pacquiao's achilles heel?

[mockingbird]

it is interesting to me that this is not often mentioned, but pacquiao's only two KO defeats came from clean shots to the body...dude crumpled over both times in devastating fashion...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9pa1H_TLmU&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4qwBzJKrXY&feature=player_embedded

id be curious to see why during manny's recent run of seeming invincibility it doesnt seem like anyone has made a concerted effort to throw power punches at his body...

i know its easier said than done, but manny's chin is obviously solid as hell...why not focus more on the body?

just a thought...

because those two KOs you were talking about were flukes. he reported to both fight dead on the weight, literally .

[#4#king]

Where have you been??? Skinny Pac is not relevant anymore!! Cotto's Body Punches was like a Massage to Pac nowadays.

haha...touche my man...pac is a beast...

like i said, i understand he a completely different fighter now...i just always thought that campo punch was a clean shot to the body...knowing now that its not, it changes things a bit...

[Heru]

It doesn't matter, Cotto and Hatton have established themself as the best body punchers in the business and they couldn't make a dent. So...

The jab to the solar plexus might work (even though I see Roach preparing Pacquiao for it), but anything else I see getting countered.

[PinoyZoi]

Hell whats the point of these old videos??? Mayweather doesnt even have the power to KO anyone, he got help to KO Hatton by the ring side.

[Khalid X]

it is interesting to me that this is not often mentioned, but pacquiao's only two KO defeats came from clean shots to the body...dude crumpled over both times in devastating fashion...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9pa1H_TLmU&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4qwBzJKrXY&feature=player_embedded

id be curious to see why during manny's recent run of seeming invincibility it doesnt seem like anyone has made a concerted effort to throw power punches at his body...

i know its easier said than done, but manny's chin is obviously solid as hell...why not focus more on the body?

just a thought...

Won't work. Manny has completely re-defined his core since then and with that stick training he does, he eats body shots like scoobie snacks. I mean didnt you see cotto land a few flush left hooks to the body. Cotto is one of the best body punchers in the game and as soon as cotto hit him with one of those lefts to the body, Manny just threw his hands up and kept fighting.

[oaba09]

im not saying it is his achilles hell, per se...just posing the question for conversation sake...

i thought cotto could have done a better job to the body, personally...

If that's the case my bad ...

[Khalid X]

It doesn't matter, Cotto and Hatton have established themself as the best body punchers in the business and they couldn't make a dent. So...

The jab to the solar plexus might work (even though I see Roach preparing Pacquiao for it), but anything else I see getting countered.

also hatton landed a few shots to the body and manny walked right through them. Cotto is better and I was blown away by how easy manny took his body punches. It was if it just pissed manny off more instead of actually hurting him.lol

[Khalid X]

Also in the sigurat(sp) fight....midgeon landed several shot that rocked manny and had him flying all around the ring. It just happened to be a body shot that finished manny off.

[Steve Harvey]

it is interesting to me that this is not often mentioned, but pacquiao's only two KO defeats came from clean shots to the body...dude crumpled over both times in devastating fashion...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9pa1H_TLmU&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4qwBzJKrXY&feature=player_embedded

id be curious to see why during manny's recent run of seeming invincibility it doesnt seem like anyone has made a concerted effort to throw power punches at his body...

i know its easier said than done, but manny's chin is obviously solid as hell...why not focus more on the body?

just a thought...

Those who know boxing know Floyd's a good body puncher and he even knocked out Sharmba Mitchell using one.What people dont realise is when Floyd ducks a shot and puts his head down he counters a lot with a body shots.

[DoubleM]

Mayweather is an entirely different league with bodyshots vs Cotto. Mayweather has an excellent body attack and wears fighters down. His jab to the body is one of his most underrated punches. Set his whole offense up.