Morales
Clottey
Cotto
Floyd jr
Which guy faced the best version of pac.
all 4 guys struggled to land and all 4 guys punch out put was lessened
All 4 missed more then any other fight they were in.
Thoughts on the subject
Yeah but it was a stupid move by Oscar to step in the ring with a fighter like Pac at a weight he hadn't fought at in almost a decade. That fight had massacre written all over it. Maybe if they fought at 154 it wouldn't have been as bad but I still think Oscar would have lost.
Eh, the thing is no one thought that would have happened in fact ODLH could have looked it as a cherry pick like Sergio looked at Cotto, even with the handicaps both had they underestimated how good the little fighter was.
It was but doesn't change the fact Pac looked fast as hell, imo he looked like he bulked up by the time he fought Cotto or Marg so he didn't look as fast as he did when he first moved up from 135. In fact i guarantee you no one would have beat Oscar up like that at the time, beat him yes, but that was a massacre.
Yeah but it was a stupid move by Oscar to step in the ring with a fighter like Pac at a weight he hadn't fought at in almost a decade. That fight had massacre written all over it. Maybe if they fought at 154 it wouldn't have been as bad but I still think Oscar would have lost.
Honestly tho, the version of Pac that Floyd beat is comparable to the Oscar that Manny beat....Real talk!
Yeah he didn't pull the trigger at all. He can blame the shoulder all he wants but it still would have been the same outcome if it was not injured.
Past prime shot has been drained oscar..
That was the worst old oscar looked ever..
It was but doesn't change the fact Pac looked fast as hell, imo he looked like he bulked up by the time he fought Cotto or Marg so he didn't look as fast as he did when he first moved up from 135. In fact i guarantee you no one would have beat Oscar up like that at the time, beat him yes, but that was a massacre.
The craziest speed wise both hand and foot that i saw was against ODLH. Some great slomo clips of his hand speed from that fight.
Past prime shot has been drained oscar..
That was the worst old oscar looked ever..
his decline started after marg i think.
makes sense agewise. he turned 32 in 2010. peak is usually late 20's to early 30's.
plus going toe to toe with such a big guy must've been hard on his body.
marg fight was the last time you looked at pac and was like WOW.
Margs took a lot out of Pac as well. Those body punches that Marg landed were vicious
I would say Cotto. Morales fought a younger fresher Pacquiao but he was still more or less of a one handed fighter. Cotto fought a Manny that was on a roll and that was a two handed fighter. Hard to judge with Clottey because he pretty much laid a goose egg, some of it had to do with Pac and some of it had to do with Clottey. Floyd fought past prime but still worthy Pacquiao.
Morales
Clottey
Cotto
Floyd jr
Which guy faced the best version of pac.
all 4 guys struggled to land and all 4 guys punch out put was lessened
All 4 missed more then any other fight they were in.
Thoughts on the subject
Cotto probably... or Morales idk hard to pick between those two.
Yeah margo took some soul from him. .
all that size. Marquez finished him off.
he looked average in rios and algeiri fights.
he should have stopped both guys.
Paulie might beat him at this point with memo..
Cotto, you could argue Clottey since it was right after but the Manny thought fought Cotto was absolutely incredible. He has been on a slow decline ever since.
his decline started after marg i think.
makes sense agewise. he turned 32 in 2010. peak is usually late 20's to early 30's.
plus going toe to toe with such a big guy must've been hard on his body.
marg fight was the last time you looked at pac and was like WOW.
yeah the first time.
But it was because he gave blood... no, it was because of the winning gloves. Waait, my bad, it was Nevada... the Nevada... cut above his eye!?! The Doctor... NO! The Doctor ... words... . . cut above the eye...? Confused him! His blindness affected him it was his blindness... as I said before.
It was his blindness. Tricky blindness it can spring up on you!
Thanks to Larry for clearing up how he got beat.
bloodtesting
gloves
socks
eye
in that order
Cotto, you could argue Clottey since it was right after but the Manny thought fought Cotto was absolutely incredible. He has been on a slow decline ever since.