He cant work full 3 min rounds anymore. There's somrthing rotting in Denmark. Against Clotty he was an unstoppable punching machine from round 1 - 12.
Heres what I suggest you do, and I know you wont but if your going to suggest your objective, look at Delahoya the year he bursted on the scene beating Chavez sr. then look at how many years went by from that point to the Hopkins fight. Now look at Evander Holyfield, start with the Douglas fight, look how many years go by up until he faces Lewis and Ruiz and starts fading. compare those time lines to the time line in which Manny fought Barrera the first time up until his last fight here with Bradley. A Boxer is not going to keep going and going and going, especially when your as active as Manny Pacquiao was with that type of style he does get hit. you will sure enough start to slow down... Then take a look at what happened in camp for this fight, Roach brought in some kid from the Philippines cus he had beef with Ariza, and lets be honest that kid doesnt look like he knows what the **** he is doing. Sorry but its a combination of what he had for strength and conditioning along with just getting old in the sport of Boxing....
Pacquiao's decline was rapid and overnight. De La Hoya's decline happened gradually and over the course of several years. That's supposed to happen. Oscar's punching power declined when he moved up in weight. He didn't punch as hard at 160 as he did at 147 or 135. You don't need to go all the way back to Manny's fight with Barrera. You only have to look at his fights against guys like Cotto and Margarito to see that he was the same fighter. Same speed, same power and same stamina as when he fought Barrera. He fought Marquez and Bradley in his last two fights and all of a sudden his stamina and punching power has decreased out of nowhere. How does that happen? He looked great against Margarito, Cotto and Clottey for example. He was jumping around, throwing and landing a ton of shots while walking through their punches with ease. He was even chasing down Cotto and getting frustrated in the later rounds, because the much bigger man wouldn't engage with him anymore. You don't find any of this at least a little odd? It's hard to say that his decline was the same as De La Hoya's.
THE REASON BRADLEYS CHIN HELD UP was cuz he DIDNT DRY OUT! this helps a fighters chin like crazy, we all heard he walks around 160 off season and so get down to 140 thats 20 lbs but now he only dropped 13, so there was more brain fluid and it helped him sustain the shots, POOCHIAO IS STILL A ROIDING CHEAT, Take the TEST baby
I'm not he truly did destroy Manny, no fighter should be getting hit 229 times in any fight and to think that was a fight he dominated, Manny simply had a dumb strategy for that fight
smh guys, let the guy face someone who doesnt move again you'll see the power again. It comes from accumulation from all those punches. Im not ruling the fact that he can be on roids because or how suspicious him and jr have been. Styles makes fights, he chases guys who moves. If you stand in front of him you're gonna get knocked the **** out. Not to mention i heard even marquez said after the margarito fight pac was on the decline.
It's because BRADLEY IS ON STEROIDS. Just like Cheaterson, Berto, Tarver, Jones, Holyfield, Mosley, and Marion Jones.
manny's power came from his legs, he used to time his punches with his footwork, now his footwork is gone, he always seems of balance when throwing a punch, his hands have slowed meaning, bradley is better able to see his punches. he took over 200 punches from a guy 17 pounds heavier than him - lot of wars, 34 years old - catching up to him. If he didn't slow down like this in his mid 30's with his style - he would have been more of a suspect.
take a second to consider the styles of everyone u mentioned then rethink ur theory. margarito, cotto, shane....not exactly defensive fighters. bradley...more defense then the others....fought a very defensive fight. u can't hurt what u can't hit. those guys stood in front of pac just long enough to get hurt. when cotto started giving pac movement he couldn't do ****. after mosley got dropped he got up and on his bike....pac couldn't do ****. there goes ur theory. also...bench pressing means **** in boxing.
Simple explanation for this; Margarito Punching bag Cotto has been dropped at this level.He was on survival mode against Clottey, ffs. Marquez and Bradley suspect of roiding as well. When MArquez hired that drug lord for Mexicali? Timothy is part of the slick crew.We know who the hypocrites are.Look at him you telling me you're not suspicious of Broidly?
He didn't knock out Margarito or Clottey and they stood right in front of him. Didn't Cotto try to run away from him in the last few rounds? What happened at the end of that fight? Even if you're right, how can you possibly explain the extremely quick drop in stamina that he experienced? His stamina was fine against Margarito, Clottey and Mosley, but it was terrible against Marquez and Bradley. There's a very short span of time in between those fights.
In spite of the damage he was taking from Pacquiao he never was getting forced backwards and Manny never imposed his will, Margarito kept coming forward like a zombie and had Manny on his bicycle after nearly putting him down, Margarito would of died before he was ever touching the mat that night, **** Mosley had to hit Margarito with everything but the kitchen table and Margarito kept getting up, and didn't appear hurt at all afterwards