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Manny Pacquiao

Eight-division world boxing champion and former Philippine senator

3 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.

Manny Pacquiao Sport Science punch force

Manny Pacquiao's recorded Sport Science punch force is 806 lb. Performance date: 2015. Age at the time: 36–37. This was an official test. The source at mixedmartialarts.com gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.

ESPN Sport Science test · WBO welterweight champion (147 lb), age 36, before the Mayweather fight

Source quote and limits

“Meanwhile, calculations showed that he had hit the target with 806lbs of force, the equivalent of being hit by a shotgun blast.”

Manny Pacquiao discovers scientifically how hard he punches (MixedMartialArts.com, 2017-07-11)

Sport Science used high-speed motion capture on a punching bag; the same punch landed in 0.12 s. The article says the test took place before the 2015 Mayweather fight and that he weighed around 145 lb then; dated 2015 from that statement.

2015
- Sport Science punch force: 806 lb
  Official testWBO welterweight champion (147 lb), age 36, before the Mayweather fight
  News report, mixedmartialarts.com2015 · age 36–37medium confidence
  Quote and details
  “Meanwhile, calculations showed that he had hit the target with 806lbs of force, the equivalent of being hit by a shotgun blast.”
  Manny Pacquiao discovers scientifically how hard he punches (MixedMartialArts.com, 2017-07-11)ESPN Sport Science testBodyweight 145 lb

Manny Pacquiao 3.5-mile uphill run to the Hollywood sign

Manny Pacquiao's recorded 3.5-mile uphill run to the Hollywood sign is 22:00. Performance date: 2012-05-07. Age at the time: 33. The recorded effort was a max or PR. The source at boxinginsider.com gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.

Opening day of US training camp before Timothy Bradley fight · Welterweight champion, age 33; uphill training course

Source quote and limits

“He shaved a minute off his personal best time, running the 3.5 mile course in 22 minutes.”

Manny Pacquiao Is Back Training at Wild Card in Hollywood

Team press release reproduced by Boxing Insider. Date and distance are explicit. The time has minute precision in the source; 1320 seconds is the unit conversion of 22 minutes. Course certification and stopwatch precision are unstated. Source gives the time to the minute.

2012
- 3.5-mile uphill run to the Hollywood sign22:00
  Max or PRWelterweight champion, age 33; uphill training course
  News report, boxinginsider.com2012-05-07 · age 33medium confidence
  Quote and details
  “He shaved a minute off his personal best time, running the 3.5 mile course in 22 minutes.”
  Manny Pacquiao Is Back Training at Wild Card in HollywoodOpening day of US training camp before Timothy Bradley fight

Manny Pacquiao Pec-fly machine

Manny Pacquiao's recorded Pec-fly machine is 50 lb × 10. Performance date: 2005-11. Age at the time: 26. This was a working set. The source at philstar.com gives this mark. Source type: interview. Confidence is medium.

Golds Gym visit at Robinsons Galleria · Preparing for Erik Morales rematch, age 26

Source quote and limits

“He pushed up to 50 pounds doing 10 repetitions on the pec-fly machine”

Manny far from top form, says fitness pro

Named eyewitness trainer David Chua describes the set in an interview. The article was published 14 November 2005 and says the visit was the other day; exact day unknown, so month stored. Bench predictions and a chinning machine with unspecified assistance are excluded.

2005
- Pec-fly machine50 lb × 10
  Working setPreparing for Erik Morales rematch, age 26
  Trainer said, philstar.com2005-11 · age 26medium confidence
  Quote and details
  “He pushed up to 50 pounds doing 10 repetitions on the pec-fly machine”
  Manny far from top form, says fitness proGolds Gym visit at Robinsons Galleria

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Photo: Robert Oswald P. Alfiler for the Philippine News Agency (state-owned publication), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.