How good are Pacquiaos technical skills?

His technical skills arent the best. He punches hard and has very fast hands and feet, but you often see him in bad position and his defense isnt the greatest, but that speed makes up for a lot of those shortcomings.

Roach tries to compensate for some those mistakes and his lack of height with angle attacks and combination punching which offset counters.

I think Cotto would have had more success against Pac with Steward in his corner myself, because Cotto can have good technical skills when he tries.

 

He has been showing lots of better stuff, offensively he's a technical force. He's been blocking shots better, feinting and drawing people into counters, throwing incredible combinations, and setting his feet to throw powerful single shots.

His defense is still based on speed, he doesn't move his head enough although his parrying and blocking and footwork are much improved

 

It's like asking how good were Ali's technical skills...same thing with Pac...it dosen't matter really..he compensates for any deficits he may have in tech skill with his speed/power ratio..his footwork..the general dynamism of his makeup.

 

Better than you people think.

 

Pac has improved considerably. There is a video of how Pac was timing Cotto's jab and hook with his straight left. It was very impressive.

 

Yes sir...thank you.

 

That is actually a good thing, he is moving his head to the side and away from his opponents 'line of fire', it can be exploited but 9/10 it is a good practise.

 

it is surely not his forte i think with his style he can get away with lackluster technical skills:think

 

I get you there. That's a bad habit.

 

Yeah, Howard Winstone outboxes Pac at Featherweight.