Pacquaio's Next Inevitable Honor - 2009 ESPY 'Fighter Of The Year'

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  1. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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    Yeh?

    Here are the nominees:

    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Best Fighter

    Lyoto Machida MMA
    Shane Mosley Boxing
    Manny Pacquiao Boxing
    Anderson Silva MMA    [/FONT]
     
    san rafael, Jun 29, 2009
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  2. Jeff Young

    Jeff Young Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pacman by a mile
     
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  3. juanitoboxing

    juanitoboxing Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Has to be Pacman
     
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  4. J.R.

    J.R. No Mames Guey Full Member

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    The ESPYs don't mean ****... but out of those,yeah, I guess Pacman gets it.
     
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  5. nobius

    nobius 4th hokage Full Member

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    So Pac has the highest chance of winning?
     
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  6. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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    Aside from the US national TV exposure, and associated glitz and glamor of sharing the stage with the biggest athletes and movie stars in the world, yep, this is true.

    What do you say? This is what we do here.
     
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  7. PugilisticPower

    PugilisticPower The Blonde Batman Full Member

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    You kidding? Anderson Silva gets it.

    Pacquaio hasn't defeated a fighter who dominated his weight class for four or so years like Anderson Silva did when he beat Rich Franklin.

    Pacquaio has only defeated fighters who had recent defeats before him.
     
    PugilisticPower, Jun 29, 2009
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  8. J.R.

    J.R. No Mames Guey Full Member

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    YAWN.. you don't happen to know that they usually don't even televise the ESPY fighter of the year award do you? Some exposure. :roll:
     
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  9. nobius

    nobius 4th hokage Full Member

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    I have no idea about the MMA guys so dont know about this one.
     
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  10. PugilisticPower

    PugilisticPower The Blonde Batman Full Member

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    Just realised Silva did that in 2007 (sheesh, it doesn't seem that long ago)

    Probably then Lyoto Machida, undefeated fighter who gave the first loss to two undefeated fighters this year, whilst picking up the LHW title in the process.
     
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  11. Jeff Young

    Jeff Young Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    MMA is not fighting to me....its men groping eachother who wants to watch that ****......unless your libarachi or elton john
     
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  12. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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    You're the resident "ESPN expert," buddy boy. :rofl We know this. I'm a boxing fan.

    Good PRESUMPTION though, expert. You have NO CLUE what they'll do. :roll::roll::roll: Manny Pacquiao is one of the hottest things on two legs, IN THE WORLD, right now, across the board, and you're talking about how they won't even televise him receiving the award should he win, in advance. He's good enough for TIME Magazine, the E Channel, Primetime, CNN, 60 Minutes, ect, ect, ect - but NAH, ESPN won't even bother if he shows up! :rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl Bravo.
     
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  13. GmoNavarro

    GmoNavarro Active Member Full Member

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    It has to be Pacman... THE ONLY WAY HE WOULDNT BE IS IF JMM SHOCKS THE WORLD AND BEAT PBF which is very unprobable but still a possibility...
     
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  14. Beenie

    Beenie Evolve already! Full Member

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    My boy is a big MMA fan and talks up Silva like I talk up Pac to him. After watching Silva's last 2 fights, which were complete snooze fests, and then comparing them to Pac's last 2 fights, I say this award is a foregone conclusion if ever I've seen one.
     
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  15. PugilisticPower

    PugilisticPower The Blonde Batman Full Member

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    Where as, Silva actually faced the top guys in his division, like Machida did.

    Lets give Pac back to June 2008

    David Diaz - solid and a titlist, but not THE titlist.
    ODLH - had just been beaten by Floyd and was well past his best days
    Hatton - had just been beaten by Floyd.

    They're not really that impressive when compared against Machida or Silva.
     
    PugilisticPower, Jun 29, 2009
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