Do any of you realize what a Pacquiao win will do for boxing?

Fact #1: Boxing is still on the map. I think it is being blackballed by media outlets but it is still on the map e.g. 2.4 Mill in ppvs Mayweather and Pacquaio on cover of magazines. Usanews and Asia Time respectively. Plus nike and At & t commercials.

All boxing needs to do is make fights. Imagine Havy vs Adamek, Williams vs Pavlik, Mayweather vs Coto or Pac or Mosley, Dawson vs Cloud and many more potential matchups:bbb

Fact #2: If you are going to praise Pacman, you should also Praise Mayweather. I you are going to discredit Mayweather then you should also discredit Pacman.

Cmon gentlemen, ffs Freddy Roach discredited the Oscar win. He said he saw the blood on his arms told Manny to 'Jump on him':huh among other statements from Freddy about that fight

Ricky will never be on Floyd's or Manny's Level. What ricky brought to the table was his popularity and absolutely nothing else.

David Diaz was the weak link.

Therefore Floyd past few fights have been easy and Manny's past few fights have been easy. However, Those fights increased the publicity of both fighters because of personalities and politics.

If Floyd is such a runner, and can't draw flies to ****, and bad for the sport, and is a fraud, and void is void, why is the whole boxing community eagerly anticipating Floyd vs Pac when the fight isn't even signed yet.:deal

I know I know your answer is people want to see fraud get his a$$ kicked. But he is still a draw and drawing people to boxing = good for boxing. You guys now praise Ali and Tyson, have you listened to some of the things that came out of their mouths in their heyday.

Fact #3: If you are a draw, you are still a draw regardless of the reason.

Floyd vs Fighter A is always a bigger draw than Fighter A vs anyone else.

Floyd vs Pac > Pac vs Anyone else
Floyd vs Cotto > Cotto vs Anyone else
Floyd vs Mosley > Moslye vs Anyone else

Fact #4: This should probably be fact #1, Pacquaio vs Cotto is a superfight and we should not worry, right now, about anything after or who should win. May the better man win as both Cotto and Pacman have said in the Kellerman sitdown. Lets just enjoy this fight. This fight is good for boxing.

Fact #5: This is Pacquaio's biggest challenge from his last four fights. If he wins I hope no one makes excuses.:deal While i wish the catch-weight wasn't part of the contract it is and lets move on.

Fact #6: PBF will fight Pac, Cotto or Mosley next. If he doesn't:-( I won't know what to say. All fighters take fights to increase their popularity even if the fighter can't pull the trigger any more or if the fighter just isn't that good to begin with. These are both Freddy Roach's quote's about Oscar and Ricky respectively.

FACT #7: Gentlemen, please enjoy this mouthwatering boxing match:good

 

Nobody mentioned top 10 here, or did i miss something? :huh

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A "loss" to JMM? Debatable, I give you that. Both fights were superbly entertaining, intense, high quality, foty-caliber. Any fighter who could give a fight (2 fights actually) like that deserved any boxing fans respect. (emphasis supplied :yep). In Pac's case, he was fighting the #2P4P at the time and JMM the #1, so no one expected a walk in the park.

True. The reason being there are bigger fishes to fry on the higher weights, more lucrative offers too. Hey, a boxers a plebeian too. :good

4 (hardly constitute "rarely", methinks) times lineal (the 1st to achieve that feat, ask Rold ), what planet were you from Brah? We're curious what the "so on so forth" are...

 

I thought the article was O.K. Why do you think it was garbage?

 

I agree with this but I have a question, Do you hate PBF for doing the same thing?

 

I respect that. My point is when it comes to guys like Floyd and Pac, you will either pick one or the other, and personally you will like one or the other. Many will pick either Floyd or Pac, and not both equally, and there is nothing wrong with that.

 

...prolly the superabundance of formalistic "Misters." :hey

 

Yeah I also thought the Mr. Cottos sounded weird while reading it.

 

Racist!!!

 

This seems like an arbitrary outburst:huh

 

Agree 100%.

Pac's streak is like that of Tyson, Tito, etc. It will be very heart-breaking to see him lose.

 

A Pac win is certainly better for boxing, which is one of the reasons why I'd like to see it happen. I like Cotto as well so its hard to watch either way but I'm sure it'll be a great fight.

 

good post:good also setting up the mayweather fight, and because of all these factors, if it goes to the cards, i think Pac gets the decision regardless

 

No doubt!:good for the record.....Floyd in my opinion beats PAC 9 times out of 10. Stylistically Floyd is trouble for anyone who doesn't hold advantages over him in size, power, speed or weight. And even then his skills are remarkable enough to pull out a tatical win. YOu can't take floyd out of his game. But one can defintiely force him out for a few minutes throughout a fight if they apply the right kind of pressure. Which is why I feel PW is the only cat at or around 147 to take his "0".

 

i used to think pbf wasn't all that,in fact i still hate his attitude. but i can't agree with him not being an all time great fighter. he dominates all he goes up against. i see his only real test in fighting ssm if it happens soon and cotto. i don't think pbf needs pac to be an atg but if he does end up fighting pac i see him making pac look stupid in there. :deal