Why did Pacquiao abruptly decline after Cotto fight

A fighters speed and quickness is magnified against much slower fighters.
DLH, Hatton, Cotto, Margarito.......all slower and less athletic than Tim Bradley.

......so its not so much that Pacquiao was declined than Bradley was just a step up speedwise than the fighters Pacquiao demolished.
As well, Bradley was much better defensively than any of the opponents Pacquiao was demolishing.

 

the margo fight took it all out of him it was stupid fight to take the size difference was immense amazing such a little fighter was able to fight him of

 

Upwards of 130 lbs, I don't consider Pacquiao to be a puncher.
He still hit hard enough yes, but those fighters north of 130 lbs could withstand more than those at 130 lbs and below.
The Hatton fight to me was an aberration.
That Hatton was mentally shot to pieces and the fact that Pacquiao was so much faster than he was only compounded matters.

Pacquiao stopped DLH and Cotto, but those fights were stopped on accumulation, not so much because of Pacquiao's punching power.
Margarito went the distance, but that fight also could have been mercy stopped.

 

De La Hoya and Cotto? Or are you going to get extremely technical about it?
Pac also knocked down Braldey, Vargas, Mosley and Marquez. He also hurt badly everyone else that he fought with the exception of Clottey.
He still had power, but 147 was his limit.
And then his work rate started dropping.
He moved up to 147 at the age of 30. Of course he was going to start slowing down. And there is the possibility of PEDs.

But even now, he still has power. No one is walking through his shots. And that mighty ****ing impressive for a 39 year old former flyweight.

 

This guy is just trolling for attention or some ****.

 

The typical decline in skills that all fighters see with age and wear.

It was made to seem more dramatic by the encounters with Marquez X2 and Mayweather in the years after; two fighters unlike any other Pac had ever fought before (Marquez aside) and with skills that certainly trouble him.

Many of his fights after Cotto were still 120-108 or 119-109 sort of UD's. So, in some sense, his decline is being more exaggerated with retrospect. There's a reason he was still, um, about P4P #2 in 2015.

 

Definitely, he'd take two steps and stop the advance and Mosley just had to turn him. Looked heavy on his feet. I think around this time the "cramps" excuse started coming out.

 

I actually agree. Pacquiao is feather-fisted at 147. Hits slightly harder than Paulie.