Pacquiao's Prime

[Thraxox]

Pacquiao by the time he fought Hatton he was already 30 going in 31 yet he is still considered in his prime despite that.

While Barrera and Morales were already past it by the time their 30 or 31

Barrera had 50_ fights in had wars against Junior Jones, 2x in Morales by the time he got knocked out by Pacquiao and he was sitll 29 years old yet people claim he was already shot at that point.

Morales had 50 fights going in in Pacquiao fight and had ward with barrera 3x, and won, then defeated two more times by the same opponent yet people claim once again that he was "SHOT"

And then Pacquiao, 53 fights going in had 2 wars against Marquez, 2 wars against Morales, 1 war against Barrera, KTFO early on, was a starving kid in his first loss and had a war against Agapito Sanches on 02 yet he was still considered "A Prime Fighter" at 09 when he was 30 years old going in 31

With those logic we have to consider Pacquiao a shot fighter by the time he fought Miguel Cotto.

Is calling Morales and Barrera a shot fighter at 29 a fact or would it just be discrediting Pacquiao's resume and achievements in beating them?

[Robbie Barrett]

You should have been told at a young age that everyone is different. Believe it or not peoples bodies age at different rates.

[Thraxox]

You should have been told at a young age that everyone is different. Believe it or not peoples bodies age at different rates.

That would be a great excuse for why people and Barrera are already shot by the time their 29 so that you can say "PAcquiao fought and beat a shot Barrera and Morales, everybody ages different!" Even though Pacquiao had more wars than Barrera and Morales.

[Robbie Barrett]

That would be a great excuse for why people and Barrera are already shot by the time their 29 so that you can say "PAcquiao fought and beat a shot Barrera and Morales, everybody ages different!" Even though Pacquiao had more wars than Barrera and Morales.

Excuse? It's fact that peoples bodies age at different rates.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Prime is hard to gauge because every fighter is different..


Younger fighters may be better physically, but older fighters much smarter..

A fighters prime is when physical tools and smarts intercede..


For manny, I thought he was a tornado at 130 and below but not really that technical or smart.. After morales 1, manny realized he couldn't just be the jab, jab, straight left one dimensional fighter.. From then he really developed his in and out style and improved his ring generalship and right hand..

Manny 2006-2010 was manny at his peak prime IMO... Morales 2- margarito

[WesternChamp]

You should have been told at a young age that everyone is different. Believe it or not peoples bodies age at different rates.

then why do you guys keep bringing up that floyd is older than pac when posters bring up the fact that floyd waited until manny got old? LOL. you know damm well they werent talking about old as in whos older.

[Larry the boss]

That would be a great excuse for why people and Barrera are already shot by the time their 29 so that you can say "PAcquiao fought and beat a shot Barrera and Morales, everybody ages different!" Even though Pacquiao had more wars than Barrera and Morales.

So were Floyd and Manny ancient when they fought?

[Larry the boss]

then why do you guys keep bringing up that floyd is older than pac when posters bring up the fact that floyd waited until manny got old? LOL. you know damm well they werent talking about old as in whos older.

Cant have it both ways man..makes 0 sense..Manny and Floyd were both still p4p top 1 and 2 and both still world champions and both the top 1 and 2 ww's in the world

[Dip_Slide]

Cant have it both ways man..makes 0 sense..Manny and Floyd were both still p4p top 1 and 2 and both still world champions and both the top 1 and 2 ww's in the world

That's the bottom line, even though they were both 60-70% of what they once were, they were still the best 2 fighters in the world P4P.

[WesternChamp]

Cant have it both ways man..makes 0 sense..Manny and Floyd were both still p4p top 1 and 2 and both still world champions and both the top 1 and 2 ww's in the world

marquez damm near killed manny when floyd fought him lol. i dont ever recall morales or barrera taking those type of punishment yet they were pass prime when pac fought and beat them.

and you know damm well what im getting at about the whole floyd waited until pac got old thing. posters are not talking about who's older but more so about who was more shop worn when they fought eachother, your boy above just confirm that everyone's body age differently. but when this gets brought up, floyd fans always say how can that be true when floyd is older than manny lol.