Can anybody please analyze Pacquiao Power?

Well I just has been replaying Pac-Cotto fight and Im still amazed at the power he showed in this fight. I would like you to explain me the true behind Pacquiao power because I really dont get it. I saw Cotto trade bombs with Ricardo Torres who is a real puncher and he got hit flush but never when down clean to the canvas (the one time he got in there was because Torres pushed him) son in my record just against Pacquiao he has visited the canvas. You have that fight with Margarito that even thought he was hit with an enormous amount of punches specially in the second half of the fight (And the allegation of the plaster), he only went down the times he took a knee and then you have Mosley who we all know has pretty good pop in his punches, he also hit Cotto clean many times but never send him down. Then again how can Pacquiao generate this kind of power? Does he punch harder that Mosley and Margarito? if you see the list of tested fighters that he has faced all has visited the canvas at least or have been stopped... Morales, Barreras, Velasquez, Solis, Marquez, Larios, Diaz, DHL, Hatton, Cotto.

Comments (8)

Amazinger

leverage....speed You will notice he uses his leg too on most of his punches like leaping forward.

16y ago

ELPacman

PAC is a natural born puncher, that's all there's to it !! Trust me guys, I've trained alongside noobs who punched hard their first day in the gym(although their technique was lacking, but the pop was there from the get-go), I've also trained alongside folks who have been training for a few years and to this day are unable to hurt a fly! Yeah, that is true though. In my gym, I'd spar with different cats and some of them looked built and "looked" strong, but damn, I'd always be like, when is that strong punch coming? It never did. Then I'd be in with average looking dudes who aren't skinny but not built or strong looking persay, and I'd be getting hit by heavy shots I felt but didn't think I would because they weren't loading them up. Heavy handed and the way they position themselves to throw a punch makes difference. But a lot of it is born in you.

16y ago

ELPacman

Well, it's easily described as speed kills. Pacquiao has the speed which catches a lot of fighters with punches they had no idea where they came from. Add the nice pop he already had from having heavy hands(Manny's fists were bigger than Cotto who is naturally a bigger guy than Manny). Also Pac spars consistantly with middleweights which I'm sure makes him want to hit just as hard as they are to make himself feel that much more powerful. Roach said when Pacquiao was at 130lbs, he hit like a middleweight. Probably stretching the truth but not far from it. It's all about them heavy hands with blinding speed.

16y ago

El_Angel

It's the punch you don't see that knocks you out. No one sees the punch coming because he throws it from odd angles and with speed.

16y ago

Pullcounter7451

designer steroids... no one can ever generate that type of power without cheating. reported for libel and slander

16y ago

k1t3

It's the angles that Pac throws his punches.

16y ago

Webber676

Cant believe nobody can offer me an objetive analysis of this interesting fact... hopefuly Discovery Channel can air a scientific documentary of Pacquiao ala Michael Jordan.

16y ago

street_bully

He had insane power at 122-130, he does not hit harder now, but he hits as hard as he did against the 130 pounders.

16y ago