How would you characterize Manny Pacquiao's boxing style?

Athletic slugger/swarmer

 

Used to be a swarmer.

Now its somewhere between swarmer and boxer puncher.

 

Let me see here ... Pac cant box ... He cant even swarm ... The one thing he is able to is to punch ... He must be blody good at it, considering his career :huh

 

Boxer puncher.

 

I call that an inside fighter. My view of a swarmer is a high octane high output flurry artist- add power to that and thats how he took Barrera

 

He is a boxer/puncher, but with an "ambush" style. . .

He has a pretty good high guard. . But he's not good at standing in the pocket, and picking shots off by bending at the waist, bobbing, weaving, slipping, etc. . . . He basically just puts the ear muffs up. .

His offense is his defense. . He also has fast feet, so he can skeet around the ring very well to get out of range of danger.

 

famous swarmers harry greb, henry armstrong, julio cesar, jake lamotta, joe frazier, etc

These guys applied pressure on the inside and the majority of them fought out of crouches. emmanuel lacks too many essential elements to be grouped with those guys. Put him on tape he doesn't look much like them.

He has a few traits of swarmers like high output and good stamina but not enough of their traits to be one.

 

what he said. how can you call emmanuel a swarmer:nut

 

I agree that swarmers are usually defined as infighters. He has elements of a swarmer in his aggression and volume, but it's not enough to title him as one.

 

lol, yeah, no clue. . .

he "ambushes" you for periods of each round with combinations (mainly the jab-straight-hook, pretty basic), but he's good at coming in at all kinds of weird angles due to his speed, agility, and dexterity. . . But he then backs out again, sometimes going straight back, or to his right. . . which is how Marquez found success against him he timed when he would come in, and move out. . .

He never stays in your chest, or fights on the inside. the only time he's on the inside really is when he's standing stationary with his ear muffs on.

 

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I hope you all watched the Timmeh fight. I told you all he's no swarmer. They don't behave like that. A swarmer would have applied educated pressure to **** Timmeh. Instead of clowning around at the center of the ring Timmeh would have seen his back against the ropes for trying to be a "cutie".

Hell Timmeh did more swarming than he did.

 

I can see why people call him a boxer-puncher, but I'm actually not sure if it fits. I've always thought of that type as someone who emphasises boxing but also uses his power to hurt you when the chance arises. Barrera against Hamed, for example, is what I think of when I see the term boxer-puncher. Same with Cotto.

When it comes to Pac...he can definitely box when he needs to. We saw it against Hoya. But in general, the emphasis feels the other way around -- a puncher-boxer, if that makes sense. Pac is normally aggressive, and looks to hurt the other guy rather than pile up points or box him -- even at this stage of his career, he mainly comes forward looking for a big left hand.

Then again, I think he was trying to box more against Marquez. I don't know, he's difficult to place.

 

He's an active south paw with a swarming style , genuine power , can fundamentally box but he's not a pure boxer , can punch but he's not a pure puncher , has an excellent variety of shots , very fit and strong

Defensively he uses his offence as his main weapon , struggles against slick boxers who can stay in the pocket and beat him to the punch (not many of them) , good head movement , un predictable , solid footwork specially when moving in and out , turns his opponent well onto the left hook well , but not as well as Marquez onto his right hand :yep , a well rounded pressure fighter who can do a bit of everything

 

It's possible to be a boxer-puncher but be more of a puncher than a boxer. Perhaps we can distinguish by saying boxer-PUNCHER, puncher-boxer, or BOXER-puncher.

Juan had him tied up. He would have ate too many counters if he came forward aggressively trying to punch, so he tried to sit back and counter more. Managed to catch Juan with a few right hooks.

emmanuel was able to act more aggressively and look like a puncher against Timmeh since Timmeh doesn't counter as well.