Is Pacquiao now past-prime?

[Killa_Kali]

I've been following his career for quite some time now.
I am absolutely serious.



Yes. He's that good, that his past-prime is still world-beating.
The point remains that he's lost speed in-camp and (more
understandably) in the ring.

he played possum in rounds 1-4. deliberately leaned on the ropes to egg cotto to a slugfest. in the latter rounds, cotto was on his bike. maybe we were merely used to seeing him deck really slow guys like diaz and hatton. i still think he was fast though.

[Albo Da Kid]

I give him 2 or 3 more years till he's shot. Right now I think he's a little past his prime.

['Sugar' Freddi]

Wow. I hate some of the threads that people make. If he lost, or won a close decision, then you might want to make a thread like this but Pacquiao looked freaking amazing and proved a lot to people that he can take the punches of a big welterweight and hang on for 12 rounds. Pacquiao is probably at his best right now, because he gets better in each fight.

[GTL]

I do see Pacquiao slowing down some, especially in this fight. You saw it in the 24/7 where he was more stationary taking punishment against sparring partners.

Against Cotto, Pacquiao was taking breaks against the ropes and letting Cotto get off on him. Pacquiao didn't do that as a tactic, he had to rest his legs.

You are a sexy mofo ryan.. no ****..

the pacman was at his heaviest weight.. i didnt see him slow up.. it was a 12 rounder.. pacman, has had a LONG career.. He should fight 2-3 more times. and hang them up with this health intact

[MANGLER]

No way. He still looked in gr8 shape and clearly ain't lost his hunger.

[BOX-A-LOT]

I do see Pacquiao slowing down some, especially in this fight. You saw it in the 24/7 where he was more stationary taking punishment against sparring partners.

Against Cotto, Pacquiao was taking breaks against the ropes and letting Cotto get off on him. Pacquiao didn't do that as a tactic, he had to rest his legs.

I'm with you bro, in fact, I think PAC has lost a step awhile ago, he's not washed-up, but he's on his way.

[Junito-Rulez]

Cotto has great timing, that's why Pacquiao had trouble. Hatton and old DLH are not on Cotto's level.

[Chip2006uk]

Personally I thought that Pacquiao hadnt lost any handspeed at all, he looked fast as ever

[FLY TY]

Wow. I hate some of the threads that people make. If he lost, or won a close decision, then you might want to make a thread like this but Pacquiao looked freaking amazing and proved a lot to people that he can take the punches of a big welterweight and hang on for 12 rounds. Pacquiao is probably at his best right now, because he gets better in each fight.

i cosign this....i don't know what fight guys were watching last night....

dude if anything, is in-prime. he absolutely took cotto to school last night. cotto was probably the best 147 pounder in the world not named mayweather, and pacquiao absolutely made it look like cotto didn't even belong in the same ring.

wasn't a fan of pacman before, i am now.

[Left Hook Tua]

Handspeed was already a little slower, at practically the same
training weight he had in earlier camps. All that punishment he
took from Cotto has to be a factor. He's also been talking about
retirement, for well over a year now.

Pac is still a force to be reckoned with, but is he not a little bit
past his prime?

i think he is on the downslide.

mosley/berto and then he can retire.