Pacman was never quite the same after the Margarito battle. I think that one fight took away about 3 years off his prime/career in one night. Too many wars.
Yeah, Margo got destroyed but he still landed some nasty punches on Pac, specially body punches. I still remember that body blow from hell in the 6th that buckled Pac and pushed him against the ropes. I felt pain just by watching it, the fact that Pac didn't drop from that was impressive. must have been the hardest shot i've ever seen landing from Margarito on an opponent
Pacman's a warrior, but he's not the dgaf type like Duran was nor as complete fighter that can infight or fight on the outside equally well. Duran was unbeatable when he had his reflexes, once they were gone still good enough to beat a prime middleweight destroyer like Barkley was at the time or go 15 with top 3 middleweight of all time. Pacman just doesn't have the skill to do it.
Why compare Duran to Pacman? Pacman started boxing at the weight class of Roman Gonzalez and still dominated his opponents at his max weight limit. Where as Duran got annihilated.
we demand too much. let's not forget pac is a natural 140 lb fighter. he was hurt by margo he said he will not fight above 147 anymore. if only 140 has good competition and money, surely pac will not explore 147. he just wanted to fight floyd so he ventured beyond 140.
No matter how incredible pacquiao's accomplishments are people forget pacquiao is still a human.. pacquiao would not even make the weight to fight GGG.