best footwork amongst active fighters

[revs1227]

rigo and pac


all others bow to them bc its not even close

[IronDanHamza]

great post. pac was always about reflexes and speed. his athleticism & awkwardness gave him the luxury of being "sloppy".

but i honestly think pac has great footwork. his feints & lateral movement in his prime was a work of art, and his ability to turn opponents at will cant be ignored. but i agree, when he is on the offensive, his balance is all over the place. LOL.

Most definitely.

To say Pacquaio has the best footwork in boxing is just outrageous IMO.

He has great footspeed but he footwork isn't great at all it's actually very sloppy at times

[SplitSecond]

I don't think you know what footwork actually is.

cutting off the ring is one of the simplest forms of footwork, anyone can do it, why the least athletic guys will take this aggressive role, come shelled up and just stalk you across the ropes, it does take footwork and skill to punch off this movement and at the top level it will take impressive feet as you chase down a speedster, along with alot more clever traps, you'll have to be a good fighter, and hopefully your opponent isn't too adamant about running for dear life

pacquiao stands infront of you with a high guard, sometimes seemingly squared up even, when you throw he counters by widening his stance, sitting on his back leg, lets your punch wizz by and comes back with a hook, straight w/e, will pivot while combo-ing you, looking to counter you, move his head to avoid punches, while throwing punches, all while circling you

there's the equalizer, the deciding factor in alot of his fights
cotto can cut off the ring pretty damn well, he predicts where you will go and he lunges with a jab, or a right to set up a liver punch, he's not bad at moving while punching
pacquiao destroyed him with footwork though, pacquiao punches him then as cotto is coming back pacquiao isn't there, he's damn near behind him, still punching him

cotto had his best moments on the backfoot, because this way pacquiao can't utilize his feet, at this point it was about cleverly getting close to cotto
pacquiao has trouble with marquez because marquez fights off the back foot, he doesn't let pacquiao circle him, pacquiao showed his greatest form of cutting off the ring vs marquez in the fourth fight, where instead of dashing forward or trying so desperatly to get angles on marquez that it looks like he is sporadicly bouncing around for no reason(he was trying to circle the backpeddaling marquez), what he used in teh 4th was fients, and bit by bit cleverly getting close enough to onload

get it? pacquiao in the 4th fight didn't use footwork to tag marquez, he cleverly, sneakily got close to him, this is the same way you usually cut off the ring, not so much with footwork

if a guy is running like an amatuer, then it becomes more a matter of dashing to him, pinning him down and doing your damage in these spurts when you have him pushed up against the ropes or countering him