rain,

do you actually think morales was in his prime before the first pacquiao fight? look, pacquiao may not have been in his "talent" prime but he sure was in his physical prime, and that you cannot deny. morales, was coming off a loss with barrera. and what about de la hoya? do you think de la hoya was in his physical prime when he fought pacquiao? the man still had needles marks when he got into the ring for trying to get rehydrated. he was a walking zombie and you know it. come on, sometimes drinking that kool-aid can be detrimental to your health, sonny.

i will say this, barrera was still in his prime when he fought pacquiao. it's just that barrera had zero answers for pacquiao high work rate.

as far as marquez is concerned, he, i believe he was in his prime when he fought pacquiao twice and it showed. i think as well as you do that marquez beat pacquiao in their rematch.

what other mexican fighters are you talking about? for me, only morales wasn't in his prime anymore vs. pacquiao.

as far as pacquiao vs. other fighters, david diaz was in his prime and he got destroyed too. ricky hatton physically was in his prime but i think the mayweather jr. loss took his soul from him. he just wasn't the same after that. against cotto, the same could be said about him. after his destruction against margarito, he was in his physical prime but was f'ed up in his head. and let's not even discuss the shameful display of cowardice of joshua clottey. the man had all the physical tools to give pacquiao a much tougher fight but he just tanked it and got an easy retirement payday.

so again, where are all these mexican fighters you talking about?