Who has been Pacquiao's most "Prime" opponent?

It doesn't matter if Hatton and Diaz were primes.
They won't matter, they won't do any different to Pac even in the best night of their lives.
So lol for the 2.

Bradley, I think, is still rising. At least physically, not sure mentally.
I do agree though that Pac did end his prime after Clottey fight.
Did you also find out the difference there?

 

He just seems less sharp, less ferocious and just less all round tbh.

 

Cause being in your prime = weight drained. Ok.

 

Yep, and he's getting lazy moving around the ring nowadays
I kinda find it out in the Mosley fight.

 

Every fighter drains in-between fights.
It's just in a matter of how low they drain and every one of them have their respective natural draining weights.

 

voted for juan but, you could also say bradley, mab, and eric(first fight). Hatton was still close to his prime, cotto also(I refuse to believe someone can get shot due to 1 single defeat)

 

So his prime conveniently ended after he lost to Pacquiao?

 

Consistent beatdowns from the Margo, Clottey, and Pac fights could be enough to destroy his moral.
It's not like they were just slapping Cotto's head in there

 

In my opinion yes.

He was fresh of beating the no.2 guy in the division with ease.

 

he was drained but he was still in his prime

He is still prime even till now, I hate all the cotto past prime excuses. He simply loss and people should just accept it

 

So how do you judge he was past prime after the Pacquiao fight and not after the Margarito or Clottey fights?

 

He didn't have to be prime to dominate that division at the time to be fair.

1. Witter
2. Malignaggi
3. Gavin Rees
4. Vivian Harris
5. M'Baye

 

or he simply loss, they are not an indication that he is past his prime, it only tells you the guy has weaknesses and limitations

 

I think this is a fair point, the problem with ESB is they have the logic that the further you are past a loss equals the further past your prime you are.

 

i would have answered timmeh had he not had an injury in that fight. that wasn't a 100% timmeh.