Pacquiao's foes are fading from the scene

Manny Pacquiao continues to jackhammer his way through the boxing ranks and his 12-round demolition of Shane Mosley may have sent another of the sport's all-time greats into retirement.

Pacquiao's opponents are dropping like flies as heading into Saturday's fight four of his last five foes have not fought since losing to him, and Mosley could very well likely continue that trend.

"He felt my power and that is why he didn't want to fight toe-to-toe," Pacquiao said. "Every time I wanted to throw a lot of punches he was running away."

The 32-year-old Filipino congressman pummelled challenger Mosley to earn a unanimous decision, defending his World Boxing Organization welterweight title with his 14th straight win.

Nevada, Monday (AFP)