It was round 7, 1 minute 41seconds left in the round. And bam! Pacquiao hit Oscar Dela Hoya to the body. It was quick, lightning fast. I knew that punch gotta hurt! Oscar was backing up…Pacquiao leapt towards Oscar and another body shot to the right! Boom! Oscar flinches… And as I expected, those body shots are taking its’ effect. Oscar Dela Hoya froze! He can’t move! He can’t do anything! And when you do that in front of Manny Pacquiao while you’re inside the ring with him…you’re in big trouble… And we all knew what happened after that.
Which brings us to Manny Pacquiao’s Most Effective Techniques part 2: The body cruncher!
Back when Manny Pacquiao was still a skinny kid, he’s got unusual power for his size. If you can drop bigger opponents with body punches, it just means your fists sure have lots of firepower.
The technique goes like this: Manny Pacquiao starts off with his right jab. Then double jab. He uses the jab to measure the punching distance. And once he connects with the jab, he follows it up with the left. And then some flurry of punches to the head. This move would usually get his opponent reeling back to the ropes. And once Manny Pacquiao caught his opponents on the ropes, he delivers a sharp “bam!” to the side of the body. This will force his opponents to fold even lower and drop their elbows to cover their ribs. And when they do that, Manny would continue raining flurry of punches to the head which again will force his opponents to cover their faces. Then another big “bam” to the other side of the body.
If you’re a Manny Pacquiao opponent and you think after two body shots, he’ll get tired of punching you to the body? Hah! You wish! Those body shots will be popping on your left or on your right whenever you leave your ribs exposed. Ouch!
Those body shots takes out the fight off you. It freezes you. The wind will seem like they’re sucked out of your belly.
Erik Morales got some good deal of those body shots during their second fight. I can see Erik folding and grimacing whenever I see him get hit by those Manny Pacquiao body shots. He eventually slowed down during the later rounds and we all knew what happened in that fight.
Marco Antonio Barrera went down for the count with a huge body shot on their first fight in the eleventh round.
That’s just how effective and devastating Manny Pacquiao’s body shots are. So when people tell me “Miguel Cotto or Ricky Hatton…they’re big body punchers!” Believe me, so is Manny Pacquiao!
Check this video out to see what I mean…
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