Question for you: have you noticed slipping/some decline since the Cotto fight in his bouts w/ Clottey and Margo?
slipping? As in the quality of opposition? Not really it has been pretty carfully picked for the last five or six fights.
That's like asking Holmes to finish off Ali (who already has Parkinson's when they fought). Pac could've probably finished off Margarito. Pac knew that he already hurt Margarito so bad that if Margarito takes more, Margarito could be in a life threatening danger. 401 punches landed on Margarito's head. The only thing that's keeping Margarito up during that fight is his will. Anyway, it's not like Pacquiao didn't try to stop him. He hit Margo everywhere and he didn't fall.
False. He has NOT changed night and day, skill-wise, from that JMM fight...marginally, perhaps. But, the quality and skill sets of his opposition has changed DRASTICALLY. He is facing more flat-footed, slower, less skilled, and less intelligent fighters, at this stage. Perhaps, this is why he seems less hungry, at the moment. False. JMM is nearing 40. He is not in his physical prime, like Pac. That time has passed. Pac is also a better athlete. But, he is not a better technician, than JMM.