Pacquiao is past his prime

Yeah he is slowing down.. but the worst part he lost was his killer instinct The pac I knew wouldn't have let margarito off easy in the last 2 rounds "The pac i knew"...:lol1: stupid pactard, you wish you knew pacquiao.

I dont think he had his edge against mosley. They even touched gloves after the breaks, for an avg of 6x touching gloves per round. I dont think they wanted to hurt each other, and manny looked like he was in cruise control until mosley pushed him down. I think floyd would bring out a better Manny. No touching gloves there

pac too soft now. dam too much glove touching :gay:

jus sayin. he doesnt have that intensity anymore. looks alot sluggish compared from couple years ago. Manny is past his prime. Not by alot, but he is still slowing down a bit. More hittable. Less hungry. Lucky for him he is so much better then everyone he fights. Pac can show up at 70% and still murder guys. This is part of why the meaningless fights he keeps having piss me off. He only has another year or two tops where he is on the top of his game (or near it) and he is wasting them on easy fights.

exactly. this is prime pac right here. yes.. he is def past his prime.. but still knockin dudes around the ring. :lol1: That vid was of the 'destroyer'... not anymore.

lol here u go again man im on my way to san jo man!!!!!! i dont get it....

i agree with u but according to alot of pacs hard core fans it was pacs hardest fight ever... but it is what it is meaning hardest blows ever landed on him.. those 2 body shots from marg on rd 6 can make anyone take a knee.

Yeah, I think the weight has a lot to do with it. He used to be a one trick pony and so he doesn't fight as wildly, anymore. Back then he was all about the left hand now he has "Manila Ice," so yeah. I think he's still going strong, though.

Pac past his peak but still in his prime. Pac just beat a guy who had 17 lbs on him not just by unanimous decision but a very brutal one sided fight. No on from 147 lbs to 154 lbs will beat Margarito the way Pac did. he may have lost some of his killer instinct but we still dont know for sure because he fought way bigger men his last 3 fights.

High intensity fighters like Pacquiao always start to lose the edge first..Maintaining that extreme work-rate is just to wearing..Not so much the fights but the training..To have the kinda workrate means he has to train insane intensity..Not maintainable..I wish he had the Option to go bigger. Lighter weights just favor young mens attributes more. Middleweight and above though they can get buy being a little slower and make up for it in other ways..Pacquiao could work on his defense and Get some real one shot power..Cagey fighter with the power to exploit an opening always seem to have the longest run...

agreed. hes not as hungry anymore as he was when he was trying to reach the top. It would be very interesting to watch Pacquiao fight if he had the skill he had today during his 122-126 days. He was just brutal back then but his skill was no where near where it is today. I think his age and wars is just catching up with him because he fights like he's not as hungry as he was before.

Skill wise no, physically and mentally maybe. agreed. hes not as hungry anymore as he was when he was trying to reach the top.

Threads like these are always funny for the irony. Pac fans talk about how Manny reached his peak in 2009 and has been on a slow decline for 2 years. Which is a given and natural for any boxer. As expected, Floyd fanatics would disagree to whatever a Pac fan has to say about Manny. But in doing so, I think some of them fail to notice that they're basically saying, "No He's not! shut up! Pacquiao is still as awesome as ever."

Pac was at his best against Oscar,Fatton, unbelievable speed and quickness, angles... Cotto was the cherry on th cake.... I thought he looked softer and slower against Clottey and Margo... Mosley brings with a good reach some speed and power that Manny never saw...Manny might lose...with a puncher like Mosley you never now...Mosley is older but still has his power (ask Floyd). Manny can't afford getting hit like he did against Clottey.Clottey can't punch, Mosley sure can. No, he won't.

Well, we all have our own opinions here. Obviously, against, Cotto, Clottey, Margarito, Pacquiao wasn't able to knock eah one of them out. Each of these guy weighed almost a 160lbs on fight night. While Pacquiao weighed only 149lbs at his heaviest. So it's clear why he had a difficulty in knocking each of them out. The weight is the factor. It's all about the weight we are talking about here. The heavier the weight, the more difficult for Pacquiao to knock them out. They're just much much bigger than Pacquiao. That's why in this Mosley fight, I don't expect Pacquiao to KO Mosley. Whether he is on a decline or not...that still remains to be seen.

jus sayin. he doesnt have that intensity anymore. looks alot sluggish compared from couple years ago. Skill wise no, physically and mentally maybe.

jus sayin. he doesnt have that intensity anymore. looks alot sluggish compared from couple years ago. Pac was at his best against Oscar,Fatton, unbelievable speed and quickness, angles... Cotto was the cherry on th cake.... I thought he looked softer and slower against Clottey and Margo... Mosley brings with a good reach some speed and power that Manny never saw...Manny might lose...with a puncher like Mosley you never now...Mosley is older but still has his power (ask Floyd). Manny can't afford getting hit like he did against Clottey.Clottey can't punch, Mosley sure can.

He's been on the decline since 2009. But I'm convinced the vid I just posted of him was not that impressive due to the weight he was carrying. Reason why he's never gone in the ring that heavy. The other vids of him training in the low 140s had more speed and workrate.

Pacquiao is no longer prime, he has to take break now during fight. His skill is still evolving but his physical toughness is disappearing. If he was to have his skill right during his 122-126 days I bet he would have been very lethal.

Lol, O MY GOD, you people are already making your excuses for Pacquiao for when either, Berto knocks Pacquiao out, Mayweather outboxes Pacquiao, or for when Martinez TKO's Pacquiao. http://i55.tinypic.com/11gm3wm.jpg