Did Pacquiao PEAK LATE?

[pasawayako]

Mayweather dominates Pacquiao in impressive victory by Dan Rafael

The reason why the fight was what it was is because Mayweather, a five-division champion, is just that great. He may not be "TBE" ("the best ever," as he calls himself), but he's way up there and he proved once again that he is the best of his time, a fighter so far superior to everyone in his era that he can basically do as he pleases and outbox anyone.

So, yeah, it was not a great, fan-friendly fight, but it was Mayweather at his master boxer best as he rolled to a fairly dominant win in the legacy fight of his career before a sold-out crowd of 16,507 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena,

Mayweather firmly established that he is the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world. His only true competition was Pacquiao, the 36-year-old Filipino legend and boxing's only eight-division titleholder. As it turned out, it wasn't really much of a competition:

https://www.espn.com.au/boxing/story...essive-victory

you can lie but videos don't lie. Look at the short video clip in my sig on how easy pac landed those hard shots.....

[Nash out]

you can lie but videos don't lie. Look at the short video clip in my sig on how easy pac landed those hard shots.....

Dan was right in this case. I consider myself to be a world-class scorer of boxing fights, and I had it 118-110 Mayweather TBE. My sig is worthy of respect. Nash out.

[Science]

When a guy spends the bulk of a time period fighting stiffs, the aging process stops. Only when a person is up against tough opposition do they ''age''.
It's the same song GGG fans are singing.

Thank you, numerous people on this site have stated how Julio Chavez was "past his prime" when he lost to Frankie Randall because he had "80 fights". Chavez was fighting guys 1-3 like every 2 weeks, which is the reason he had 80 fights.

[IceTrayDaGang]

he didnt peak late.. he got that asian gene.. a 40 year old asian will look a lot younger than a 40 year white person.

[iamboxing]

He was faster in his younger days, but I don't care what anyone says, he always seemed desperate, eager and too open. In his last fights he's looked at his mental sharpest and that's enough often times for fighters who are heavy handed with good boxing skills (e.g. Foreman). That step in with his hands low and KO by Marquez wouldn't have happened if he had the boxing IQ he has today. I truly believe the best is yet to come.

[Mike D]

I agree Grandpa Bernard. Good examples of superior skilled boxers too.

Why didn't you sign off with "Nash out" on this post

[Nash out]

Why didn't you sign off with "Nash out" on this post

I don't sign every post off with Nash out. Maybe half of them.

[QueensburyRules]

Dan was right in this case. I consider myself to be a world-class scorer of boxing fights, and I had it 118-110 Mayweather TBE. My sig is worthy of respect. Nash out.

- -Da dumass be strong in U case...

[Nash out]

- -Da dumass be strong in U case...

Deep down, I know that you respect Nash and his views.

[Mike D]

That step in with his hands low and KO by Marquez wouldn't have happened if he had the boxing IQ he has today

That's a great point, and I agree. That KO changed him...amazingly for the better in some ways. He's a smarter boxer now after that. He doesn't hang around in the pocket as long or hazardly jump in like that anymore. I think he got away with it so many times that he just got to a point to where he felt like he'd never truly pay for that...until he did.

Manny is much more of a boxer after that -- more careful but still calculated. He's still aggressive offensively but he's a lot more selective on when to fire his offense off.

He's a highly underrated boxer and anyone who truly believes he is one dimensional simply does not know boxing.