Comments Thread For: Manny Pacquiao Proves That He Still Has A lot Left

[Jack Napier]

no he didn't, he looked like shit
pleasantly surprised; thought since it was signed that Pac would lose
but despite beating Bradley again, Pac's finished
PLEASE retire Pac, it's over with
be satisfied with this last title and get out while you can
as a Pactard, don't wanna see Pac fight anymore

[SugaROIDS]

BOTH!! Manny Pacquiao and Floyd jr are out of his prime and still out boxing and putting clinic on Young fighters. Pacquiao realized that if he wants to stay in the game 2 years more he needs to box more and not taking too damage and outbox opponents and you know what? Still fun to watch Manny fight boxing and yesterday Fight Worth the Money not like Mayweather vs Maidana in May 3th. PACMAN Is more complete fighter he can box and he can Brawl, last night he proved that he was the fastest and strongest fighter

Tim Bradley is a good fighter he have great head Movement and is very difficult to score a KO or TKO victory on this kind of fighters but Manny put a show and gave a Boxing Clinic. Tim is good but out of Pac league but I think in a rematch Against JMM Tim Bradley can beat JMM again

[SugaROIDS]

He looked terrible...If anything he had less in the tank than I would have expected.

PAC HATER ALERT. Pac is BETTER FASTER STRONGER!!!

[SugaROIDS]

BOTH!! Manny Pacquiao and Floyd jr are out of his prime and still out boxing and putting clinic on Young fighters. Pacquiao realized that if he wants to stay in the game 2 years more he needs to box more and not taking too damage and outbox opponents and you know what? Still fun to watch Manny fight boxing and yesterday Fight Worth the Money not like Mayweather vs Maidana in May 3th. PACMAN Is more complete fighter he can box and he can Brawl, last night he proved that he was the fastest and strongest fighter

Tim Bradley is a good fighter he have great head Movement and is very difficult to score a KO or TKO victory on this kind of fighters but Manny put a show and gave a Boxing Clinic. Tim is good but out of Pac league but I think in a rematch Against JMM Tim Bradley can beat JMM again

[SugaROIDS]

BOTH!! Manny Pacquiao and Floyd jr are out of his prime and still out boxing and putting clinic on Young fighters. Pacquiao realized that if he wants to stay in the game 2 years more he needs to box more and not taking too damage and outbox opponents and you know what? Still fun to watch Manny fight boxing and yesterday Fight Worth the Money not like Mayweather vs Maidana in May 3th. PACMAN Is more complete fighter he can box and he can Brawl, last night he proved that he was the fastest and strongest fighter

Tim Bradley is a good fighter he have great head Movement and is very difficult to score a KO or TKO victory on this kind of fighters but Manny put a show and gave a Boxing Clinic. Tim is good but out of Pac league but I think in a rematch Against JMM Tim Bradley can beat JMM again

[Spoon23]

MANNY is again on his THRONE : P4P BEST FIGHTER IN THE WORLD !!! He didn't beat MAIDANA,he BEAT THE UNDEAFETED N°3 P4P in the WORLD; BYE BYE HATERS !!!! In ITALY the TV-NEWS made a 10 minutes videos talking about him,they have never make something like that since '80s (HAGLER,SRL,DURAN,HEARNS) and the last was TYSON here in ITALY on TV-NEWS;MANNY IS A GLOBAL ICON FOR REAL !!! THE GREATEST EVER

Props to Manny. A real global superstar.

[hillbilly]

Honestly, I don't know what fight you guys were watching but Manny proved to me that it's time to retire. He showed glimpses of his speed and power that he used to have, which have both gone down, and don't even get me started on his stamina and aggressiveness...I mean, he spent 3/4 of the time just watching Bradley and wouldn't let go of his shots, I guess that also had to do with Manny being more cautious now and Tim just swinging haymakers but you could tell he wasn't the same mentally. He didn't look like he was even having fun in there.

ALLL he ****ing throws is the same 1-2 straight punches down the middle and he went downstairs with that like twice all night. Bradley kept circling to his right and Manny just kept following him and throwing a straight left, like who the **** can hit a guy turning to their right with a straight left without setting it up with a jab or moving him in place with a right hook, AT LEAST throw a left hook in there or cut the ring off and make the dude work if you're not gonna work yourself. Honestly Manny didn't win that fight Bradley just lost it, he throws dumb wild looping **** and this time he just did the same but threw them harder and missed bigger so he gassed and that changed the fight and let Manny win by doing a half ass job of fighting 1 min in a round.

I'm glad he won cuz I love Manny but I want to see him retire, can't bare to watch him throw predictable wrist flicking combos and potentially walking into something and getting KO'd again

Query whether you watched bradley fight marquez. Bradley beat marquez cleanly. That split decision was a joke. Pacquiao looked unbelievably better against bradley than marquez did. In fact, for the first 8 or so rounds of the marquez fight, marquez looked completely lost re how to deal with bradley's speed. Marquez really stunk the joint up trying unsuccessfully to counter bradley's jab and movement.

The only thing i saw that pacquiao has really lost is his one punch power. That looks to be a function though of his not even pretending like he is going to set down on a punch.

I am surprised at all these people talking as if marquez would ko pacquiao again. Why don't ou watch that fight again. Marquez was on his way to being brutally stopped in that fight. I have never seen him absorb such punishment. His face was a complete mess and until he landed that big punch, he hadn't landed anything, not to mention a punch of significance, in two rounds. Go watch the mayweather marquez fight gain. Mayweather put nowhere near that kinda beating on marquez. So marquez bailed himself out with one big power punch? So what? But for a few straight rights thrown with miraculous power that he hadn't seen since he fought at 126 if ever, he was getting mauled. To me. Marquez looked way worse in that fight than he did in any previous fight with pacquiao. He cleanly lost 4 of the first 5 rounds (but did score a heavy knock down). He never absorbed a beating like that from pacquiao, even when he got strafed 3 times in the first round of their first fight. I think there is a reason marquez won't fight pacquiao again even though he was offered way more to fight him than he was to fight bradley: his only chance to win is a puncher's chance. For a cerebral fighter like marquez, that simply is not good enough.

[Porter's Dad]

The decline in hand/foot speed was quite startling, I have never seen him look like that and honestly, it may be time to call it a (great) career. If the Cold War wasn't going on, it might be worth carrying on a little, just to see how this latest iteration of him (which relies less on athleticism and more on experience and smarts) hangs with dangerous WW.

As it is, there is just more of the same regurgitate fights with JMM and Bradley.

Having said all this, it was a remarkable win yesterday. He got a prime, excellent fighter on his resume (officially) while clearly in decline. Remember when people used to cry on this site about Pac having never beaten a black fighter with good movement?

[ModernTalking]

looked like a bum, not beating anyone good that doesn't throw away the fight like bradley did

marquez will ko him again, mayweather will destroy him

Marquez can never beat Pacquiao because he never has. Maroid will put PAC to sleep again if they ever fight but we will never see Maroid again with VADA testing...unless Memo come up with some special juice that even VADA can't detect.

[alexguiness]

Manny is 35 years old, his time is running out.

But, lets get this into perspective.

Last night he beat an undefeated fighter at the peak of his career, with relative ease. Bradley was viewed by many here on NSB as a complete boxing package (though I was never 100% convinced). Manny got knocked out by JMM fair and square - no shame there at all, he got careless headhunting and paid the price. That can happen to any front foot boxer at any time.

He beat Bradley first time around.

Last night Manny was hesitant in the first 4-5 rounds, but I think he actually used good judgement and took his opportunities when Bradley starting slipping horribly.

You just cannot expect a 35 year old boxer with over 50 fights to maintain the same energy and punch output as a 25 year old. It is just not possible.

Manny is still a threat, maybe not as big as he would have been 5 years ago, but he is 5 years past his unbeatable prime.

He would beat the Khan's, Broner's, Garcia's and Thurman's all day long.

As for FMJ - I don't think Manny would beat him now, Floyd's style suits an ageing boxer well, Manny's doesn't.

Manny is a true Champ, he deserves respect.