Camacho after Rosario.. Pacman after Marquez or Hearns after Barkley, really didn't change them as much as you would think. This is what separates real great fighters like Hearns and Pacman, from a very very good fighter in Hector. The greats are able to shake off losses or punches and move on and keep fighting at that high level.
I think both were noticeably damaged after those performances. If I had to pick, I would go with Pacquiao by a hair.
The change in Camacho post Rosario seems legendary as if he was a completely different fighter afterwards. Also I think it happened in or around his prime years. Sent from my B3-A30 using Tapatalk
a lot of fighters get knocked out or hurt. Some take well. Manny took it well to be honest. He looked around it and moved on.. So did Hearns. And Lewis. As for Hearns I remember Sugar Ray Leonard watching Hagler vs. Hearns, and Tompkins said that Ray wrote "Thomas Hearns will retire" as he was on the canvas.. Ray thought Hearns was fragile. As it turned out. Hearns lost to Barkley again and fought on. 26 times after Hagler. So Ray was wrong.. Donald Curry could not recover from the losses. Bramble really turned into a mediocre guy after Rosario, but maybe he was overrated. It seems like the real greats have a way of coming back and being able to focus. Camacho a real great? No he was not. He had potential, but he never became an all time great.
