Pacquiao is past his prime

[Bee Keepz]

jus sayin. he doesnt have that intensity anymore. looks alot sluggish compared from couple years ago.

Skill wise no, physically and mentally maybe.

[Pacquiao'd]

pacs killer instinct wil come out when he fights floyd. kjust like floyds will come out...but the only person who will hit that canvass will be pacy nuts

[namme]

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.

[V.WEBB]

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.

[ŧ HE3R0 Ŧ]

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."

[KING MEAT]

Skill wise no, physically and mentally maybe.

agreed. hes not as hungry anymore as he was when he was trying to reach the top.

[ModernTalking]

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.

[Crushedknee]

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...

[joelab75]

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.

[jtiger777]

after all those wars i would expect him to be worse of but hes a freakin beast