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PacMan strikes me as having some //s here. Like Duran, he's raw aggression refined, if thats not too much of an oxymoron.

In other words, he fights coming forward but gives enough movement to be elusive, in contrast to the more methodological Chavez. Punches come at all angels and the style is very Jazz-like: A lot of improvising.

Both fighters have a reputation for fury but are almost deceptively calculating. .
There are major differences between the two. Duran's in-fighting Mastery and Pacquiao combination hand speed. Actually Pacquiao has a rhythm where he bounces with an in-and-out motion but most don't pick up on the feet because he's throwing punches. Where as Duran made changes in styles from outside to inside fighting mostly standing flat footed.
I disagree, Duran was almost NEVER flat footed. It is just that his movments were more subtle than Manny's.
It's ok to disagree, assuming we're on different pages. But the only time I ever seen Duran use his toes is with that two footed hop he does to move into range. Otherwise he always shuffled his feet flat footed. You can look at him cutting off the ring here, and he don't bounce on his toes he moves flat footed. You'll have to show me what you are talking about cause I've never seen it.




And here his typical outside boxing and infighting his movements are always typically flat footed.