Roach, Ariza and whoever else is involved have taken a fighter with every raw talent possible. Speed, power, durablility, stamina, strength, mental strength and hunger and have just programmed him perfectly to beat every fighter he has faced since JMM. For me it is 50/50 between Pacman and his trainers. He has been absolutley perfectly conditioned and his skills and reflexes has been perfectly honed. With a merely good or world class trainer Pacman would not be destroying these fighters.
i agree. Freddy Roach has done an amazing job with his fighter. It's scary to think he can get even better.
Good point. The pac I saw defeat Barrera was very raw and unrefined compared the the machine that we have seen in recent fights. Pac with Roach has worked on so many aspects of his game and improved them to such a point that pac can beat you a number of different ways. He has always had the speed and big left, but the right hand, uppercuts, jab, footwork, head movement have all been improved to a point where they are now serious weapons in his arsenal.
aside from Roach, i would like to give props to Alex Ariza, his strength and conditioning coach. He has moved up in weight and doing beautifully in terms of maintaining speed (or even getting more) and having more power as well.