Pacquiao...is he losing respect among his peers?

Answer to your thread question....NO

 

I think a lot of people dislike his comp at welter and his willingness to be completely ruled by Bob Arum, but I can't say. Some of his peers have always been jealous of his success(see: butthurt Hatton, Malignaggi, etc).

 

I understand what you're asking but who out there (that has called him out anyway) is really Pacquiao's peer?

Malinaggi ain't. Juan Diaz definitely ain't. Kermit Cintron sure ain't either.

Personally, I'm not concerned with any of these guys' opinions. Unless one of them has real insider info and not speculation, I'm not trying to hear it.

 

Some of his peers dislike him because he's the best.

It's called jealously.

 

sadly we are in an era where cheating is quite prevalent...any time an athlete refuses to or acts this way about drug testing we must believe it is because he is hiding something...alot of people will deflect the attention towards mayweather, and use the fact that manny has never failed a test as proof; however i doubt a post fight urine analysis is sufficient enough to catch a cheater, only a dumb one.

 

This..

 

Fined by whom exactly?

Do you have the faintest idea what you're blathering on about?

 

PEDs: no

Catchweights: maybe slightly if the Margarito title fight is a catchweight

 

THe only thing I would be crtical of him is making opponents fight at a catchweight, when there is no advantage they have over him. It only creates an advantage for him by weakening the opponent. He is physically as powerful, strong and faster than most welterweights. Other than that I dont think he could do too much more. He cant make Mayweather fight him, and Margarito is no pushover, nor was Clottey.

 

Not taking a lie detector test for the cops don't make you guilty of a crime. Not taking a breath test for the cops don't make you guilty of drunk driving. Not answering questions for the police and exercising your miranda rights doesn't make you guilty of a crime. In this country you gotta prove guilt not innocence. As long as Pac is following the industry standards, rules, and guidelines, he has done nothing wrong. Besides that, passing LFSDT (lil floyd style drug testing) doesn't prove that someone's not on peds or gear. What is ****ing country coming to ?

 

People alway pointing fingers at each other, but when it comes down too, say Manny fighting a bigger fighter and then the other fighter comes in weight drained, whose fault is that really? The person who came in weight drained pretty much agreed to come in weight drained. Why? Because money talks. I'm not defending Manny, or Oscar, or anyone, but these guys, all of them, are grown men that ultimately decide what they are going to agree to. Sure, some like Manny or Miguel Cotto always let their promoters decide for them, but it's them that ultimately choose who to fight. Pacquiao IMO was only to be doing a short stint fighting a DLH most thought was to big and strong for him and the same thing with Hatton. Pacman was the underdog in both fights, but he still won. And not just won, but won impressively. If he was originally from the same division for years like Floyd was, then Pacman would be getting alot of flack for fighting Oscar and Hatton, yet he was at 130, and had very little time at 135 before he fought Oscar and Hatton. For that he gets credit, especially with the general mentality that a good big man should beat a good little man. Because of him, he showed the world that isn't necessarily the case and are making people think twice. So I don't think he is losing any respect, he's getting more admiration than anything.

 

What do you think about Kirkland vs. Manny, I would be interested to hear what you think about this possibility (purely hypothetical of course) @ 154.

 

Diaz is studying to be a lawyer. When he stops studying he may learn something about the law. Just another pretender helping Pac case against the crackheads.