Old Manny, Prime Floyd

[jdp28tx]

Manny is way past his prime. This fight should not mean much historically due to that fact. Smaller aggressive fighters primes are short, he is 36 yrs old, he has had over 60fights, he has been in numerous wars. He is just not the Manny of old and he had to be in order to win last night.

As for Floyd's age he is still in his prime even though he is older than Pac. He is a larger fighter who is a defensive fighter so those types of fighters have a longer shelf life. He has never been in any wars that would make him age in the ring, he has no real bad habits regarding his lifestyle (accept beating well you know..). Most importantly he took 2yrs off which obviously was very good for him.

It is not Manny's fault this fight was made too late, but it is Floyd's fault for not fighting him 5yrs ago. Floyd cheated fans out of a truly great historical fight. That is why he can't be compared to Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, or Ali. When people look back at this fight they will give Manny a pass, just like people give Sugar Ray a pass when he lost to Norris and Sugar was a year younger than Manny and had far less miles on his odometer.


Floyd should get some credit, but people should add that he beat an old Pacman and in this sport that matters.

[supremeboxer]

floyd isnt in his prime.just stop making excuses.manny got beat,coz he lacks the skills required to beat floyd,its that simple.whenever manny losses,theres always lame excuses.like when marquez beat him.just accept mannys not as great as you think.floyds performance,was far from his best,but he still beat the fighter of the decade lol pretty easily.

[Kenny MF Powers]

[PecVentus]

Like I said on another thread, they should have fought at least twice, possibly three times as for Manny to have stood any chance of winning, it had to happen when Manny was in his prime as his style is suited to a younger man.

That doesn't mean Manny would have won, but at least we would have been left with no doubt as to who was the best.

[Ruthless One]

Both guys are old, lol. It's just that Floyd was the better man that night. I was rooting for Pac but I could clearly see that he didn't do enough to win, while Floyd did. Neither guy hurt each other that much.