Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
He never had the speed to catch Floyd with any regularity. He fought JMM in 2004, 2008, 2011 and 2012, which is basically in every period of his career, and he ALWAYS had trouble with JMM because Juan moves and counter punches beautifully. Pac always had trouble with that style, he did his best work fighting big guys who plodded forward, who he could jump in and out against and spin around with his foot speed.
That's all true, but there's no doubting that Manny has slowed down. A few years ago, Manny would have made more of a fight of it. I'm not saying he could have beaten Floyd, but it would have been a closer fight than we saw last night.