Who Got More Punch Power at 147: Pacquiao or Maidana?

[SplitSecond]

The op asked a simple question, but its funny the lengths that guys here will go to, in order to *wrongly* answer Pac (despite him not knocking out ANY legitimate welterweight). Kendall Holt dropped Bradley twice (iirc), at his best weight, with single shots. If Pac is such a great puncher, why couldn't he dent Bradley?

a legitimate welterweight that pacquiao stopped, but not ko'd was cotto

now name one legitimate opponent that maidana has stopped, let alone sparked

here's something for you bellends that have never boxed a day in your life, the very definition of power in this context is speed x strength

pacquiao is not far from maidana in terms of strength, he might even be just as strong, and he's alot faster we've all asserted that, so no contest there, he has better technique, again no contest

both following through, pacquiao's near equal strength, better technique and speed make him the far more devastating puncher that could easily have you writhing unconcious on the canvas, whereas maidana will just rock your brain and push you back on your ass if he's lucky

[SalimShady1212]

Maidana heavier handed whereas Pacquiao is more explosive. Corley said Matthysse hit harder than maidana...just saying

[Ahmed_Ismail]

Coming from the man that thought rios was knocking out manny with a jab

Manny was knocked down and almost out by a jab against Nedal Hussein at 112 lbs, so predicting that he can get hurt by a much bigger guys at 147 isn't all that crazy to me.

But one thing is crazy, and that's the fact that Pacquiao got knocked out twice at 106, knocked down by a jab at 112 and got hurt a couple of time at these very light weights yet he walked through natural 147 and 154 pounders, this guy got his ear drum busted against Cotto and he just shook it off like it wasn't **** and kept walking the much bigger guy down. Su****ious as hell imo.

I would've been impressed by Pacquiao and wouldn't have had any su****ions about him if he had a slick style where he just avoids getting hit by bigger guys and wins by rings smarts and skills like Pernell Whitaker or Floyd Mayweather, it just doesn't make sense to me considering the way Pacquiao fights, the endless stamina, the ability to take punches, the increased power and the refusal to take the test, that Pacquiao did all of this naturally!

[Cinci Champ]

maidana has more power and its not even close pacs power is in his speed so many fighters have said his power is not that great its just the speed of his punches where as maidana all fighters say he hits harder then they ever imagined lol

[elfag]

Maidana hits harder, but that is only one single quality. Pac is more dangerous obviously because of his speed, angles, footwork that he does better than Maidana.

[Tom Cruise]

I think prime Pac hits harder than current Maidana. But current Pacquaio doesn't seem to have much pop. I think he has lost some of the insane balance he used to have which meant he was able to explode from any position or angle.

[hectari]

Pac had a bit more power when he fought Algieri but he did have to hit him at the right angle, but he really hurt him worse than Ruslan did.

Pac is more of an arm puncher he throws a lot of flurries like a bee and swells you up, he will throw like 4 soft punches followed by a harder shot which shocks guys.

But Maidana hits harder punch for punch he is just slow. he has heavy hands, becaue he walks around at 170, while Pac is like 152 tops.

Floyd hits as hard as Canelo though according to Mosley so he has the power advantage over Pac. Watch when they fight Floyd wont even get hurt by Pacs punch while Floyd will wobble Pac with righ hands and leaping left hooks.

[gdub27]

I think pac throws more powerful straights and Marcos throws harder hooks and overhands.

[madsweeney]

Didn't Morales say he didn't think Maidana hit as hard as Pac?

[hectari]

Didn't Morales say he didn't think Maidana hit as hard as Pac?

Not sure but didnt Morales said Danny Garcia didn't hit as hard as Pac, he was just talking smack, its obvious Danny hits 20 ttimes harder than Pac.