Floyd may need to consider retirement

[Big_L]

I agree, Algeria does have a legitimate chance of winning a decision but how are you coming to the conclusion that Pacquiao Isn't looking that great right now? Are you basing this on the Marquez fight from over two years ago?

i just wasn't that impressed with him vs. rios and bradley. rios is a punching bag and i think bradley fought a very dumb fight going for the KO and gassing out early. i don't see any power from pacquiao now.

[Ham Porter]

48-0 coming up......


Keep discounting him. I thought his legs were gone? How many of you posters said that over and over and over and over. I mean man up here.


Now look at ya

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Fatty getting all excited - after months of laying low after his idol was involved in a real fight with some he declared a "bum" - because Fraud Ruiz'd his way to a decision win.

[IboxSouthpaw]

I see Floyd slowing down a lot, getting hit with shots he never got hit with, and missing shots he normally lands. He looked slower, more vulnerable at times and never put that finger print on the fight he normally does...His last 2 fights will be tough as i see a steep decline in him now. He won tonight clearly and i think the scorecards were to close..but he did not look like the Floyd i know

I Don't know what round it was in .. Maybe 8 he throw a left upperhook and his right hand was up in the air like he had the answer to a question .. I knew then he was slipping and needs to re evaluate

[ironmt]

i just wasn't that impressed with him vs. rios and bradley. rios is a punching bag and i think bradley fought a very dumb fight going for the KO and gassing out early. i don't see any power from pacquiao now.

Fair enough, Bradley went for the kill and It back fired but I think Pacquiao deserves a lot of credit for beating a very resilient high ranked undefeated fighter such as Bradley. I guess we will see what he looks like come November. Algeria Is a real threat.

[Big_L]

Fair enough, Bradley went for the kill and It back fired but I think Pacquiao deserves a lot of credit for beating a very resilient high ranked undefeated fighter such as Bradley. I guess we will see what he looks like come November. Algeria Is a real threat.

i agree. i'm not discounting the bradley win. he weathered the early storm and dominated. i just don't see the old pacquiao. i'm judging him off his past greatness.

[Skorpion]

The decline I have seen in Mayweather hasnt been steady like Pac. He has all of a sudden gone very downhill IMO, he dosen't look the same at all. There is no way he retires undefeated now, I just cant see it considering he will have another fight a YEAR from now where he will have slowed down even more.

Alvarez was his last great performance.

It's almost surreal to be talking to people who reckon Floyd could be beaten by average guys like Khan because of how great he was, the Floyd that beat Cotto, Hatton etc. would have won every round against Maidana convincingly, maybe stopped him to the body.

[Szef]

NO question he is slowing down but SADLY he is in a **** ERA of Boxing, not sure if many or any current fighters in boxing today that can exploit the fact that he is slowing down especially when he is using his leg which he clearly still has and I think in the 12th Round he wanted to show that he still has his legs

But YES I see decline and certain things he is just not sharp at anymore

Gennady Golovkin.

Yep, I know he's a MW but then again,Floyd calls himself TBE so he should challenge himself if he really believes he's the best ever

[slimshandy69]

Floyd won't retire, he'll be get beaten to retirement in a year or two but he'll come back like Jones and Toney to pay the debts he's run up. Familiar story.

He's done well to string it out this long carefully choosing opponents.

this......

[SOPH~ REP.]

Looked better defensively and looked 37 year old dont think he'll make 50 - 0 or 2 more fightsbefore hanging up the boxing gloves

[Ferrarijones]

I still dont want floyd to get beat by anyone lesser than pacquiao, if no pacquiao, i still hope he retires undefeated. Call me a hugger but i dont want them to lose to anyone that they would have easily toyed in their primes. Pac-may make it happen.

Agreed. If he loses, let it be against a future hall of famer, not somebody who he would easily beat if not for his age. Pac I could accept, but Khan? Hell no! He'd never stop talking about and would act like he beat a prime mayweather.