I know I sound like a Pac hater and **** and I post **** like KTFO6, but for reals I stayed awake about an hour after the fight watching the ESPN commentators(like joe cortez, chavez sr.) and both siad that Pac was too cautious and that while not aware of it or doing it on purpose his body and mind subconsciously may have still be affected by such devastating knock out. what do you guys think?
The Marquez KO did take a bit out of pacquaio. He appears more vulnerable, cautious and susceptible to be dropped/KO again. That aura of invincibility is gone and with that so has his confidence. The thing is though, he was showing signs of slowing beforehand, its just Marquez really brought it out to light.
Compared to the first fight Pacquiao fought twice as hard, I don't get why people are saying he didn't fight. He was trying to get Tim outta there all the way to the end. Going balls out for 3 straight mins x 12 isn't that easy fellas. Set a timer and shadow box for 3 straight mins and tell me how many rounds you go. Too many dumb ass newbs around here.
I dont Think Marquez solely ruined Pac but he attributed to speeding up his decline. I thought Pac showed signs of slippage in the Marquez vs Pac 3 fight.
Pacman has been "ruined" many times in his career. Medgoen Sinsurat, Rustico Torrecampo, Juan Manuel Marquez: all of them have KO'd Manny. Then....Manny comes back and kicks arse.
Thats kind of what im getting at, I noticed him being more hittable since Pac vs JMM 3 not just after his KO loss, but you cant say a vicious KO like the one he absorbed vs JMM has no ill effects either especially in this advanced stage of his career.