Manny Pacquiao has far less "skills" than Vasyl Lomachenko.
Loma-Greatest Amateur of all time, 396-1, Olympic/WC Golds.
Pacquiao- No Amateur experience, started with no real trainer, poor nutrition, etc.
Loma- 5ft7, talented boxer/athlete since childhood
Pacquiao- 5ft5, admits having “no talent” as a boxer
Loma-Textbook skills, defense, footwork, accuracy, ring IQ, etc.
Pacquiao- Crude slugger for most of his career, went through bloody wars and got hit/rocked often.
And Yet......
Pacquiao manages to go through division after division, win countless fights as an underdog, beat bigger fighters and legends, give us performances of a lifetime, and last year at age 40 beat a young lion in spectacular fashion.
Loma however seems to have hit his ceiling at 135lbs. Loses to a 23 year old with 15 fights after giving away the first 6 rounds.
So my question is: What does Manny Pacquiao have, that Lomachenko doesn't?
Last edited by Truth Seeker; 10-18-2020 at 06:42 AM.
Warrior's heart. Pac's never back down. He fight and bring the whole country in his back. Its the pure intentions and not just for the money. And he's not scared to get hit. If taking punches can give back punches then be it.
They both have a warrior mentality but pacquiao is a god in this aspect and would literally die in the ring ,if he let one round go hes trying to take the next one with risking everything to hurt his opponant
He doesnt rely on the judges or tippy tap punches when hes coming for yku hes coming to hurt you with every combination and counter punch
Faster hands and faster feet. Pac can close the distance on his bigger opponents much quicker/is willing to take risks Loma isn't. Loma doesn't like pressure or to be forced into a fight as we've seen against Salido and Lopez (unless he's desperate), Pac thrives off that and actually wants his opponents to pressure him. Pac also has punch power that Loma lacks, Loma has some pop but isn't a KO puncher like Pac. Finally, Pac seems to be the physically stronger guy.
Loma isn't this perfect fighter that does everything better than everyone else. He's very good at what he does but as we've seen he struggles with size, reach and pressure; things we've seen Pac handle plenty of times.
Honestly it shows that Pac is "smarter" if he knows what it takes to win a fight and Loma doesn't, I think he fought too stupid and is everything but "too smart".