Manny Pacquiao already making excuses

He doesn't need to make excuses he's old, was way past his prime long ago, he turned pro 26.5 years ago, was coming off two years of inactivity, had been in a lot of wars and was taking part in his 72nd fight, and he was facing a much bigger opponent.

How many fighters were still world champions 23 years after winning their first world title, have had 72 fights and have won world titles in 8 divisions? Even Floyd could only manage 17 years, 50 fights and five weight classes and he was very rarely at a reach disadvantage during his career whereas it's rare for Manny not to be giving away reach and weight and you need your speed, your legs, and reaction times to overcome these physical disadvantages because you have to be able to get in and out of punching range to land your shots and Manny can no longer do that like he used to be able to in his prime.

Look at his resume the guy has fought everyone but no one has a better resume than father time

I told you it was very naive to expect even the version of Manny who fought Thurman to show up

 

Yeah, well as I've already said, most fighters have excuses for most of their losses. This is because a) they are stripped of their ego while being violently assaulted on television and b) they have to do it again, it's a very dangerous, unnatural thing and so most fighters lie to themselves.

What happens is, because Manny is very famous and everyone hears his excuses.

As I already said, Manny has been complaining of calf cramps for the best part of a decade; his entire warm up for the fight, which lasts hours, is centred around his calves; he wears some form of compression sock to aid him. It's likely absolutely true that this fighter in his forties two years inactive suffered the same cramps in the fight that were troubling him years and years ago, one of many reasons I picked Ugas to beat him.

I don't really know what else you guys want.

 

I do feel that Manny coming out to The Eye of the Tiger amped him up too much. Coming out to that is going to make anyone feel like they've been drinking from the fountain of youth and they're smack bang in the midst of their prime again. But then, as so often is the case, reality comes along and bites you in the ass and reminds you that you're a senior citizen. The mind is willing but the body is weak. Manny was so amped after that he came out like a bat out of hell right from the get-go and I got the distinct impression he was going for an early KO. Hell, even I was super amped and up on my feet shadow boxing within seconds of hearing the intro despite the fact that I was exhausted, felt very lethargic and was operating on very little sleep.

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