Mario Thomás Barrios vs. Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao

Barrios will win unless it's staged. Manny is 47, that's ancient for combat sports.

 

barrios is going to beat pac up. and it aint a question of skill, its reflexes. pac will not be able to get out of the way of the younger mans punches. his timing will look off because his reaction time will be gone. and barrios is competent enough to tear down a fighter with those handicaps.

 

Never been impressed by Barrios. Wouldn't surprise me at all if Pac took this one.

 

Barrios is a bad style for an older, much smaller fighter who's been retired for 4 years.

Barrios by surprisingly wide UD.

 

Pacman on points. I think this will be a close, controversial decision win. And it will be Mannys last fight as he will take some damage.

Only asterisk would be a Tank Davis fight at 147. Which old Manny STILL wins

 

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My head tells me Barrios by decision but would love to see Pac pull it off. If Manny's straight left is still fast I wouldn't be surprised to see him drop Barrios at least once.

 

Barrios isn't very good and arguably lost his last fight. That said he should be too much for an old Pacquiao

 

Barrios isn't that good so if pac is back on the juice he will probably win.

 

As expected, Pacquiao's legs look slower with less bounce than a few years ago. That said, they don't look shaky/wobbly or anything and he's still got relatively quick movement. Don't know how long he can keep that up - I expect it to be in very short spurts and for him to otherwise get popped with cleaner punches due to 46-year-old reflexes. Hands look quick, but even with his speed, I don't know if he has the movement to create punching angles that consistently or the quickness of foot to explode forward very much with his straight left.

I hope he wins, but I'm expecting a decision loss where he gradually starts to lose every round after about four or five rounds (possibly getting beat up late). 46-years-old at the championship level is ancient and a recipe for disaster unless you're a once-in-a-lifetime freak like Bernard Hopkins.

 

Hoping for Pac to win, but would not bet on it.

 

i don,t...this will not end well for Manny imo

 

By juice you mean balut, adobo, kare-kare and lechon. As long as Pac has eaten one of those after training he should be fine against Barrios.