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As what I have observed, Manny Pacquiao seemed like he was not 100 percent conditioned physically when he fought Tim Bradley.

Manny Pacquiao looked bloated and heavy. I reviewed his fights with Miguel Cotto Joshua Clottey and I saw a different Manny Pacquiao in those two fights.

Against Cotto and Clottey, Manny Pacquiao bounces up and down on his toes like Mohammad Ali, a clear sign that he was physically well-conditioned in those fights. Pacquiao also threw a lot of power punches and combinations which was evidently lacking in Bradley fight.

Pacquiao also looked tired in the 10th, 11th, and 12th rounds which was not evident in Cotto and Clottey fights. Could this be a sign that the Father time is catching up with the great Manny Pacquiao or just a case of him taking Bradley lightly by training only for 6 weeks instead of regular 8 weeks.

If we compare the Manny Pacquiao who fought Cotto and Clottey... The Pacquiao who fought Bradley last June 9 was just 70 to 80 percent of his usual fighting form. But despite of that, I completely agree that Pacquiao clearly beat Timothy Bradley in that fight.

Bradley threw a lot of punches in the later rounds. And although they were just hitting Pacquiao's gloves and elbows, they were still eye-catching to the judges...

If only Manny Pacquiao was physically conditioned 100 percent, I think Bradley should have went down before round 6...

that is a good assessment TS !!! I obversved the same thing. But really Manny is already old and cannot become his old self again. From this recent training, they did not train too hard inorder to avoid cramping. And i think this method worked. But we cannot deny Manny is not longer fast and furious. I think the respected analyst Al Bernstein also talked about this same subject ! Manny no longer throwing 1000 punches, no longer throwing combinations, and getting tired faster ! theres really nothing Manny can do about this it is a sign he only has a few fights left. One against Bradley or Marquez then the finale against Floyd!!!!

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I think he needs to go back to 140.

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Timothy Bradley looked like he was faster than Manny Pacquiao in the later rounds throwing a lot of soft punches. But those punches were just seemed like pillows being thrown at Pacman.

Bradley learned from his amateur days on how to throw eye-catching punches without even hitting the opoenent cleanly just to get a score from the judges. That's what he did in the later rounds against Pacman.

The Poll here in Pacland shows that majority of the Pacquiao fans wants him to pursue the Mayweather fight...

And second to the majority of Pacquiao fans wants him to retire...

I totally agree with the result of this Poll...

Manny Pacquiao has already done so much in boxing, there's nothing left to prove. Pacquiao will go down in the history as one of the greatest of all time. He is without a question, in the same breath as Sugar Ray Robinson and Mohammad Ali.

Manny Pacquiao weighted 144-145 lbs in Cotto and Clottey fights. And he was 100 percent well-conditioned physically.

If Pacquiao could no longer reach that same kind of conditioning, I would pressume that the father time has already catch up with our great Manny Pacquiao...

And although I'm a very big fan of The Pacman, I would advise him to retire at this point in time for him to be able to enjoy the fruit of his labor!

I think it's just old legs. I don't know if he's still capable of fighting the whole 3 minutes
of every round. Or maybe he was worried that his legs will cramp up again so he paced
himself....but it was obvious in the Bradley fight that he would wait until the last minute
or so of every round before getting aggressive.

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That's with extra 1000-2000 calories a day of protein shake.

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I believe that Manny can rebound from his last performance if given a good and challenging opponent..

Pacquiao is just old. Let's face it, since the Mosley fight
he hasn't been the same "Destroyer". Not even Pacquiao
can fight age.

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This is why most people wants him to just retire.
While he is still on top.
lf Manny can't go back to his usual form, there's no point in facing Mayweather.
We all want Pac to beat the hell out of him, but after his last few fights,
there's no more guarantee to that happening.

Manny has done so much in the sport, there's nothing else to prove,
unless he still needs the purse for political purposes.

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Cong. Pacquiao really needs to increase his conditioning for his last 3 fights so he can preserve his GFOT legacy.

The griffith park runs seem to be comfortable for him. He needs to run/sprint the same distances but twice the elevation(like Bradley).

Inconsistent follow throughs to his landed power shots from rds. 3-9 also seemed new. Granted, Bradley is fast and slippery but it seemed that
Cong. Pacquiao did not try to finish him. I don't know if it's due to fatigue, lack of respect, overconfidence, maawa, etc.

Also surprising was Bradley's ablility to jab through Cong. Pacquiao's arms in the late rounds and snap his head back.

Hopefully, he'll be inspired and regain his dominant form in his future fights.

take note even canelo (who has more power than pacman) couldn't destroy mosley. mosley doesnt want to lose by being stopped kaya lose creatively by run run run.

father time has indeed caught up with pacman. imho, pac needs a tune up fight before hitting november 10.

I thought that according to Ariza, it was planned to not be so lean for the fight to see if it would help the leg cramps. Pacquiao decided to weigh in at 147. Had he decided to weigh at 144, He would have looked as he did previously. I think Pacquiao was just bored during that fight.

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