wasn't prepared for Manny Pacquiao's speed on Saturday night in Macau, China. Former Pacquiao rival Timothy Bradley had warned Algieri that he would find out what speed was on Nov. 22. Take a look at the video below from Top Rank Boxing:
From the looks of the bout, we'd say Algieri was made aware of Pacquiao's swiftness.
Algieri also felt the power that many wondered if Pacquiao still possessed. Pacquiao didn't get the knockout he was so clearly pursuing. However, he did drop Algieri six times en route to a dominating unanimous-decision victory.
HBO Boxing has the numbers:
The knockdowns began in the second round. Algieri went down to one knee after a glancing blow caught him on the top of the head. It actually looked more like a slip on a wet spot in the corner, but because a punch landed right before Algieri hit the canvas, it was called a knockdown.
While Algieri was having issues finding his offense from Rounds 3-5, he stayed out of danger.
That ended in the sixth when Pacquiao sent the challenger for a loop with a hard right hand. Algieri would do what has become his signature tuck roll on the canvas. He did the same move when Ruslan Provodnikov floored him in the first round of their fight.
Algieri was still hurt when he got up, and he would be forced to take a knee moments after the initial knockdown in the round.
In the ninth round, HBO's Max Kellerman went to talk to Algieri's trainer, Tim Lane, in the corner. Lane was in the midst of telling Kellerman that Algieri was going to knock Pacquiao out in the 10th round. No sooner than Lane finished the predictive sentence, Pacquiao landed a hard, straight left that floored Algieri.
He would get to his feet again before going down once more later in the round. Pacquiao's assault was stellar, but Algieri deserves some credit for taking some nasty shots and finishing the fight.
Algieri would go down for a sixth time in the 10th round. Once he got up, it was clear his objective had shifted from trying to win the bout to simply surviving it. Algieri did make it to the final bell. Shortly after the bout was over, per HBO Boxing, Algieri was very complimentary of Pacquiao:
After such a great performance from Pacquiao, it's refreshing to know that the story was one fighter's performance and not some inexplicable decision.


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