Manny Pacquiao's best performance and the peak of his career was against Miguel Cotto

[CodeBreaker]

Either Pac against Cotto, or against Hatton

De La Hoya fight was Pac adjusting to the Welterweight division. And De La Hoya wasn't even in his prime anymore which helped Pac to look more impressive. Pac at the lower weights was basically a one-handed Pac. He had no power in his right, which is why Morales beat him.

Pac destroyed Cotto. He out-slugged a slugger as they called it.
Pac KO to Hatton was iconic.

[DARKSEID]

The Oscar fight got his name in the mainstream and people talking did you see that little buzzsaw boxing circles around Oscar?

The Hatton fight KO was the talk of the town, Little Asian Monster they were calling him at my old job lol, and you had people saying man he will KO Floyd.

The Cotto fight was legendary if there was a cap I would have thought dang no way, even to this day, Im still in disbelief. I knew Cottos size was too much but dang that first 4 round was insane, it was also Cotto willing to die and not quit people forget that Cotto had something to prove HE SURE AS HELL DIDNT FIGHT like no WEIGHT DRAINED man so squash that BS people who are drained fight Oscar did versus Pac or Canelo did vs Floyd like a dam statue, Cotto came out ferocious and continued he had no quit even when he got on his bike his face was mush, the ref just called it off should have let it continue.

Another thing its the only Loss in Cottos Career that he stayed in the ring to do a post fight interview and gave full praise to his opponent as to say WOW, he was in awe himself.

Pacquiao revived the excitement in boxing he was at his peak if only the casuals seen him in his prime at featherweight.

Holeeyyy Shlt... Would you look at that...

Hectari on Pacquiao's nuts.

[pasawayako]

Pac in his prime was unbelievable.

[IronDanHamza]

Cotto was Canelo-Esque drained at 145.

Joking aside it was a great performance.

[IronDanHamza]

Holeeyyy Shlt... Would you look at that...

Hectari on Pacquiao's nuts.

Hectari is one of Pacquaio's biggest fans.

He not so subtly picks against him so he can say how amazing he is when he beats them.

[BLASTER1]

He looked unstoppable against Cotto Oscar and Hatton.
Three HOF fights and he dominated all of them.
When the PacMan was on it was a sight to behold.
Lucky for us he was/is a star in our generation.

[Curt Henning]

i actually attended both hatton and cotto fights....pac was very impressive against cotto....that was prob peak pac....but pac also got ****** up in that fight pretty good too

[Lopez_Boxing]

Pac in his prime was unbelievable.

Yeah no question. Rare

[todisday]

i actually attended both hatton and cotto fights....pac was very impressive against cotto....that was prob peak pac....but pac also got ****** up in that fight pretty good too

Yeah man Pacquiao was never the same after Cotto. He was still extremely good afterward, and still is to dis day, but that fight certainly took something out of him. Ppl say it was the Margarito fight that did it, but it was really Cotto. You can notice the slippage begin right after the Cotto fight.

[Scopedog]

Yeah, you're probably right. In terms of his career Oscar was probably the king-making performance, but considering that Cotto was a) an elite fighter who'll probably go on to be 1st ballot HOF, b) a much bigger guy who'd go on to be champion at MW, and c) in his physical prime, the way he broke him down was incredibly impressive.