In Pacquiaos recent fights he has shown not to come just straight forward and shows angles and moves left and right, in and out alot! I think Pacquiao has better footwork than Duran.
PacMan moves very well but still gets over-zealous at times when he punches and ends up off-balance. Duran may not move as quickly or fluidly as PacMan, but he is sounder than PacMan and doesn't expose himself as much.
but I just think sometimes people overrate fighters in the past and don't give the fighters in the present enough credit. I feel fighters in the past get overrated more than underrated at times.
Duran's not exactly Harry Greb though if you know what I mean... '70s and '80s isn't that long ago
Pac only just recently started utilizin footwork. He's improved his defense and right hand usage over the last couple yrs, but footwork never seemed to prevalent til his last 3 fights. Hard to jump str8 to sayin he's got some of the best footwork ever, tho it is damn good now.
pac does.he has some of the greatest footwork I've seen, granted he gets off balance a bit when he gets overzealous, but for the most part he has great footwork.
Yo Caz, wasup wit all the Duran threads homey?
Its not an attack on Duran its just an observation and wondering if others felt the same as I. Duran is no doubt a great, but I just think sometimes people overrate fighters in the past and don't give the fighters in the present enough credit. I feel fighters in the past get overrated more than underrated at times.