What's the last fight in which Pac truly looked 'elite'?

[johnm is...]

Marquez 4 was pretty damn close to prime Pac. I'd say the old Pac was gone forever after that fight. He was incredible up to the KO.

This.

I think people forget how good he was looking up to that point. I thought he was on his way to getting Marquez out of there.

And then....well...yanno...

[Dean_Razorback]

vs margarito

[hectari]

The Marquez fight before he got knocked out cold, he looked like the old Pac in that fight.

[RussB23]

for me, its the margarito fight. the way he threw those 6-7 punch combos were amazing. and then getting stuck on the ropes and being hurt and fighting his way out of that was a beautiful sight to see. very few can do what he did in this fight.

Probably this fight. Compare him now and you can see how much hes declined.

[SplitSecond]

He looked elite in the last Bradley fight. If you mean prime, his prime ended with Margarito and he has been on the downslide since. Pac was awesome in that cotto-clottey-marg run, but he clearly burnt out. The punishment, the intensity, sht drains your hormones, which drains your determination. In retrospect, Pacquiao was clearly becoming complacent and slowing down evident by the increasing refusal to do his prescribed S&C exercises every camp till eventually he just quit Ariza's program for the Marquez IV. The man was burnt out and could'nt carry the amount of work needed anymore(age too probably) and if you remember alot of people were talking about how he looked soft vs Bradley(I).

[SplitSecond]

This.

I think people forget how good he was looking up to that point. I thought he was on his way to getting Marquez out of there.

And then....well...yanno...

In terms of what? Physically he was much better in III, faster, stronger. In IV Marquez dwarfed him in strength but he did have a better gameplan.

[Motorcity Cobra]

I'd say his physical prime ended with Clottey in my opinion. So much volume Clottey couldn't open up, Pacquiao threw with the kind of power that had Clottey warning Margarito about Pacquiao's power.

Clottey threw that fight

[Chrismart]

He looked good in the Bradley fight. If the any other WW out there beat Bradley in a similar fashion, then it would be considered a excellent showing.

But with Pacquiao's high standards i think the last time he looked his best was like others have said, Margarito or JMM 4.

He was excellent against Margarito, and was looking really good against JMM, even looked like he was going to be the first man to stop Marquez.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Beating bradley...

He hasn't been at his peak since margarito fight, but he was still elite..

Beating bradley and heading into the floyd fight he was considered elite... Even today he is still considered elite, though he hasn't looked it since bradley...