did pacquaio duck Zahir Raheem?

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  1. Gotoneto

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    pac was already on the rise and is beginning to scout for bigger paydays and certainly raheem is not the one to give him that.

    so what's wrong with trying to earn a bigger payday? it's not like pac's asking for an unreasonable amount of 100M like some delusional guy i know..
     
  2. i hate pac but come on thats like saying did lennox lewis duck buster douglas
     
  3. Concrete

    Concrete Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Morales fought Raheem just to test himself vs that style of fighting

    Morales a G!
     
  4. Pac ducks any fighter who isn't 50 years old or who a black fighter didnt already beat.
     
  5. PH|LLA

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    Didn't Raheem lose his very next fight to a past his best Popo Freitas?
     
  6. PH|LLA

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    and I don't even think they were in the same division. Pac had just moved up from featherweight to super featherweight. Raheem was a lightweight at the time. I think Pac had only had like 4 or 5 fights above 122.
     
  7. H .

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    :think
     
  8. namcap

    namcap Active Member Full Member

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    YES! sleep well now.
     
  9. caneman

    caneman 100% AllNatural Xylocaine Full Member

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    If Pac had fought Zahir, he would be ducking a high payday rematch with Erik Morales for a low paying fight with a guy from one division higher at 135. Doesn't make any sense.

    Raheem is a lightweight and was only meant to be Erik Morales' tuneup, which Erik took very lightly. It's been documented that Erik has major issues on motivating himself to train properly from fight to fight. IMO, had Erk trained properly for Raheem, he would have beaten him. Raheem is no special fighter, as evidenced in his loss to a Acelino Freitas, a pure brawler, in his very next fight.
     
  10. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    Thats like saying Hopkins ducked Danny Green

    not the first time a superfight nearly got derailed by a determined underdog

    Baldy beat Judah yet Judah got the fight vs Floyd first
     
  11. bballchump11

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    what is this pic of :huh
     
  12. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    :nono please!!! Floyd already was signed to fight Zab and he actually fought both of them back to back and now assholes are saying he cherry picked Baldomir :bart
     
  13. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    im just sighting examples and the baldomir situation was the first that sprung to mind

    i think many thought b hop should have fought sturm over oscar

    im just saying manny didnt duck raheem, it may have been a good reason to think morales was washed up

    but manny also needed to avenge the loss for his legacy raheem in the grand scheme didnt and hasnt meant much
     
  14. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    I gotcha man, it's all love over here :cheers
     
  15. kalunya5964

    kalunya5964 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah, right! Pac cherry picked the champ for his test fight at higher division.:patsch What a bad cherry picker Pac was!