# 1 man in the Philippines: the legendary boxer honored Manny Pacquiao in your home country. When Manny steps into the ring, the streets of Philippine cities are empty, and the police record a decrease in the crime rate.

Having started his career in the minimum weight class, Pac-Man became the first and so far the only boxer who managed to become the world champion in 8 weight classes. "Boxer of the Decade" by the Association of Journalists Writing about Boxing and "Best Boxer, Regardless of Weight Category" by the "Ring" magazine.

Childhood and youth

Emmanuel Dapidran "Manny" Pacquiao, the future Pac-Man, was born in the Philippine province of Bukidnon in December 1978. The fourth of six children has worked since childhood - the family could barely make ends meet.

Mom dreamed that Manny would become a priest, but the boy had other plans for life: he was so carried away by boxing that he could not think about other activities. I boxed everywhere - on the way to school, which is why I was regularly late, at breaks, returning home after school.

Soon, Manny Pacquiao left school: his father left his family and the 13-year-old had to earn money for food. But the guy found time for boxing even then. During the day he sold water and bread on the city streets, and in the evenings he went out to the ring.

Soon boxing brought the first money: for the fight the young athlete was paid $ 2 - a lot of money, the price of 25 kg of rice. And then a woman who hated her son's hobby allowed Manny to leave street trading.

At 14, Pacquiao, dreaming of a sports career, went to Manila without his mother's permission. But the path to success turned out to be thorny: during the day, the teenager cut scrap metal at a landfill, and boxed at night. Slept in the gym. Later, the brilliant Pac-Man bought it and opened a sports school here.

Manny Pacquiao felt the taste of fame at 16: the owner of the sports club arranged for a talented student in a boxing TV show, where the guy became a star. At the time, Pacquiao was far from technical professional boxing and simply fought in the ring, but he did it so recklessly that he delighted the audience.

Having gained fame in Asia, the athlete went to conquer America, where no one was waiting for him. At first, the puny Filipino with a height of 1.69 m was avoided by the coaches. I guessed the star Freddie Roach in the guy: a short fight with Pacquiao convinced the coach that the short Asian boy had a bright future. Thus began a stellar biography of Pac-Man.

Boxing

As an amateur, the Filipino had 64 fights, losing 4. Knockdown young star sent by compatriot Rustico Torrecampo, but the defeat forced Manny Pacquiao to work on his technique even more, giving his best in training 100%. In 1997, in a fight with a famous boxer from Thailand - Chokchai Chokvivat - Manny won and climbed to the top steps of the rating. V next year Filipino knocked out Chatchai's colleague Sasakul.

In the winter of 1999, Manny signed a contract with American promoter Murad Mohammed. The American kept his word and turned Pacquiao into a champion. This happened in a fight with Lelohonolo Ledvaba. The Filipino athlete was prepared by coach Roach: in the ring, Pacquiao was noted for brilliant and thoughtful tactics. The enemy received 5 blows to the head from Pak-Man. In the 6th round, Ledvaba was knocked down, and the public cheered for the new IBF champion.

In November 2003, Manny Pacquiao fought Marco Antonio Barrera, the strongest featherweight boxer. The Filipino, who did not give in to the authorities, defeated Barrera and became a celebrity at home and in the United States. Pak-Man stopped at featherweight and soon became champion.

In 2005, Manny Pacquiao climbed to the next step in the weight category and met in the ring with the famous Eric Morales. Strong adversary defeated the Filipino, but with a minimal advantage.

A fight with British boxer Ricky Hatton in 2009 took Pacquiao to new heights. Pak-Man knocked down his opponent twice, but the opponent stayed on his feet until the end of the first round. On last minute Round two, Hatton was knocked out, named Knockout of the Year.

In 2012, the undefeated left-hander Pac-Man was defeated by Timothy Bradley, but the victory turned out to be ambiguous: the judges were divided, and the audience sided with Manny Pacquiao.

In the spring of 2015, the boxer entered the ring with. According to experts, the fight was the most anticipated and lasted 12 rounds. Mayweather won, but the victory was not easy for him. The American boxer in the welterweight division called his Filipino counterpart a "hell of a fighter." The sum of the fees of the two strongest players for the fight reached $ 300 million: 180 - to Mayweather, the rest - Pacquiao.

In the spring of 2016, Manny fought Bradley for the third time. The first 3 rounds, the boxer passed from one to another, but from the 4th round the Filipino became more active, and in the 7th he sent the opponent into a light knockdown.

Manny Pacquiao won, and at the final press conference, the rivals spoke warmly about each other. But most importantly, at a meeting with the press, Pak-Man announced that he was putting an end to boxing for the sake of a political career: in the spring he ran for the post of Congressman in the Philippine Senate.

In August of the same year, fans welcomed Pac-Man's return to the ring: Pacquiao announced a battle with reigning champion World of Jesse Vargas for the WBO World Title. The fight took place in November 2016 and was crowned with a victory for Manny.

The boxer's cinematic biography started in the late 1990s. In 2005, the Filipino played his first major film role (the picture "License Fist"). And in the spring of 2015, the premiere of the film "Invincible Manny Pacquiao", an autobiographical film about the famous boxer, took place in Manila.

The athlete entered politics in 2007 and represents the Filipino liberals. In 2010, Pacquiao won the Congressional election. He is the only millionaire in the country's parliament: in 2014, Manny's fortune reached $ 38 million. In 2016, the boxing legend and politician expressed his attitude towards same-sex marriage, saying that their approval puts people below animals.

Personal life

WITH future wife Jinky Jamore Manny met in a shopping center: the beauty was selling cosmetics. They got married in the spring of 2000 and created a strong family in which five offspring were born - 3 sons and 2 daughters. Jinks and children have long dreamed of the head of the family leaving the ring forever.

Jinky Pacquiao has been the Vice Governor of Sarangani Province of the Philippines since 2013. The history of her career in politics is curious: at the request of two friends to support them in the elections in Sarangani, the boxer nominated his wife, and she won, leaving the competitors far behind.

Manny Pacquiao now

In the summer of 2017, the boxer fought Jeff Horn for the WBO welterweight title. Horn went to the victory.

Awards

• 2006, 2008, 2009 - Boxer of the Year according to The Ring magazine
• 2009, 2011 - ESPY Award for Best Fighter
• 2008 - Philippine Order of the Legion of Honor
• 2004, 2006, 2008 - Sports Journalists Association of the Philippines Athlete of the Year

Titles

• 1998-1999 - World Flyweight Champion
• 2001-2003 - World Champion in the 2nd Bantamweight Category
• 2003-2005 - World Featherweight Champion
• 2008 - World Champion in the 2nd Featherweight Weight Category
• 2008-2009 - World Champion in the light weight category
• 2009-2010 - World Champion in the 1st welterweight weight category
• 2009-2012, 2014-2015, 2016 - World champion in welterweight category
• 2010-2011 - World Champion in the 1st middle weight category

Do you know how much welterweight boxer Manny Pacquiao earns on average per fight? Approximately $ 20 million. After deducting all taxes and expenses, the amount is still pretty impressive. What do you say to do with such a sum of money? You can live happily ever after. One battle, and you are provided with a comfortable and bright existence for the rest of your days. But not everyone makes such deals with the dark side of their conscience. Living purely for yourself is a very boring occupation. Living for the sake of others allows you to purify your soul. Manny Pacquiao is loved by the public all over the world not only for graceful combinations in the ring, not only for speed and clever moves, his fame is fueled by a huge and kind heart, the warmth of which warms the souls of many people.

Poor quarter

In one of the poorest districts of Manila, on Pakita Street, 1057 lives a cult person for the Filipino nation. In terms of popularity, his name goes far ahead of all the leaders of the country, all show business stars and other dubious personalities. He is the # 1 person in his homeland.

Among low-rise one- and two-story houses, in the heart of Manila's poverty stands a seven-story mansion that has become the residence of the King of the Philippines and world boxing. It's not a desire to make people jealous, it's just that Manny decided that he had to live where he came from. And at the same time, in every possible way, help the hometown to crawl out of the pit of poverty.

Pacquiao earned his money with sweat, blood and fierce faith in himself. He did not steal, did not cheat, did not get involved in dirty business. The guy was just doing his job, spending most of his life training, boxing. The efforts spent on the work of his whole life were rewarded in a gigantic amount. Manny is rich, but he is not proud of his wealth. Despite the scale of construction, the net cost of the 7-story building was only $ 1.1 million. This is due to the choice of an unfavorable neighborhood, where land costs several times less than in more prosperous areas of Manila.

Twenty years have passed without change here. The only new thing is my mansion. I left this place 20 years ago, but still nothing has changed.

Manny Pacquiao

The working class for Manny is closer and more understandable. World money tycoons once again made it clear to the great Filipino champion that the simplicity of people should be at the forefront. The more cunning and sarcastic a person is, the less positive emotions you feel towards him. It’s definitely not worth expecting good from this. The poor neighborhood just after Christ, family, and boxing was the next big thing in Pacquiao's life. The amount of attention that he pays to the improvement of his native streets cannot but instill in the hearts of his neighbors love and devotion to this man with a huge heart.

A multi-storey building is, first of all, a huge number of jobs, and this is the essence of the project conceived by Pacquiao. Yes, he lives, works and trains in it, but at the same time, all the same is done by several dozen people who got a chance to make money thanks to their famous compatriot. There are offices, training rooms, and drinking establishments - a kind of business center named after "Manny Pacquiao".

The attitude of the Filipinos towards their national hero can be seen by one single criterion. The Philippines are mostly Christians, but there are also Muslims and representatives of ethnic religions among them. More than 30 years ago, Islamists began to wage active hostilities for the recognition of some semblance of autonomy for the Muslim population. Regular units of the Philippine army enter the fight against them. But ... on the days when Manny Pacquiao has his fights, the fire stops. People arrange a truce, and overnight they watch the performance of their idol on TV screens.

The beginning of the way

Here you can see L&M Gym, where Manny first started boxing. Could anyone really think that he was able to close his eyes to the place that gave him a start in life? Local trainers helped to reveal the talent of the young boxer, who gave everything for a pittance to give the world a legendary boxer, who will be remembered by future generations. And even if the names of these coaches will never be recognized in the world of sports, they will forever remain in the heart of the champion himself.

The story of Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao will sooner or later become the plot for a full-length film. His family lived in a poor village 500 kilometers from the capital, barely finding a means of subsistence. When Manny was 14 years old, he had to leave his family, because his parents could no longer provide for such an adult guy. It was then that he arrived in a poor quarter of Manila, where he worked at first as a gardener and a handyman at a construction site. This continued exactly until he wandered into L&M Gym. Long before that, he was already in love with boxing thanks to the fight between James Douglas and Mike Tyson, in which “ Iron Mike"Unexpectedly lost for everyone.

After the first years of active training, Manny realized that amateur boxing would not bring money, so in addition to his main job, he began to participate in underground fist fights, earning a couple of bucks for a victory. He tried to immediately send the money he earned to his family, who needed at least some kind of prosperity. Then came 1997 when Pacquiao's star really shone. This happened after participating in a talk show for amateur boxers, a TV tournament, in which the young Pacquiao won a landslide victory over all his rivals.

God is the true champion in my life.

Manny Pacquiao

Winning a TV show made Manny very popular, and invitations to various tournaments began to pour in one after another. At first, the boxer was invited by local promotions, from time to time offering the guy professional contracts. This was followed by the championship in the weight category "fly" in Thailand, and then the Filipino received an invitation to his first American fight, which, by the way, ended with his grandiose victory over the South African athlete Lehlohonolo Ledvaba. It was no longer possible to refuse such a contract. The Filipino and his coaching staff were well aware that now they were given a chance, which in the future may no longer exist. It was necessary to take the bull by the horns and conquer North America... Subsequent overseas fights brought Pacquiao one victory after another. He seemed to devour his rivals, after which the public gave the nickname to the new hero - "Pak-Man" (in honor of the eponymous hero of video games).

A couple of years ago, Pacquiao lost 2 fights in a row to his main rivals for the welterweight title contender - Marquez and Bradley. This made many people wonder if Manny's era is over, and shouldn't he choose a different weight category? The Filipino responded to these statements with two victories in a row, in one of which he took a confident revenge from Timothy Bradley. Now the boxing community is pondering the likelihood of a fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather cannot be considered the undisputed champion until he fights with Pacquiao - this is the opinion of the public.

If there is a possibility of a fight with Pacquiao, then let's do it. As soon as Pacquiao has his fight with Algieri, we can talk about it. Manny needs to focus on his opponent. Let this test pass first.

Floyd Mayweather

The impudent, cheeky and star-studded Floyd is unlikely to attract the sympathy of the poor neighborhoods, because even in his homeland in the United States, not everyone loves this asshole. Poor neighborhoods are more likely to root for Pac-Man, because he is the image of a modest guy who got out of outright poverty, became a king and did not forget his roots, paying tribute to the slums that raised him from a young age.

Emmanuel (Manny) Pacquiao was born on December 17, 1978 in the Philippine city of Kibawa. At the age of eleven, he saw a fight between Mike Tyson and Buster Douglas, which amazed him to the core. It was after him that he decided to go to boxing training. Young Manny's new hobby was received by his mother "with hostility", and at the age of 12 he runs away from home, which, in turn, leads to vagrancy. Almost nothing is known about those times of his life, tk. the boxer himself does not like to talk about it. But there is enough information about the subsequent periods of his life.

Boxing career

Until his sixteenth birthday, Pacquiao fought exclusively in amateur fights. Then he had 64 fights, of which he won 60. After that, he made his professional debut: in the very first fight, where his opponent was Edmund Ignacio, Manny wins on points. Then ten more victorious battles follow, but in the eleventh the Filipino loses to another Filipino fighter, Rustico Torrecampo. But this defeat only adds a fuse to a stubborn athlete, and in subsequent battles he continues to win victories.
In June 1997, Pacquiao defeated veteran Thai boxer Chokchai Chokwiwat, earning him a small regional flyweight title, and some major boxing organizations are beginning to show interest in him. In December 1998, "Pacman" fights for the WBC title in the 50.8 kg weight category against professional Thai boxer Chatchai Saksakul, and defeats him by knockout in the eighth round. But already in September 1999, in a fight against another Thai, Medgoen Singsurata lost to him in the third round.

After that, the Filipino boxer moves up two weight categories and in December 1999 competes in the first featherweight title against the WBC champion Reinante Jamili, and wins by technical knockout. This victory is followed by several more, and the victorious fighter is noticed by the American promoter Murat Mohammed. He concludes a contract with the boxer and promises to arrange a serious fight for the championship belt. And in June 2001, a lucky break brings Manny to a fight with IBF champion Lehlohonolo Ledvaba. Before the fight, the Asian athlete trains with the famous trainer Freddie Roach. As a result, Pacquiao enters the ring as a completely different boxer - more technical. In the first round, he makes it clear to the opponent Ledvaba that he will not have a sweet spot. Until the sixth round, "Pacman" amazes everyone with the manner and tactics of his fight, and in the middle of the round knocks out Ledwaba, who will no longer be able to continue the fight. Pacquiao becomes the new IBF champion.

In the next fight, the native of the Philippines will face WBO champion Agapito Sanchez. But this time, luck was not so favorable to Manny, and Sanchez managed to retain his title - the fight ended in a draw by the decision of the judges. Although, it was repeatedly noticed that Sanchez is playing a "dirty" game, but in fact, this did not play a role. After the fight with Sanchez Pacquiao meets in the ring with Colombian Jorge Eliser Julio - two-time world bantamweight champion. The Filipino hero wins in the second round. The next fight was even shorter. In the first round, Manny knocked down and then knocked out the challenger for the IBF belt - Thai Fakprakorb Stickvenim three times. The Thai boxer was passed out for more than 20 minutes and was hospitalized. And his next striking victory "Pacman" won in July 2003 over the Mexican fighter Emmanuel Lucero, whom no one could defeat before. He defeated the Mexican by TKO in the third round.

Around the same time, Pacquiao's promoter was negotiating a meeting between his ward and the legendary Mexican - Marco Antonio Barrera. It took place in November 2003. Almost the entire fight Emmanuel suppresses the opponent with his powerful onslaught and in the eleventh round the fight is stopped by Barrera's seconds, throwing out a towel. After this fight, the Asian warrior becomes a boxing superstar in the Philippines and gains popularity in the United States. Some time later, he decides to win the featherweight title. His rival is Juan Manuel Marquez, the WBA and WBF champion in this weight category. The fight took place in May 2004 and ended in a draw.

Having won another victory against Thai boxer Phasang Por Tavach, Pacquiao again rose in the weight class, and in March 2005 he met with boxing legend - Mexican Eric Morales. In this battle, the victory went to the Mexican. The second meeting of the same fighters took place in January 2006. Pacman won at the end of round 10. In July 2006, he defeated another Mexican - Oscar Larios. And in November of the same year, the third meeting of Pacquiao and Morales took place, in which at the end of the third round the referee stopped the fight - the Filipino completely suppressed the Mexican, who could no longer continue the match.

In April 2007, Manny meets in the ring with another athlete from Mexico, Jorge Solis, and defeats him in the eighth round. In October, the second fight with Barrera takes place, in which Pacquiao becomes the winner again. The second meeting with Marquez took place in March 2008 and the irrepressible "Pacman" won. In June 2008, he fights for the WBC world title with David Diaz, and wins in the ninth round. The next fight was already in welterweight, because Pacquiao again climbed two steps in the weight category. The fight took place in December 2008. This time, Oscar De La Hoya became the rival of the Filipino star. Manny won after eight rounds. Then the next year he beat Ricky Hatton in the welterweight division for his best knockout in all of 2009. At welterweight title, Pacquiao defeated Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey. In the first middleweight champion was beaten by Antonio Margarito. For this victory he got the champion title in a new weight category.

Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao Style

Manny Pacquiao is truly a unique boxer who has won fame for himself for many years. As you know, he is left-handed. His fighting style is characterized, first of all, by the highest speed and precision of strikes, excellent reaction, endurance and excellent footwork, as well as by his signature "hurricane" - an incredible number of combinations thrown at the opponent. In addition, he has excellent strategic thinking, which allows him to always find the best position. It is also unique that, moving from the lightest weight to the heavier weight categories, "Pacman" increased the power of strikes, but retained its lightning speed. Left-handed boxer Manny Pacquiao can be safely ranked among the greatest athletes of our time, and a fiery "cocktail" of speed, power and the most effective combinations is a real confirmation of this!

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Manny Pacquiao - Miguel Cotto

Among professional boxers, whose records it is unlikely that someone will be able to beat, but at least repeat, undoubtedly stands out best boxer decades (2000s) regardless of the weight category according to the versions of many experts Filipino Manny Pacquiao... He became the world champion in various versions in eight weight categories. And the difference between the minimum (flyweight) and maximum (first middleweight) weight categories, which was performed by Manny Pacquiao, was ten weight categories, which is also not easy to achieve.

Biography of Manny Pacquiao as an athlete-boxer began at the age of eleven and might not have continued if not for his stubborn nature. His mother forbade him to box, and he left his father's house. But he continued boxing training. Soon, Manny Pacquiao became a member of the national amateur team, which was fully funded by the government of the Philippines. He ended his amateur career in 1994 with 60 wins and only 4 losses.

On January 22, 1995, in a battle against Edmund Ignacio, debut of Pacquiao in the professional ring... It was only in June 1997 that Manny Pacquiao's biography took another turn: after defeating Chokchai Chokwiwatha from Thailand and receiving the title of regional champion, he was included in the ratings of the leading boxing organizations.

In December 1998, Pacquiao received his first WBC champion belt in weight up to 50.8 kg, knocking out Chatchay Sasakul in the eighth round. This belt was taken away from Manny Pacquiao not by rivals, but by the scales. In order not to risk any more, Manny Pacquiao jumped straight to the first featherweight, and in December 1999 he had his first fight in this weight category.

Despite the championship belts, Manny Pacquiao's fame was brought by the fight with the legendary Mexican Marco-Antonio Barrera in November 2003, which at that time did not have any titles. The convincing victory opened up Manny to the American public and allowed him to organize fights with the stars. modern boxing... After that fight, for a decade, Pacquiao's engagement in the fight guaranteed an overcrowded MGM Grand in Las Vegas and a multi-million dollar pay-per-view audience.

Manny Pacquiao Knockouts brought him championship belts one by one. He easily crushes boxing stars: Eric Morales, Oscar de la Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Juan Manuel Marquez, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey, Shane Moseley, Antonio Margarito and many others could not resist his onslaught. According to the Association of Boxing Journalists, he was named Boxer of the Year in 2006, 2008 and 2009. The American Academy of Sports named it the best athlete 2009 year.

A separate page in sports biography Manny Pacquiao stands out for him epic confrontation with Juan Manuel Marquez... The opponents met 4 times - in 2004, 2008, 2011 and 2012 (December), all the times the fight was competitive and very tough. The first three fights ended in victory for Pacquiao, and Pacquiao lost the fourth by knockout in the sixth round.

Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather

There were many battles in the life of an athlete, but they waited for one fight for about several years, Floyd Mayweather Jr. entered the ring against Manny. Athletes covered the entire distance in 12 rounds, high level of protection american boxer mirrored super serial boxer combinations.

The fee for this fight became a record in the history of boxing, one minute of the boxers' stay in the ring was estimated at about five million dollars.

The thin line between the two fighters was appreciated by real boxing experts, it seemed that the boxers were strategically ready for anything, Manny did not manage to bring Floyd to an open exchange of blows, and as a challenger he was never able to convince the judges of his superiority. It was his 6 career defeat, of which he won 57 times in 65 fights, 38 times by knockout. The audience was on the side of the Filipino, his frank charisma was perfectly combined with a fighting spirit and sincere joy to be a part of big boxing.

Pacquiao - Bradley - 3

The fight began calmly, without haste, boxers threw out single punches and, as a rule, worked for accuracy, not the number of punches thrown out. The first three rounds were held with varying degrees of success, each had its own lucky moments, but the Filipino was still a little more accurate. Starting from the fourth, Pacquiao stepped up and began to throw out the ligaments of 3-4 punches, as a rule, very carefully and accurately, the same thing happened in the fifth. The sixth round was not rich in events, but in the seventh, Pak-Man made a slight knockdown with a three-hit combination. The eighth round was won by Bradley, due to pressure and activity, and in the ninth, the Filipino doubled the success by sending the American to the floor with a short left hook. The rest of the fight took place at a calm pace, where Pacquiao looked better. As a result, all three judges scored 116-110 in Pacquiao's favor.

Pacquiao - Vargas

Pacquiao acted as usual from the very first minutes, working as the first number. In the second round, the Filipino knocked Vargas down, but the American quickly recovered and continued to box. The fight lasted all 12 rounds. Pacquiao was more reliable in attacking and defensive actions and won by unanimous decision.

On July 2, 2017, a fight took place with Australian Jeff Horn, in which Pacquiao lost a controversial decision on points. As a result, Horn received the WBO world welterweight title, the fight took place in Australia, many critics argued that they did not agree with the opinion of the judges.

Emmanuel Dapidran "Manny" Pacquiao captivated the audience not only with his style of boxing, first of all, he was characterized by a respectful attitude towards opponents and a noble attitude towards sports in general. Under his leadership were built sport complexes, new schools for boxing were opened, in the Philippines they became more actively popularized healthy image life.

Pacquiao has been repeatedly nominated for various administrative positions, but sports career for him it was and remains in the foreground. Pacquiao is actively involved in politics, in 2010 he was elected congressman from the Liberal Party of the Philippines.

In 2000, the boxer married Miria Geraldmine Jamora, they have five children. His mom still does not encourage his son to take part in fights in the ring, but she supports Manny by being present at every fight.

In this article, we'll take a look at Manny Pacquiao's boxing style and technique.

And it's probably worth starting the article with what boxing qualities Meenny Pacquiao has. First of all, it is worth noting that Pacquiao has an innate talent combined with a worked out to perfection basic technique boxing.

Meenny is left-handed and stands in a right-sided stance, has tremendous speed - impact, movement and footwork, timing - a sense of distance and moment for striking or reconciliation protective actions- reaction, excellent protection with the body and legs, the accuracy of the blows and the power of the blow - Pacquiao is a puncher. Also, on his the highest level endurance, thanks to which he practically without fatigue spends 2 rounds, inflicting almost all blows - power. And, of course, the famous and signature "hurricane" - a huge number of combinations in the course of one attack.

This is not to say that Manny is inherent in any one style of boxing. In a fight, Meenny Pacquiao can use different boxing styles depending on the situation and the opponent. First of all, in battle, Meenny is a strategist and a player. Most suitable styles boxing that could be defined for Manny is:

• Left-handed boxer
• Outfighter or Pure Boxer
• Counterpunch

You can learn more about boxing styles.

Manny Pacquiao's boxing technique and tricks

Before you move on to reading the article, I recommend that you watch the video below with a cut of some of Manny Pacquiao's techniques.

Manny Pacquiao Boxing Style

Well, now let's go directly to the techniques and techniques used by Manny Pacquiao during the fight.

Kicks with movement on the legs

Having watched any of Manny's fights, you will see that, very often, Pacquiao conducts with a relaxed movement around the ring during an attack. Menny freely delivers powerful combinations of different types of punches on the forward movement (sometimes he goes through the entire ring in length with punches), after which he takes a step left or right and immediately carries out the next combination. This manner of fighting is not very familiar to boxers and amazes them with its duration, speed, strength and change in the direction of punches.

Octopus

This is a technique that Manny uses very often and is called hurricane in America. To carry out this action, Manny squeezes his opponent in the corner or near the ropes and unleashes a barrage of blows on him, both to the head and to the body. After such a powerful attack, the opponents can hardly keep their feet. The peculiarity of this technique performed by Manny is that he delivers many strong and accurate punches bypassing the opponent's defense (it is precisely the accuracy, power and speed that distinguishes him from other boxers performing this technique).

Breaking the clinch

As mentioned above, Menny has incredible stamina. Menny deliberately sets a high pace of the fight to wear down the opponent. When his opponents start to get tired and cannot defend effectively, they try to clinch in order to rest a little and recover from the blows. Manny deprives them of this opportunity in several ways. Firstly, he does not allow the opponent to come to close distance, for this he constantly moves, makes sharp jumps back and to the side when the enemy tries to approach him. If the opponent manages to grab Manny in a clinch, he performs his technique - he does not resist, slightly relaxes his body, raises his arms up, after which he makes a sharp and strong jerk with his body down with a step back. Freeing himself from the clinch, Manny begins to attack.

Dive with an approach behind the opponent's back

Although this technique is known in boxing as a classic one, nevertheless boxers use it quite rarely due to the difficulty of performing. Manny performs this technique perfectly and you can see him in any of his fights. He performs this technique at the moment when the enemy strikes. Manny makes a sharp dive under the impact with a simultaneous step right leg diagonally to the right and forward towards the opponent. After this action, he is on the left side of the opponent. Then Manny acts according to the circumstance and his preference - he either carries out an attack, which usually becomes very effective and unexpected for the opponent, or simply continues to move on, goes behind the enemy and waits for him to turn around and substitute his bewildered face to receive another blow.

Horse Racing Attacks

Most of his attacks are in the races. Manny makes a sharp push-off with his feet in the direction of the opponent with a simultaneous strike, after which he makes a second jump with a kick - if the opponent moves away. Thus, he instantly reduces the distance by stunning the opponent with a sudden appearance in the critical attack zone. As a rule, at the time of this technique, his opponents go into deep block defense, but the pakman, knowing this, calmly continues the attack on the enemy's undefended zones.

Percussion combinations

Pacman big amateur applying multi-impact series. Very often he uses the Syrian five strikes. If the enemy is hiding behind a block, Manny can carry out in a row 2 - 3 series of five different types of blows to the body and head. With all this, enough force is invested in each of his blows to inflict maximum damage on the opponent. Such serial attacks very quickly destroy his rivals, exhausting, discouraging and shackling, which makes them easy prey.

I suggest you stop for a bit and watch the video clips with the techniques and techniques described above. After that, a second portion of Pacman techniques and techniques awaits you.

Manny Pacquiao's boxing technique

Block jab and counter-jab

To perform this move, Manny Pacquiao moves around the ring, forcing the opponent to believe that he will not get involved in the fight. But, as soon as the opponent strikes the first blow, as a rule, Pacquiao slightly blocks this blow with a platform and immediately throws a counter-jab in response.

Right cross over jab

Many of Pacquiao's opponents rely too much on their advantage in size, arm length and height. It can be assumed that the long jab will always outrun the short right hook-cross, but not when this right one from Manny Pacquiao.

What Pacquiao does is tilt his head to the left - on inner side the opponent's jab, with the simultaneous application of a right cross over the jab of a right-handed opponent. As a rule, a left-hander should not do this, because he is exposed to a blow to the right of his opponent. Pacquiao is ready for this too, ducking his head back a little if a right hand kicks in or gets ahead of him with a faster left cross.

Backhand kick while jumping while caring for an opponent

This blow is very perceptible if the opponent does not expect it, besides, Pacquiao does it at the race with the investment of his entire body weight and the strength of the push with his legs! With this blow, he repeatedly knocked down rivals. This technique Pacquiao begins with moving around the ring and at some point, he makes a sharp and powerful push with his legs forward towards the opponent, quickly leans forward and punches a straight blow with his left hand. Very often, after the end of the punching action, Manny finds himself behind the opponent's left hand, which gives him a favorable position for further attacking actions.

Triangle Defense

This defense technique is quite interesting. Pacquiao places his gloves in front of his head and extends his elbows high and towards the opponent. This is very unusual because boxers are taught to keep their elbows down to protect the body. Pacquiao, on the other hand, raises his elbows in a triangle to dodge or parry punches with his forearms.

He does this because his opponents are too tall for him and they are not very comfortable with punching Pacquiao's body. If he used and simply kept his arms along the body, his opponent's punches would pierce his defenses through his arms and gloves. With this triangle defense, he can fully deflect blows by rotating his forearms. This protection is more effective for stopping more heavy blows... The only thing weakness in this defense it is that his body is open when he raises his elbows.

Step left, left cross

This is a textbook counter that every left-hander should know when fighting a right-handed opponent (and vice versa). Manny Pacquiao does it exceptionally well against right-handed opponents and everyone should learn how he does it.

As a left-hander, Pacquiao expects a strong right hook or direct blow from the opponent. As soon as the opponent strikes this blow, Menny steps to the left and tilts his head to the left from the blow with the opponent's right hand. As soon as the right cross flies, he quickly makes a turn on his foot and pushes the counter cross from the left.

In some cases, Pacquiao will counter-punch first with a light right-handed jab or leave right hand outstretched, pushing the opponent's head to the side before hitting a powerful left cross.

Vertical jab

A vertical jab means that his fist is located straight, as we say, to hold the fist with a glass, so it is more likely to pass through the gap in the opponent's defense and hit the target. At the time of the vertical jab, Pacquiao does not twist his hand as taught with a regular jab. Since the glove is much narrower in an upright position, the blow passes more easily through the slightly open protection of the opponent.

Forearm Protection

Pacquiao uses his forearms very intelligently. If you look closely at the way he moves his forearms, you can see how he manipulates his opponents in the ring with his forearm movements. His forearms are often used as a shield to prevent an opponent from counter-punching or as a flanking maneuver, allowing him to get away without missing punches. He also uses his forearms to keep his opponent at bay.

Rear Left Overhand

Pacquiao throws this tough backhand on an offset jump. His left overhand starts from a long distance, as if from behind. Pacquiao tilts his head forward to the right, enticing the opponent with his head. While his opponent is too busy staring down at his head, he does not see this powerful backhand that comes up from the bottom up from behind. In battle Pacquiao rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez, you can see that it was with this similar left overhand that he sent Marquez to the ring floor.

In the fight against Ricky Hatton, Pacquiao's powerful left overhand was practically behind him when he reached Hatton's chin. It is a kind of invisible blow, extremely effective.

Left high, left low

Pacquiao throws 1-2-1-4k, which is essentially a jab, followed by a left cross to the head, followed by another jab, and ends with a left side kick to the body. His opponents expect the usual 1-2-1-2, that is, left-right-left-right, and they block high, opening the body.

Strikes from different angles

Pacquiao's ability to throw away various and powerful blows from different angles with high speed do not allow his opponents to notice them and defend. Pacquiao skillfully uses his "quick" legs to get into a comfortable position for striking.

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I wouldn't recommend trying to be the next Pacquiao without perfecting your basic boxing techniques first. Manny Pacquiao can stay safe and sound using these techniques because he is insanely fast, experienced, has perfect timing and an innate talent.

This concludes the written part of the analysis of Pacquiao's technique and invite you to consolidate the material covered by watching a video with examples of Pacman techniques and techniques. Do not forget to put like, repost and write your opinion and observations on the technique and style of Manny Pacquiao.

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Manny Pacquiao style boxing updated: January 2, 2018 by the author: Boxingguru