Could Manny retire without facing an African American?

Mayweather
Bradley
Alexander
Judah
Berto
Mosely (even today it would be a tough fight for Manny)


Anyway, Manny is surrounded, he'll never get out alive:hat

 

Yea....Manny doesn't have any rules, guidelines, contracts or regulations that stipulate that he has to face a certian fighter.. Will he be crucified like Jack was?:verysad Completely different senario.....Manny isn't racist...Manny isn't avoiding TOP LEVEL COMP. He's by far faced the hardest and most difficult challenges of ANY fighter in this era...and his resume supports that.

African American fighters are very good fighters but they don't dominate the sport as they once did. They are still very much in the mix but it's a very wide variety of fighters who come from all walks of life and countries that are the champions and who are dominating their divisions.

So NO......Manny doesn't need to fight a specific kind of fighter to secure a better legacy...it could help...with FLoyd and Floyd alone...maybe Paul Williams. But Manny's legacy is secure and one of the best of all time. Top 20 at least at the moment.

By the way.....love to see PAC fight Floyd, Paul, Tim, Devon, Nate, Zab.....actually anyone....Manny fights and with that comes excitment everytime....regardless of whom he is fighting.

 

Are we so obsessed by race now that Josh Clottey and Lehlohonolo Ledwaba aren't the right kind of black now?

When I was checking on how to spell "Lehlohonolo" I found this article in the search results...

http://www.examiner.com/x-5699-NY-B...was-really-black-when-Manny-Pacquiao-beat-him

 

Why does it matter? Manny still will go down as one of the greatest fighters with or without facing a "black" fighter. I will be glad to say I was around and into boxing during this time later in my life.

 

koki kameda

 

what a ****ing STUPIDDDDD thread. Why bring RACE into everything?!?! SO what if hes never fought an african american. U say be civil but your thread is asking for it.

Whats your point? african american fighters ALLL fight the same way and manny has just avoided them???
Look at mayweather and mosely just to name two. they both have completely opposite styles!

 

Pac is trying to make a fight with the best black fighter of his generation. Not his fault that chicken **** wants none.. Only an insignificant select few idiots will hold this racist gripe against Manny.

 

What do you mean "them"?

 

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Its not the craziest thing in the world to ask. acknowledging race is not the same thing as being racist. The preponderance of the best all time fighters are black Americans. Pac's resume is soft compared to Floyd's possibly because he has not accepted the challenge of facing Americas best.

 

Hmm lets see he didn't fight Zahair Raheem when he beat Erik Moralas after Erik Moralas whip Pacman. Lets see Bradley, Alexander, Mosley , Williams and and of course "Money May" trust me he would get thru these fighters at all.

 

Actually you couldn't be further from the truth. Truth of the matter is Floyd's resume is fairly "WEAK" when considering the amount of ability, greatness and skills he has. His resume has 2 legit greats....other than that it consists on very good to good fighters. Manny's resume is legitimately GREAT.....which is on level with his greatness as a fighter. Most of the rationale behind Floyd being considered a "great" is based on his ability, skills and talent.....there is less emphasis on his resume b/c it doesn't match his greatness with regards to his actual ring ability.

If you really try to compare resumes between Floyd and Manny you are pissng up stream and in the wind. Not a productive way to spend your time debating something that is already a fact.....against your position on this topic.

 

I agree about asking. There is no harm assuming the TS can elaborate what he is really asking.
HOWEVER saying Pac's resume is 'soft' compared to PBF is absurd in so many levels.
First off, there is a general consensus among boxing writers and experts that Pac is more accomplished than PBF. Even if you disagree with that, describing it as "soft" at the very least is extreme; at the very worst - silly.
Second, if you know your boxing (I assume you do since you are making a judgment call regarding resumes) can you please name the supposed elite African-American fighter that Pac supposed to face. Other than PBF - no one. You might be able to argue Nate Campbell 2-3 years ago. That is it. The weight class Pac fights in are dominated by Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and etc. And where he comes from are (obviously) Asians.