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Manny Pacquiao's relentless attacks against Oscar dela Hoya, and his accurate counterpunching against Ricky Hatton are what the eight-division champ hopes to bring against Keith Thurman to make it a short night.

Fernandez then said his childhood body should up his counterpunching game against Thurman, who has a tendency to wind up his punches, leaving him exposed to counter attacks.

"His counterpunching and then attacking made it impossible for his opponent to work out his style.

To pull it off, Broner will bank on his counterpunching skills to frustrate Pacquiao the way Juan Manuel Marquez did four times.

A burst from the 30-year-old, a regular feature throughout the contest, looked to have edged the eighth but Burns hit back with a left jab that connected on the nose of Crolla in the next, before they continued the final three rounds in counterpunching fashion.

"He is a counterintuitive, counterpunching personality," citing the president's recent "fan base" at a recent rally.

is a known defensive whiz on top of the ring choosing his spots and breaking down the opponent with his counterpunching abilities.

Close defeated Dunston's Sean Banks, with Birtley coach Graeme Rutherford declaring: "He gave a great display of counterpunching which had Banks bamboozled at times.

And Bray southpaw Nolan put in a clinical display of counterpunching winning every round to triumph 19-10 An emotional Nolan said that he had realised a lifetime ambition.

The unbeaten Rodriguez dominated the fight with his jab, counterpunching and well-timed body shots, keeping George off balance and mostly at a distance while pounding out a unanimous 10-round decision in the Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Instead, how about we go with Douglas Century's Barney Ross, which is concerned, literally, with counterpunching?