What does Pacquiao have that Lomachenko doesn't?

[Truth Seeker]

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?

[thedarkdragon11]

A KO loss...

[Bipolar Hero]

Originally Posted by thedarkdragon11

A KO loss...

Oh look a Flowmo. How cute.

The answer to the question is WILLPOWER.

Pacquiao fought to survive and to get out of poverty.

He had to win at all cost.

That's why Gayweather duck him in 2009.

[blowblow]

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.

[Stuntman Mike]

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

[AJ's Boy]

Originally Posted by thedarkdragon11

A KO loss...

The ability to make Floyd admit "I'm a rich coward"

[kidbazooka]

Manny is a rare breed it’s not fair to compare Loma to him.

On top of that look at both there builds manny has huge calves wide shoulders ripped and a thick neck while Loma is very skinny and narrow all around.

[786]

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.

[Ca$ual Fan]

Loma being too smart caused him to lose.

He was too smart to respect Lopez’s power, he forgot he loses round by round as the fight progresses.

He was too smart to avoid exchanges he forgot he also needed a bit of more willpower to win the fight and not just display of skills.

Pac is not that smart but he knows what it takes to win a fight at least, and sometimes, you don’t need to be too smart to pull them off.

Also, Pac has underrated hardwork.

[Juanas]

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".