Manny Pacquiao's decline has been greatly over-exaggerated: A look at recent fights.

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As with age he isn't necessarily going to get any better, but one KO loss doesn't define a fighter. That shot could have KO'd any boxer, just unfortunate that it was Manny that night.

I believe he is going for it this time and Bradley will be in for the fight of his life, may even get stopped.

[littlemac]

Pac's Fan boys simply like to make excuses when Pac loses or gets put to sleep so it can bring false comfort to their identity of their made up hero they so heavily emotionly invested.

[Dr Rumack]

Watch the Pac-Bradley fight and pretty much any Pacquiao fight from 08/09/10 and it's like night and day. He doesn't have the same engine. Workrate is 70-80% of what it was at best.

[littlemac]

Watch the Pac-Bradley fight and pretty much any Pacquiao fight from 08/09/10 and it's like night and day. He doesn't have the same engine. Workrate is 70-80% of what it was at best.

If you look at all of his(Pacs) fights with Marquez, you will see Pac's total punches thrown in those three fights which were fought in four different time situations were only a few punches away from being identical. Pac's activity and success has more to do with whose in front of him then anything else as silly as having to do with loss of motivation or fire

[hectari]

Pac's Fan boys simply like to make excuses when Pac loses or gets put to sleep so it can bring false comfort to their identity of their made up hero they so heavily emotionly invested.

^Angry hater alert

[fabie]

Watch the Pac-Bradley fight and pretty much any Pacquiao fight from 08/09/10 and it's like night and day. He doesn't have the same engine. Workrate is 70-80% of what it was at best.

But what you might have failed to realize is that this work rate you were talking about is also by design.

[littlemac]

^Angry Pactuurd alert

^Angry Pactuurd alert

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Has he declined? Yes.
Is he done? No.

The Pac that beat DLH, Hatton, and Cotto was a beast. Starting with the Clottey fight, you could see small signs of decline. Not so much physical but a loss of pure aggressiveness. It was highlighted during the Mosley fight. He should have sent Shane into retirement like he did DLH but he took it easy on him.

He seemed to have found that aggressiveness against JMM after he got knocked down the first time but he got caught with a perfect punch while he was going for the kill. No shame in it but he did get KTFO.

I'm not convinced of what type of fighter Manny is after the Rios fight. It was a controlled and reserved Manny. Sure, he had his moments and let loose a couple times but he never went for the kill. He seems content now on winning rounds instead of finishing his opponent. He's older now, got knocked out cold and isn't fighting to "make it" anymore. Doesn't make him any less of a very good boxer (which I consider him now), he just isn't steamrolling through the sport anymore.

For the record, I think he wins a comfortable UD against Bradley.

[Mike D]

His so called decline is based off two individual punches. The 3rd round KD against JMM in JMM4, and the KO at the end of the 6th in JMM4. That's it.

[AssasinKing]

The thing Pac has lost that people arent mentioning as much, is his stamina

Before he had unhuman like stamina....

And that stamina is what made him a threat to mayweather.....now I cant see him being a problem for mayweather where as 3 years ago I knew he would trouble mayweather