Manny Pacquiao defeats Chris Algieri WBC Title Fight

MACAU – During the build-up to his fight with Manny Pacquiao, actor Sylvester Stallone called Chris Algieri "a real-life Rocky." And, as it turns out, he was. Just like Stallone's fictional Rocky Balboa didn't win the title in "Rocky," Algieri came up short as well. Manny Pacquiao knocked Algieri down six times Saturday and was never threatened as he cruised to a laughably easy unanimous decision victory before a sell-out crowd of 13,202 in their bout for the WBO welterweight title at Cotai Arena. Pacquiao opens southpaw while Algieri is orthodox. Pacquiao attacking early with left hands in the center of the ring against a largely defensive Algieri. Strong right hook, too, by Pacquiao.eft hook by Algieri, but his eye is swelling up. Pacquiao trying to flurry at the end of Algieri's punches. Left hand shot puts Algieri down. He says it's a slip, but given a ten count, anyway. Pacquiao is pressuring and finally scores a left hand, but Algieri's defensive fundamentals are strong. Right hand just misses for Algieri. Pacquiao looking to score when Algieri is against the ropes, but Algieri is on the move.In the thrilling Provodnikov brawl, Algieri survived two brutal knockdowns in the first round. His right eye was soon completely closed, but he soldiered on, showing tremendous grit and poise and more than that-the ability to make adjustments in the heat of battle. The difference between Provodnikov and Pacquiao is the Pacman’s dazzling footwork. When Pacquiao is on, he is a vapor, moving in and out and much more importantly, side to side – always firing multiple combinations from different angles. In December 2012 Pacquiao was on his way to ko victory when he was put to sleep by a devastating right hand from Juan Manuel Marquez. Manny took some time off after that loss but then returned to throttle Brandon Rios and then, last year, to avenge his controversial loss to Tim Bradley with a unanimous decision. Algieri has the edge in years. At 30 he is five years younger than his legendary opponent. However, when it comes to experience, Pacquiao is in a different league. Pacquiao is a veteran of 63 fights – Algieri a mere 20. More importantly, Pacquiao has been the big stage for years now. He has tussled with everyone, except, of course, Floyd Mayweather Jr.Over the course of 12 rounds, Manny Pacquiao absolutely destroyed Chris Algieri, knocking him down 6 times to take a wildly lopsided unanimous decision victory. Algieri's corner claimed that the plan was to let Pacquiao get ahead and then KO him late in the fight. If so, that's an insane plan. Whatever the plan was, it failed, as Algierir did not use the jab and high volume punching that have brought him success in the past. For his part, Pacquiao showed off very nice power - the kind of power many have felt has been missing from the legend in recent years. He may not have gotten the knockdown.cquiao showing no signs of slowing down, although Algieri is moving well, too. Pacquiao lands an uppercut as Algieri scores with a right hook. Pacquiao tries to batter Algieri against the ropes, but the American evades. The round basically ends at that point with Pacquiao pushing forward and Algieri backtracking.