Pac was a ko artist at the lower weights, its his speed that kills at the higher weights but he still has power, but look at his opposition recently, all great chins and guys who are hard to ko, he might ko bradley for all we know next?
I believe that Valero hit harder than Pac going on footage of their fights & training sessions, on accounts of guys who sparred with them both. As for the sparring your comments suggest you havent seen any of the many vidoes on youtube of Valero. He isnt the all-out aggressive maniac he could be in the ring, he boxed & he hit hard. A lot of great fighters have been hard on their sparring partners, guys like Dempsey, Duran & Tyson were brutal. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvr2q_6zvKg[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZouWOomFhc&feature=related[/ame]
Before Pac was Mighty Mouse, more mythic than an X-man, at 122-pounds, with big gloves -- not even going all out -- saw him regularly drop,wobble and break ribs of quality welters sparring at Wild Card. After observing everything he threw looked like arm punches, I asked him: "When did you realize you hit so hard?" He giggled, "When they kept falling down"
Nah, I've seen enough of his sparring. It's actually one of his sparring sessions that people overrate him, up agaisnt Morales. When it comes down to it, it's what you do with the power in the ring, not sparring, or training. Pacquiao has clearly displayed that he is the harder puncher, at the lower weights, and if Valero didn't murder his wife, then take the cowards way out, his move up in weight would have shown me, IMO, that Pacquiao was clearly the harder puncher of the two. If you want to see a recent 'knockout artist' in the lower weight classes who hit harder than both...look no further than Hamed.
The only person Pac KO'd cold on accumulation of punches was Diaz, and the man has an iron chin. Hatton is a no brainer. He dropped Cotto twice with ONE PUNCH, ONE FREAKING PUNCH, not on accumulation. He dropped Mosley with a 1-2. First real KD Of Mosley in years. NOT ACCUMULATION. He wobbled Margarito with SINGLE, SOLID RIGHT HOOKS. How many times have you seen margarito go down or get wobbled again? NOT ON ACCUMULATION. Watch the replays. You are a bunch of amateurs if you don't think Pac hits hard even at welter. There's a reason why Cotto and Mosley ran for the hills after the KD, Clottey didn't open up at all, JMM played overly defensive and Margarito was getting backed up and wobbled. He's no Mosley for sure, but he will definitely KD or KO anyone who would trade with him openly.
Hatton had a glass jaw? Since when? The shot Pac caught him with was the definition of ****ing "peach of a punch". Mayweathers weren't too bad either! Glass jaw my ass.
If Pac is over rated, why is Mayweather so afraid of him? Honestly, I figure Floyd would spank Manny, but apparently Money knows something I don't. And it isn't steroids. Thats just a ****y excuse . If anyone is using drugs it's Floyd himself. That would explain fighting once a year. Gives him time to cycle and still pass the drug test. Besides, a real G would say "**** the steroids, i'll beat his ass anyway". It's a shame..the best fighter in the world is a **** at heart.