Bobby Pacquiao: Is He The Next Dominant Super Featherweight?
Super Featherweight Bobby Pacquiao, (27-12-3, 12 KO’s) the younger brother of the talented pound for pound boxer, Manny Pacquiao, has lived in his older brother’s shadow for much of his none year professional boxing career, and until recently, it was thought that Bobby Pacquiao was never going to be even remotely as good as his brother. Clearly, he had the tools from the beginning, a powerful left hand, blinding hand speed and the benefit of being a natural Southpaw. However, he never seemed to put it together, for whatever reason, possibly because of inadequate training methods.
However, what people failed to see was that Pacquiao was a different fighter altogether from earlier in his career. During that time, he noted for being a limited fighter, one that mainly used his left hand, and little else. Yet, in those bouts, Pacquiao showed that he had a wide assortment of punches at his command, from a straight right hand to a devastating hook and uppercut, all which complimented his already excellent left hand. So good was Pacquiao in those bouts, he showed much of the same ability as his older brother, Manny. Like a diamond in the rough, all it took was a good trainer, like Justin Fortune, to bring it out.
Still, however, there’s a lot of work to do before he can get to his brother, Manny’s, level. This was never more apparent then in Bobby’s last fight, on November 16th, when he lost by 11th round disqualification to Hector Velazquez, got landing countless low blows (5 in total) during the bout. Worse than that, however, was the fact that Pacquiao had already been disqualified before the bout had started, due to him not making the 130 pound, Super featherweight weight limit. He was, however, beating Velazquez at the time of the stoppage, which only made the disqualification even worse.
Pacquiao did show flashes of brilliance during the bout, badly hurting Velazquez on a number of occasions but letting him off the hook when he could have closed the show. However, with a few for fights under his belt, and a little more time to work on his weak points, I can easily see Pacquiao taking over the super featherweight division after his brother retires or moves up in weight. At 25-years old, Pacquiao has plenty of time to develop his raw skills, and bring him to the top.
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Posted December 2nd, 2006 l 98 views
