First and foremost all fighters lose eventually; too old, wasn't there night, got injured the list goes on. But there's one undeniable fact that all fighters will lose eventually. But why did Manny lost by K.O to Marquez anyway. Here's why, note this is not an excuse for losing, Manny did lose.
8.Wear and tear- Manny is just 33 but he's an old 33 year old, he started his pro career when he was 15 years old, the constant training put a lot of strain in his body making him an old 33 year old guy.
7. Distractions- Filipino's that live in the Philippines knows this Manny is a singer, endorser, actor, preacher.... POLITICIAN he's a congressman for God sake. While Juan Marquez is a fighter, so as Mayweahter that's it. They don't fool around with other things. Manny is fighting the best in the world when he steps in the ring, not bums. World class fighters who are looking to demolish him.
6. He doesn't train much- Manny isn't that serious with his training anymore. I live in Baguio Philippines, my house is at the same hill where he trains so I see him train when he has fights. Five years ago, I would rarely see him smile during training. RARELY,.. he's like all business. He would wave to fans but that's it. But for the last two years it's different. He clowns around and stuff, smiles giggles etc... I just didn't see the kind of work ethic he had when I first saw him it's just different.
5. Entourage- Same as number 4, the first time I saw him training before there were like four or five people jogging with him. That's it, and the other two were boxers too I think. Nowadays you'll never see Manny on his own, he always has people following him around. It's like everybody wants a piece of the world champion. They eventually wore him down, he can train well his out of focus, eventually he gets beat.
4. Food- Believe it or not, Manny Pacquiao eat Mcdonalds imagine a world class fighter eating quarter pounders lol, just kidding. But honestly Manny hasn't put that much discipline on his diet lately. Justt like GSP said, a fighters body should be like well oiled machine. They can't eat normal food, there diet should be different from ours.
3. Age- Let's face it although he's just 33 and Marquez is 36. But Manny's fighting style relied on his speed and power, but that speed came from his youth. The older the fighter get's the slower he becomes. The good thing about Marquez is, he's a technical fighter. He doesn't rely on speed, the fact is he actually gets better with age as he learns knew things diversifies his game age is not much a factor to his style.
2. Doesn't listen to Roach- There were many times that Roach would be infuriated because Many would play basketball in the evening when he should take a rest. There were also times when Manny would talk to politicians coming to his place asking for favor, then he wouldn't train. Not listening to the man who made you who you are as fighter is a bad thing to do. It's actually the worst thing to do, but Manny did it anyway.
1. Tamed- If you look at Manny he's just so different from the man who he ones was. He came from Sarangani province, poor and desperate to change his life he was hungry for victory. He was like a beast ready to go all out on who ever comes his way. The , Manny we know now is sophisticated tamed with good things surrounding him, not hungry. It's like getting a wolf from the wild then taming it to be a germansheperd still a formidable animal still powerful but tamed
Manny Pacquiao is the greatest international celebrity that came out of the Philippines so with this fame came other things that made him lose his game. Will he be able to come back and win dominate the boxing world again. I highly doubt that, at age 33 time is ticking. But there is still hope, he should go back to his old habits that made him the greatest fighter of our time...he should,...he must.