KO power?????

pac finishes his opponents by volume and decent power. not one punch ko power. he wears them down gradually.

 

someone who can change a fight with one good punch even against a good chin

 

Ricky Hatton?

 

your'e right, he doesn't have one punch KO power as such; the shot he caught hatton with just landed perfectly and it's the ones you dont see coming that will put your lights out.
i've no doubt he has brutal power but more so when he lands those savage combos (ie against cotto, margarito).
im not sure there are that many 'one-punch KO artists' active at present. its a tricky one to quantify. obviously alot of the current boxers with high KO ratios have power but off the top of my head, donnaire is probably the one with the heaviest hands in terms of single shot damage....?

 

I agree with above poster.....he has accumulative power, not 1 punch power....that is unless he catches the guy cold or unguarded.

Same goes for Floyd except he brings his power in the CP.

Both seem to wear the bigger men down over the rounds and then finish them with late flurries.

IMO, the Margarito fight was a good win for Pac although Marg's was exposed by Mosely and later by Cotto.

And the Hatton fight was a great KO win for both Floyd and Pac, as a tough Tzsyu couldn't do it......just wish we coulda seen Hatton and Gatti.....wow, would that have been a fight.:deal

 

he had power to hurt cotto, clottey, marg, and shane. that's about the chance some are giving him against floyd. stylewise, floyd is all wrong for manny. there is a thread by bogo with great discussion about how pac can also give floyd some trouble styewise.

what's playing with people's minds here probably is that shane was able to hurt floyd whereas pac was able to put shane on his ass. which could mean pac could possibly hurt floyd if he lands cleanly.

 

Power is a strange thing in boxing

there are he obvious KO bruisers like Shavers and Foreman who do KO a lot of fighters

then there are build up accumulation guys like Pac, and Margo and Vitali

then there are pressure fighters or swarmers with low KO percentages like Lamotta or Juan Diaz

Juan Diaz seemed ti hit very hard, his shots often connected solidly and generated loud pops when they landed he obviously had power but was not a knockout guy

KO power is generated by accuracy, timing, and momentum

even a guy like Malinaggi could KO somebody if he lands a shot the guy doesnt see coming flush on the chin with the guy walking directly into it

thats why you see guys score an uncharacteristic KO once in awhile like Pac Koing Hatton early

or guys like Shavers and Foreman not being able to KO Ali or Jimmy Young because they could see the shots coming and prepare themselves

 

great post

 

Why deride Hatton's chin?
Kosta hit him with his best shots.

Hatton was lucky not to be comatized from that punch. Was down for how long?

 

The word you are looking for is pedestal.

Pac is a heavy handed high-volume accumulation puncher & not a KO artist.