Pacquiao vs. Rios Decision: Winner, Judges' Scorecards and Fight Analysis

Rumors of Manny Pacquiao's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

The 34-year-old put in a dominating performance on Sunday morning in Macau, China against Brandon Rios, winning a unanimous decision with relative ease.

Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports had the judges' scorecards.

Following a knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez back in December 2012, some wondered if the career of Pacquiao would soon come to a close. Some even thought a loss on Sunday could signal the end of his time in the ring.

However, Pac-Man demonstrated that he still has a little something left in the tank. Showtime Boxing's Brian Kenny thought that he proved himself to be a capable fighter, albeit not quite at his peak:

Right from the start of the fight, you could tell this was only going to go one way. Pacquiao got on the offensive early, hitting Rios with a great combination of body blows and jabs.

In the first couple of rounds, he was feeling his way into the fight and not taking too many chances. Then in Rounds 3 and 4, Pacquiao began getting into a comfort zone.

As Jim Lampley said on the broadcast, Pacquiao found a groove in the first couple of rounds and stayed in it for the rest of the fight, via HBO Boxing:

It wasn't all offense from Pac-Man, either. Bryan Armen Graham noted that Pacquiao had his defense refined to a T. He knew exactly how to avoid Rios' best stuff time and again.

Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated believed that Pacquiao was thoroughly ahead of Rios for most of the fight, and the only thing that would change things was if Rios chose to alter his game plan.

The problem was, he never did. Rios wasn't helping himself out. He kept trying to take the fight to Pac-Man, using offense to combat offense, especially early in the fight. The strategy proved to be fruitless, as he couldn't match Pacquiao's power and lacked the accuracy to land any major blows.

One of the things that Rios kept doing was shaking his head to ward off any of Pacquiao's blows and show that he wasn't fazed. Kenny was having none of that:

Late into the fight, when the outcome was already decided, Rios still did nothing to try and sneak in a shocking knockout. He almost seemed content to sit back and take a beating. Promoter Lou DiBella was one of those watching who felt Rios left a little to be desired in the ring:

Give credit to Pacquiao, who had likely sapped any and all of the energy from his opponent. It was a convincing win, which was exactly what he needed after losing to Marquez. Only time will tell if Pac-Man is back at a level where he can combat the best in his division and possibly face Floyd Mayweather Jr. down the line.

But for all intents and purposes, he is back.