The Ring Editor: "We Have Informed Pacquiao He Must Defend Next Match Or Vacate"

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  1. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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    Manny Pacquiao has requested that he remain The Ring junior welterweight champion because he intends to defend the title following his March 13th bout with Joshua Clottey, his second consecutive fight at welterweight. The Ring has honored Pacquiao's request, but has informed him that if he does not defend the 140 pound title in his next fight, The Ring will consider in tantamount to relinquishing the belt and vacate the title.

    Nigel Collins, The Ring Magazine, April 2010
     
  2. sundalo

    sundalo New Member Full Member

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    I thought Pac already vacated?
     
  3. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    if he loses he will defend, if he wins he will stay at welter.
     
  4. bald_head_slick

    bald_head_slick Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It is all yapping until after Saturday. Ring is full of crap for even mentioning this before the fight. The writing is on the wall.
     
  5. Hermit

    Hermit Loyal Member banned

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    OK. Let's see. Pac beats Clotty. Shane beats Floyd. Shane has already said he would go all the way down to 140 to fight Pac...... :think Would Floyd?.....:think
     
  6. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    ****, that's kind of ridiculous. they were all well and dandy letting calzaghe defend smw and lhw. their policy is based on the principal that you can only lose the title in the ring. they've said someone will be pressured to defend but they don't strip champions. guess not...
     
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    Its just another alphabet title. Their bias to pac is unprecendeted as of late for some reason.
     
  8. igor_otsky

    igor_otsky Undefeated Full Member

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    If he ever comes back to 140, a pac-bradley fight will be the best fight for him. (If pac-floyd/pac-shane doesn't materialize at the end of 2010)
     
  9. Hermit

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    "Some reason"? Like ODLH owns them?
     
  10. keith

    keith ESB OG Full Member

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    The ring has really bullshitted their "title". their steadfast rules have always been up to interpretation at their whim.

    they'll let some titilist fight bull **** fighters once year, and ignore another guy cleaning out the top ten in the same division.

    The Ring is just as corrupts as any of them.


    Keith
     
  11. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    to be honest, i'm been reading ring for years. bought every issue i could before oscar owned it and i've never noticed any difference since he bought it
     
  12. tays001

    tays001 ESB ELITE SQUAD Full Member

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    got to say this is double talk. from ring their policy says the fighter can only lose the title in the ring or by choosing to Vacate. it's been less then a year that pac has won the 140 lbs title thats a bit of BS from the Ring
     
  13. Hermit

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    see post inbetween
     
  14. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    :lol:yeah, the policy has changed in this regard, well played. but otherwise, it hardly favours golden boy fighters
     
  15. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    April 2010?

    I want your time machine