For those saying Pacquaio has lost a lot of power - how do you explain this?

- Clottey utilised a reinforced double guard

- Margartio's face

- Mosley got knocked down then went into Survival Mode

- Tim Bradley ran

- True Warrior Brandon Rios failed to throw caution to the wind

 

All those guys mentioned have decent, if not very good chins, so I don't see the problem in a former flyweight failing to stop them

 

Bradley and rios where there to be hit. Bradley even mixed it up with Pac at times. PAC is just off the aziza shakes sooooooo...

 

Illegal wraps... Rolled tape between the knuckles that create a ridge??

 

His power has gone down significantly.

His shots don't seem like they have the same bad intentions as they did only a few years ago.

he's also slowed down considerably with his hand and footspeed.

I don't even think he has a clear advantage anymore against FLoyd in the handspeed department.

It seems odd, he was knocking out WW's left and right, and now he can't knock down anyone let alone knock them out.

Seems like very interesting timing, especially with his S&C coach leaving the team and joining with the Garcia camp.

 

I agree Manny lost some of his pop , but its not all gone and he can still hurt you if you get fresh .

He still have effective power , Bradleys swelling said it all after the rematch .

 

He lost some speed and explosiveness, therefore lost more power.

 

I do agree that when you look at his fights post-Cotto, there's not really a guy he should have knocked out.

That being said, Bradley has been knocked down a handful of times. Combined with the foot/leg issues in both fights, I would have at least expected a 2009 Pacquiao to knock Bradley down once over 24 rounds.

I don't think he's the same, and it looks like age is catching up to him, but he's still damn good. He's at a point where he can KO B fighters with B chins.

 

This.

 

:thumbsup

 

Pacquiao COULD have finished Margarito pretty easily actually, but he chose not to (that's the honest truth, he was looking at the ref throughout the fight to stop it), and in the 12th, Roach told Pac to go easy on Margarito.

Pac has shown a definite decrease in power, he doesn't have the athleticism to be as explosive either, thus his defence isn't as quick so he can't get into wars and get away with it. Pac has decided to focus more on skill too. Golovkin doesn't display his one punch knockout power because of his inclination towards being safer. Pac's athleticism bred power courtesy of his style.

Mosley is not going to get knocked out by anyone. You've seen the huge bombs huge punchers have landed on him throughout his career.

A prime Pac would have penetrated Bradley's defence.

Pac no longer has the killer instinct.

Seriously, Pac, the guy who relied a lot on his athleticism, IS past prime.

 

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Really? please let us all know all the WW he ko`d? Manny has fought 11 times since moving to WW and has 2 ko`s one of which was Hatton who wasnt a true ww. Like always its just anothr pac hater ***** talking nonsense.

 

5 years since his last KO victory

Light hitting Bradley took the wind out of sails twice in the most recent fight.

Marquez KO 6. Nuff said.

 

wonder why ariza's shakes didnt work on rios.:rofl