Old Manny, Prime Floyd

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.