Pacquiao's Boxercise

To me the two most marvelous exhibitions of boxing training amongst current fighters are Floyd Mayweather’s work on the jump rope and focus mitts, and Manny Pacquiao’s shadowboxing. Yes, neither of them is a clear indication of what they can do in the ring, but they show what kind of athletes these guys are and what they do in the gym.

The short clip below, starting at twenty seconds, shows that Pac’s hands are as blazing fast as ever, nearly two months before the fight. I’ve heard people say that Manny’s hands are no faster than those of Shane Cotto or Zab Judah, and that may be true for a single punch, but there is no fighter in the sport who can put punches together with the speed, ferocity, and power that Pacquiao can. Whether Cotto’s power can compensate for Manny’s gifts is unclear, but Cotto has clearly never faced anyone like Pacquiao before.

While that is a discussion perhaps best left for another day, check out the footage at 2:00 minutes in for some true hilarity. How would you like to have that little monster standing next to you in boxercise class? It’s impossible not to love the guy, and a good thing he knows how to pull his punches.



Source: http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/The_Rumble/entry/view/36707/pacquiaos_boxercise