Does Manny stop Shane?

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This is a horrible fight for me. Pacquiao has a history of taking on fighters who are coming off of weak showings and then putting them away for good. Cotto, Hatton, Margarito, Morales etc.

Cotto - Back to back wins before facing Pacquiao

Hatton - Looks so much improved in the Malinaggi fight. Memory problems?

Margarito - Yeah he didnt look all that againts his trainer but. He looked in the best form of his life againts Pacquiao.

Morales - Yeah he lost to Zahir Fu_cking Raheem he was so dejected in this fight that after 12 rounds Raheem was still trying to run and he was still tryin to knock him out. Just 10 months before he did something that not even Barrera in 2 tries, Marquez in 2 tries, Cotto, Margarito, DelaHoya, Hatton and Clottey wasnt able to do. yeah he beat Manny Pacquiao.

etc - Yeah maybe.

Hatton - Maybe he did look improved against Malinaggi but it was 2 years after Malinaggi already got roughed up by Cotto. Plus Hatton had already lost to Mayweather a full 2 years before meeting Pac.

Cotto - This one is ok. But there was the beating from Margarito (who possibly cheated). Interestingly, Pac was Cotto's 3rd fight in 2009. Cotto bit off a lot not long after the Magarito loss. Maybe too much.

Margarito - Beaten by Mosley. Next he wins a 10 round decision against Garcia? Hmmmm Margarito can obviously take punishment, but his fight with Cotto seems to be the last time he could really dish it out, so it leaves question marks about Margaritos actual punch power.

Morales - Well, fighting Pac right after losing by UD... That would seem to me the definition of a weak showing. Sure, he beat Pac earlier, but he seemed "hot/cold" at that time. Just prior to beating Pac by UD, he had lost to Barrera by MD.

All in all, there is a little truth to the sentiment expressed. Hatton, Cotto, and Margarito met Pacquiao after trying to recover from rather major defeats except for Morales, which I just explained.

And now, Mosley. No explanation needed.

People are picking on this list because Pacquiao has destroyed EVERYONE yes every LARGE MAN put in front of him. so we find an answer on why it happened?

Morales - Morales beat Pac the 1st time so objectively Pacquiao needs to beat him right? Morales is a big star Pacquiao is a big star so WTF? he needs to fight him again how can you object to this fight.

Hatton - What was the best fight for Pacquiao at the time? Yeah i agree it was the Lineal Jr. Welter champion Ricky Hatton

Cotto - Yeah he lost to Margarito so that means he's not worthy for Pacquiao who also lost not once but thrice?. Cotto is bigger than Pacquiao Cotto is younger than Pacquiao there's no fvcking way a rational boxing afficionado would criticize a Cotto match except for the catch weight. Oscar wasnt a catch weight because its Oscar period but againts Cotto. team Pac thought it was necessary so Cotto came in 145 from 146 againts Clottey. (There's should have been no catchweight)

Margarito - You did not get the 1st post. The Margarito that showed againts Pacquiao was the optimum version. That version absorbed punishment the same way he has done in the past.

* Pacquiao is fast enough and has enough power to mandhandle this big guys and not because of made up bollocks.