Pacquiao declining??

alakran · Feb 15, 2012

Lampley said: ↑

He's absolutely declined. It's obvious. Guys that age (and especially smaller fighters) in the game for that long, who have been in wars, tend to burn out relatively early.

Really, it's amazing that he was great as he was at 29-30. He's clearly past it now and while I've always believed Mayweather would beat him, that fight no longer would be competitive. Floyd is declined, too, but he makes fewer mistakes and has aged better.
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Marquez is a small man too and still doing good at 38

klion22 · Feb 15, 2012

JMP said: ↑

Both Pacquiao and Mayweather have looked faded for a number of years. I thought Mayweather looked more faded against Ortiz than I've seen him look in any other fight. Pacquiao looked pretty bad against Mosley. He looked plodding a lot of the time.

Mayweather's looked past his absolute peak for a longer period of time though.
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I'm assuming you are referring to natural speed of both hand and feet? If so, i would agree. Mayweather has lost a lot of his bounce in his legs and that's obvious in his last 2 fights. If he still had the ability to bounce in and out quickly, he would utilize this but he seldom does anymore.

But his skill level is so high, he doesn't seem much affected but has adapted to fighting more flat footed. His reflexes are still amazing.

Mrpacman · Feb 15, 2012

Pacquiao fights the best fighters today. He is not declining..not much at least-

Pacman has no problems with JMM. Look at scorecards lol.

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