In the clip below, you can see Pacquiao stepping to the outside of Cotto and pivots around him, constantly changing the angles and creating new openings to land his combinations from. Before we move further, let’s brush up through the basics. Your lead foot is used to establish your position and the line of attack. Thus, it should be aimed at your opponent’s central mass.
Contrastingly, your trailing foot should be used to establish the angle of your attack. While Pacquiao’s lead foot is already position to attack, by pivoting with his trailing foot, he is able to change the direction of his attacks. This establishes a new angle of attack and Cotto must make a positional adjustment to defend himself.
Another noteworthy thing is that by changing the angle, Pacquiao doesn’t allow Cotto to punch back because he simply isn’t in front of him anymore. Thus, Cotto is forced to turn and Pacquiao unleashes hell on him with quick flurry combination whilst he tries to catch up the pace. Watch everything in the clip below. Simply excellent!