How was Pacquiao able to get so many top level fighters in the ring with him?

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  1. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    You know how us boxing fans complain that the top guys can't or won't get the other top guys in the ring with them? Remember how everybody was ducking Beterbiev and GGG (until he got old)? Or how all the other Welterweights have no shame and refuse to fight Bud Crawford?

    You couldn't have gotten Mikey Garcia to sign a Loma contract at gunpoint.

    Wilder and Joshua have been in a pissing contest for years.

    There are too many examples to list.

    Pacquiao managed to get everybody in the ring when they were on top of their game. The only guy he couldn't get in the ring was Mayweather. That's the only guy in his entire career who Pac could not get to sign the dotted line.

    So if boxing is so much politics and it's so difficult to make the fights happen then why did everybody fight Pac? How did he do it?
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Money. Him and May were the money men, so everyone wanted a piece. Also, no one was scared of eachother
     
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  3. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    He wasn't the money man before DLH.

    Before DLH he fought

    -Sasakul
    -Lewaba
    -Barrera
    -Marquez
    -Morales

    That's a lot of good fighters without being a cash cow or big money fighter.
     
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  4. Rilz

    Rilz Ball don't lie! Full Member

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    He has a lot of money. People who fought him received a lot of money. People wanted to fight him, to receive said money.
     
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  5. Dementia Pugulistica

    Dementia Pugulistica Well-Known Member Full Member

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    A lot thought they were gonna kick the stuff out of that little wee Filipino! And then he became a paycheck.
     
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  6. Tramell

    Tramell Hypocrites Love to Pray & Be Seen. Mathew 6:5 Full Member

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    HBO & Arum.
     
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  7. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    HBO did a great job marketing Pac because they eventually wanted that Mayweather megamatch.

    Ironically, Oscar "made" both these guys after the ass whooping he recieved from them both.
     
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  8. Juan carlos

    Juan carlos Active Member Full Member

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    Shane Mosley and Oscar de la Hoya were not at their best even Marquez
     
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  9. sambatraube

    sambatraube Member Full Member

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    Before Pacquiao vs Oscar fought,Pacman wasn’t yet elevated to where he is now.

    Everyone thought he was one dimentional fighter and easy to beat. Pacman proved them wrong,even the so called expert here in esb.

    Pacquiao set the standard really high for the lower weight fighters imagine from flyweight champ to fighting margarito for super welterweight.

    He fought them all starting with chatchai sasakul,ledwaba,barrera,jmm,morales at the lower weights. Still now even at 40 fought a prime and young fighter in keith thurman!
     
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  10. titanic

    titanic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Simple - He does not Duck.
     
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