Better defense : Pac or Cotto?

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  1. Windigo

    Windigo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That is just about the perfect one sentence summation.
    :thumbsup

    People like to say that he likes to trade. But you have to be in position to hurt him with your punches and its been quite some time since anyone has been able to get that kind of position on Pac. If he is able to set up camp outside of Cotto's left foot like he did to Oscar Cotto can throw his right all he wants its never going to hurt Pac. He's too far away to deliver a clean effective right.
     
  2. GoldenArms

    GoldenArms Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Pacquiao easily. His defense is pretty underrated as far as I'm concerned.
     
  3. PH|LLA

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    David Haye on Pac's defense
     
  4. Windigo

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    Beating Pac is just getting really really hard. By the book you want to move left cut him off and clean him out with the right. But Pac's foot work is so damn good there is no one in the sport who can cut him off. So the by the book option is off the table.

    Now you are left with sitting back waiting for him to make a mistake and counter punching. And he's getting so damn refined that those mistakes are few and hard to come by from a defensive position not pressuring him they are even rarer. And his power is improving dramatically so if you think you are going to sit in your little high guard and wait for him to make a mistake you are going to wait yourself flat onto the mat.
     
  5. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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    Good post, k-man. ^ :thumbsup
     
  6. Windigo

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    Please dont make me agree with Haye.