Pacquiao's jab

not one of his distinctives, there are better jabs p4p

 

I don't see his jab as his strenth. I think is basicaly a range finding jab which is used while coming forward to measure his man for the bread and butter straight left.

Then, after the straight left, he sometimes throws a right hand which mimicks a jab but has more of a hooking motion to it. Thats a great punch, because of the angle it is delivered and the leverage he uses from bringing back his straigh left.

 

:huh

Roy Jones is known for NOT throwing a jab.

 

I haven't seen him hurt an opponent with a jab, of course he may have and I just don't remember it.

I like the forward motion and footwork he uses with the punch, it places the movement of his body behind the trajectory.

The flip side to that style of punching is that its a gamble. If a fighter can slip the punch, it leaves Pac off balance and vulnerable with all of that body weight in motion and nowhere to transfer the force of the energy.

 

Yes, he has difficulty doing almost everything off the back foot, but to his credit rarely needs to.

The right hook that he has worked on should help him with this. Its a great moving backward punch for southpaws if kept relatively tight and used with proper footwork.

 

This is why I can't see him beating Hatton at all.

 

Your right. This is why I also see him losing to Diaz.

 

I'm still undecided on a winner for a Pac-Juan Diaz bout. Pac is certainly faster, but he's never faced someone who constantly goes forward(like he does) and never backs down. In this fight I see Diaz as the aggresor and Pac the one moving around and keeping his distance, and I dont know how long Pac's stamina will last using that style. In all of his fights, he's usually the aggressor and is the one who takes the initiative in attacking. But in this fight he's gonna do the same thing his past opponents does against him. And considering he's facing a top-notch pressure fighter and volume puncher, he's surely gonna expend much more energy keeping his distance and moving around than he usually does attacking at will and being the aggressor. Thus, he's gonna wear down late in the rounds, resulting in a Diaz TKO/KO or a UD.

This is why Pac's power is so important IMO. It depends on whether or not he brings his power with him at Lightweight(at the very least 90% of the power hes carrying around currently). If he does, then I believe Pac has a great chance of stopping Juan in the late rounds. We'll see. Although if you ask my "humble" opinion, I do think Pac will still be able to carry his power to Lightweight. But we can never be too sure.

 

Their styles are completely different. Larios is also taller and taller fighters generally trouble Pac.

If Pac carries his power, its KO. MAB & Morales arent known for having soft chins...but look at what happens when Pac hits them cleanly. To put Pac's power into perspective, Pac obliterated Morales in 3 with his SFW power, David Diaz arguably lost to Morales at LW. Pac will hit Juan who isnt too dificult to hit, Juan will walk into it and loose confidence soon as he feels it.

 

Pacmans jab is quick enough, accurate enough and he can move forwards throwing it.

However it is just a brilliant ABC jab with nothing too clever about it.