Is Pacquaio's Power and Finishing skills overrated?

[Red_Menace]

Pac has good power and finishing skills. Not sure that's really debatable. Maybe he doesn't have 1 punch KO power at WW, but he hits plenty hard enough. He should have finished Marquez in that first fight, but Marques is a slick warrior. Nobody has a 100% KO percentage, so Marquez getting away can be forgiven.

[F l i c k e r]

Pac has good power and finishing skills. Not sure that's really debatable. Maybe he doesn't have 1 punch KO power at WW, but he hits plenty hard enough. He should have finished Marquez in that first fight, but Marques is a slick warrior. Nobody has a 100% KO percentage, so Marquez getting away can be forgiven.

Edwin Valero

[MurderDeathKill]

Power yes, but not finishing skills. Because of the KO streak Pac was on before Clottey, his power gets overhyped. Hatton is the only guy Pac has iced in recent fights. Diaz, Oscar, and Cotto got ripped up by his handspeed. And it took him dishing out sustained beatdowns over several rounds for those guys to get stopped. Pac can get rid of a guy he hurts, but he ain't a one punch KO artist.

[Red_Menace]

Edwin Valero

For now. There isn't a single great fighter that's retired with 100% KO, as far as I know. Everyone that fights other great fighters has to go 12 at some point.

[Russian Crushin]

Power yes, but not finishing skills. Because of the KO streak Pac was on before Clottey, his power gets overhyped. Hatton is the only guy Pac has iced in recent fights. Diaz, Oscar, and Cotto got ripped up by his handspeed. And it took him dishing out sustained beatdowns over several rounds for those guys to get stopped. Pac can get rid of a guy he hurts, but he ain't a one punch KO artist.

Malnaggi and Foreman have great hand speed too but the outcome is not the same. He has great power in his very fast combos and without the power combined with that handspeed, he wouldnt be where he is.

His game plan is to wear the guy down and then stop him so he doesnt fight like Mosley looking for a 1 punch KO

And explain to me how DLH, Hattton and Cotto fights werent all great displays of a finisher

[Russian Crushin]

For now. There isn't a single great fighter that's retired with 100% KO, as far as I know. Everyone that fights other great fighters has to go 12 at some point.

Yea he fought B compitition before he died and the top guys would not buckle like that

[MurderDeathKill]

Malnaggi and Foreman have great hand speed too but the outcome is not the same. He has great power in his very fast combos and without the power combined with that handspeed, he wouldnt be where he is.

His game plan is to wear the guy down and then stop him so he doesnt fight like Mosley looking for a 1 punch KO

And explain to me how DLH, Hattton and Cotto fights werent all great displays of a finisher

Huh? I said they were good displays of finishing. It's his power I questioned.

[Rolaz]

Pacman's record clearly shows how accurate he was in stopping his opponents. His KO percentage was much better than Floyd Jr.

[Red_Menace]

Yea he fought B compitition before he died and the top guys would not buckle like that

****, I forgot he died. I guess he gets his 100% KO.

[Russian Crushin]

Huh? I said they were good displays of finishing. It's his power I questioned.

Oh read it wrong....about the power, he uses it differently then 1 punch KO guys. He wears down guys and stops them, Mosley on the other hand tries for a 1 punch KO.

Name me one fighter that can throw such big, smooth combos with so much power