When did you start taking note of Manny Pacquiao?

i didnt get into boxing til the calzaghe lacy fight in 07 so i say the rematch with marquez which i had 115-113 for marquez, the de la hoya fight where he was beating up on an old man, but then i thought Hatton would be too much so for him to KO him in 2 impressed me, then i thought Cotto would beat him but again he proved me wrong. havent picked against him since

 

Give yourself a bit more credit, that fight was actually in March of '06.

 

Barrera in San Antonio....

 

Summer of 2003 a former coach/friend had tickets to see a Fernando Vargas fight at the Olympic Grand Auditorium.
We get there and look at the fight card and he's like, 'Hey that Filipino dude is fighting today too!"
I vaguely remembered him from hearing about the Ledwaba fight. Didn't pay him much mind at the time though and didn't follow boxing as much back then because of college.
Then on his walk in I recognized Freddy Roach and got VERY intrigued.
First thing I noticed was his speed and then every time he got hit he would immediately return the favor with a bigger shot. KO'd Lucero and I was hooked.
But still never thought he'd last very long against Barrera. After he outclassed Barrera I knew he would be something special.

 

Cool story :good

I hope to see Pac fight live one day :|

 

I think Pac was in a worse situation than Ledwaba because he only had two weeks to train. Ledwaba had been training for a few weeks in preparation for a different fight. Also afaik, it was Ledwaba's team who picked Pac because they felt that Pac can easily be beaten because he was a one dimensional fighter back then.

 

1st Barerra fight. First saw him in the Hussein fight and was pissed that Hussein lost but didn't really follow Pac closely til Barrera 1.

 

Barrera I. Happened to catch it as I was leaving a friend's house. I was really impressed by his stamina and speed.

 

I had been watching Pac since his Kid Kulafu days. I knew that the skinny, malnourished kid, given the right training, would eventually become world champion despite his lost to Torrecampo but i never thought he would become a top p4p fighter and a superstar in the sport.

 

I swallowed the DLH line about that not being MAB in the ring that night Pac wiped the floor with him & it was just a bad day at the office & then i watched him smackdown Marquez 3 times:scaredas: I thought who the **** is this wild man & then he goes after Eric:bbb

I was mightly impressed with Pac even in defeat to Eric & i knew then that with a few adjustments this little terrior is going to do some serious damage & he has has'nt he:yep

I thought he'd have no chance with DLH, After watching him rip DLH to shreds regardless of DLH being drained or what not, Pac would have wiped him out anyway & then i was convinced Hatton would be to much & def Cotto would beat him.:yep

But he's got a master in his corner & Pac is an eager studant who listens & can impliment any plan that Roach wants him too & adapt to any fighter put in front of him. He's an absolute throwback marvel:deal

You can't intimidate him, he fears no one except god, he would have been an ideal crusader storming the walls of jerusalem & slaughtering every ****er inside in god's name

 

WOW

That was awesome!

 

I am now convinced that some people can be so f*****g i***t!

 

Lol A+ post

TS: Saw him in a Filipino newspaper prior to the 1st Morales rematch

 

man.... I was lucky to see him the only 2 times he fought in L.A. and I didn't pay much for tickets. Now I can't even look at the Vegas ticket prices without cringing.

Saw him 1nce at Olympic Grand Aud and 1nce at the Staple Center.
Watching that speed and relentlessness is really a sight to behold.
It'll send shivers down your spine, and when he hits the impact noise is something that stands out from all the other hits you'll hear that night from other fighters.

The only other fighter that I saw live that impressed me like that was a young Oscar Delahoya, also at the Olympic Grand Auditorium. Man... I miss that place, that was the best place in the world to watch a boxing match.