Will you give Pacquiao credit if he beats Thurman, and vice versa?

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  1. blackbolt396

    blackbolt396 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hope he wins and then retires for good no need to keep fighting.
     
  2. Dance84

    Dance84 Unicorn and seastar land Full Member

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    Agreed
     
  3. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Minor fact.
     
  4. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Beating Pac wouldn't escalate him past Spence or Thurman because Pac sidestepped both of those gents.
     
  5. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Floyd sidestepped a lot of guys coming up didn’t change a thing.
     
  6. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not an opinion, declared covered up facts.

    Fact he was caught with IV.

    Just because there’s no judge because mayweather has bought NSAC and usada don’t mean ****.

    This is like saying Evander Holyfield wasn’t on drugs despite the overwhelming evidence.

    Read and weep:
    https://www.sbnation.com/longform/2015/9/9/9271811/can-boxing-trust-usada

    https://www.boxnation.com/boxing-ne...ated-the-fallout-from-can-boxing-trust-usada/
     
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  7. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    of course they will mention the age, and he is 40. When Duran lost to Hearns he was only 32, just a year younger than Crawford. So much for excuses. That is how it works.
     
  8. Manfred

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    What that got to do with Pac?
     
  9. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I hope Thurman goes out there and attempts to treat Manny for what he is,, a small 40 year old fighter. If not it could be a cautious snooze fest.
     
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  10. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Countering the logic that you can’t be a top guy if you sidestep fighters. My point being that Floyd sidestepped a lot of fighters going up and was still considered a top fighter.

    Thought that would have been simple enough to comprehend.
     
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  11. Manfred

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  12. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    There was actual dirext evidence that holyfield was on juice, which was actual steroids delivered to his home. The evidence against Floyd (saline drip) is no more substancial than the evidence against pac (refusal of tests)
     
  13. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    Depends on if the decision reflects what happens in the fight.
     
  14. dangerousity

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    Pac didn’t refuse test dumbass. He accepted unlimited urine test, blood test immediately after the fight and up to 21 days before the fight. Does that sound like someone trying to dope?

    And then you ask why is there a cut off. Simple, there’s an old video of him being superstitious blaming his loss to morales 1 due to last minute blood test which he thought weakened him.

    So we have proof that he believes his own claim that blood test weakens him. And he agreed to all kinds of testing.

    And you think that’s more substantial than floyd getting caught with illegal IV and getting covered up? Enough IV for dehydrated person and we all know floyd wasn’t dehydrated because they documented his weight and he’s always a “small ww”. The only other reason for the IV is obvious and it was covered up.

    Had it been pa caught with illegal IV you would be all over that.

    The evidence against Floyd is damning as holyfields. He was caught in his own house with illegal unapproved iv’s that could only be used for 2 reasons, dehydration or ped. Which one do you think is more probable?

    If Holyfield was floyd you would probably say floyd ordered those peds to inspect them not use them. Not caught in the act so doesn’t count right despite overwhelming evidence?
     
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  15. kirk

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    Well to me it seems fairly obvious that Thurman really can only get so much credit for beating Pac at this stage.