Pacquiao's 'decline'

Pac looked like crap against Rios, imo. If you have been watching him closely over the years you would know. Something I've noticed is his accuracy has gone down offensively. Also, his stamina, power and speed. Its only natural and more noticeable for any boxer that relies so much on a physical driven style.

 

Actually hes almost the same but it looks like his power has declinded alot ( really has me thinking on why he ducked the Mayweather in 2010) other then that hes still the same fighter.

Footwrok still good, speed not as good but still fast and still wide open for counters. thats how pacquio has always been

 

There has been a marked decline from the Margarito fight onwards. Watch Pac vs Cotto and Pac vs Margarito for the difference.

The Pac that fought Cotto was a Tasmanian devil.

 

I watched Pacquiao vs Cotto recently.....and I would agree in regards to that being his physical prime. But his decline is really being over-exaggerated. When Pacquiao is not able to compete against elite level competition....that is when we can start discussing his decline in my opinion.

 

I think most experts would agree with your assessments of those fights.

I think Pacquiao looked very good against Rios/BradleyII. Though I wouldn't say he looked as good as he did against DLH/Hatton/Cotto.

The Pacquiao of 2009 would have downed Bradley a couple times before TKOing him in the ninth.

 

Pac has Void running like a pig from a gun. He has Void afraid of him, afraid enough to refuse the biggest PPV fight in boxing history and his biggest payday..........................

 

You raise a couple of good points, but you need to look at the little details. Look at how long of a round they fight for... Pac and Floyd used to be excellent 3 minutes of every round. Now they fight in spurts and look almost as good, just not as long.

Pac's movement is still good, but look closely... his hand speed is still there but his explosiveness in his lateral movement is slowing. He looks a bit heavier on his feet.

 

not been visting ESB lately, so who's the new marshmallows here now?

 

He really has fantastic punching technique. His footwork is overrated because his fans are ******s but his positioning is fantastic in how he puts good pop on everything he throws.

 

Ducked? :rofl

Floyd: "Cotto can't KD Mosley but Pac can???" :hi:

 

I remember once when me and Pacquiao were down by the local river and we were skimming stones, he had a brand new pair of nike trainers on, the kind with the flashing heels and they looked really cool. We wanted to cross the river because I knew a short cut to KFC and Pacquiao kept saying he was craving a zinger burger. There was a pipe over the river and I walked across it no worries. Pacquiao went to cross but as he was nearly all the way over his foot slipped a bit and he had to step in the water to get his balance, ruining his cool trainer. After the the light wouldn't even work. I remember how sad he looked and he said that he wasn't the same anymore. A few summers ago he'd have been the first one across the pipe no problem. We don't go to the river anymore, those days are over now.

 

Tim made manny miss ALOT of punches in both fights to be honest.. iv no idea how you can say he looked great in the 2nd fight... i thought he looked poor in the first 6, tim gassed and gave manny the fight by doing silly things in the corner etc... and obviously being tired. Manny did what he had to do and won basically on being more active in more rounds.. thowing shots at a guy who was making him miss butn not making him pay = the only reason he won

Manny should retire right now IMO, it's only going to get worse from here. He won against a top p4p fighter, retire on top manny.

 

what does this have to do with floyd? MANNYS ISSUES, WITH DRINKING, PROSTITUTES, RING PUNISHNENT ARE HIS MAJOR PROBLEMS IN HIS DECLINE IDIOTS!!

 

chill
don't so online emotional