by Larry Nalzaro: There’s a strong possibility that Manny Pacquiao would beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. today. Pacquiao’s performance against WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley on April 12th is incessantly used as a barometer by everyone, proclaiming Pacquiao is no longer what he used to be. Which is true: the man has gotten older, and with it some of his power and reflexes have slowed down a bit. Everyone is therefore saying that if he were to step into the ring today with Mayweather the former would pound Pacquiao to submission.
That may be true seven years ago but probably not anymore today: Mayweather has also aged and is in fact 2 years older than the Filipino. What are the chances that Mayweather’s slickness has also faded a little bit?