Manny Pacquiao is still active in the sport and had one of this greatest years to remember this year in a titan year for the one and only ‘Pacman’.
Throughout his career Pacquiao has worked at pace with a great engine and gas tank, with a high punch output volume in many of his fights in a mix of precision and power shots.
Hurtful punches for his opponents that often over the years have been overwhelmed by his sheer speed and stamina over the duration as well as the amount of punches coming at them.
Joe Calzaghe did this well as well up at super-middleweight and at the very end of his career against Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins at light-heavyweight.
What Manny Pacquiao And Joe Calzaghe Have In Common
Both were southpaws, both living legends and both considered all time greats in the sport’s history.
Maybe there is a lesson in some of today’s professional boxing for some fighters to take from this in that inactivity in the ring is neither what fans want nor what judges are looking for either.
Sure, it is all about punches landed, effective, scoring punches, but if they are not throwing enough in the first place this is a big let down to fans and those scoring a fight.
As for ‘Pacman’, Pacquiao turned 47 this week and is still near the highest level of boxing, remarkably.
