Alvarado got worked by Pac in sparring?

[chito]

sparring stories are good and all, but at the end of the day MP is a proven big stage performer on fight night, and that's what counts.

i agree. back in the day when manny was still fighting at lower weights there's some video of him & israel vasquez sparring and the latter was giving pac a beating

[New England]

when pacquiao wasn't fooling around on the ropes / working on stuff / taking punches on purpose he used to body his sparring partners.


there's tons of footage of pacquaio sparring. the wildcard has / has had in the past a very open policy for a world class boxing gym.


if these two sparred when manny was in his prime you should expect him to beat the garbage out of alvarado. alvarado's hands would be slow enough with 14/16 oz gloves on to make manny a really tough go in sparring when he was in his prime. his hands were like lightning, he could throw for 3 minutes each round, and he had the best legs in boxing.


it's not like alvarado is some slick boxer. he's a worker. they probably had a standard manny sparring session. he languishses on the ropes for a bit, alvarado tees off on him, and then manny comes back with clean punches in combination and lets him know who the ATG is.


vintage manny at the wildcard. crew of pinoys in the background. it takes me back, that's for sure.