More mature Pacquiao ‘learned a big lesson’ from Marquez defeat, says assistant trainer

“He has learned a big lesson out of that. He became more cautious and has matured a lot as a fighter,” says Restituto “Buboy” Fernandez, a long-time associate and the assistant trainer for Pacquiao.

Fernandez said Pacquiao was winning the fight and was about to finish off Marquez when he became hasty.

“He is a fearless fighter inside the ring. In his desire to end the fight in a convincing fashion just to make the fans happy, he went for the kill in the dying seconds of the sixth round. And he paid dearly for it,” recalled Fernandez.

Now, Fernandez says, Pacquiao has remained ferocious but is no longer a careless fighter.