does Pacquiao need to take a leaf out of Mayweather's book?

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  1. HMSTempleGarden

    HMSTempleGarden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't mean by acting like a ***** and throwing money about.

    Mayweather has taken time, most notable after he beat Hatton to give his body time to recover.

    Surely the climbing up in weight and fighting the bigger guys would be inevitable in causing Pacquiao some sort of wear and tear.

    perhaps he would be better taking some time off and come back after some R&R.

    ps - this does not change my opinion that Junior still beats him.
     
  2. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    C'mon he only fights twice a year. He's not the type that can take 2 years off and come back the same. Plus with his extra curricular activities, who knows what would happen.
     
  3. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล

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    As Slip said, if he can't take 2 fights a year that's his problem. I've got no sympathy for him, put another big lump in front of him and he'll batter him.
     
  4. SkillspayBills

    SkillspayBills Mandanda Running E-Pen Full Member

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    He's a professional at top of his chosen sport, He's not had a massive schedule this year and struggled. The two guys he fought chose not to stand in front of him and he found it hard. You can't play at this game for all Mayweather's talk he trains extremely hard, Plus picks great opponents for himself which helps. Manny's last opponent was a guy his own trainer didn't want him to face.
     
  5. Dunky McCafferty

    Dunky McCafferty Boxing Junkie banned

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    nothing wrong at all with pac, IMO he beat Marquez. Only trouble was that Pac was a bit more negative, hes at his best when hes running & gunning, get dragged into a borefest with Marquez will always make you look bad.

    Pacs fine, just a giant overreaction cos he cant KO his bogeyman. No R&R needed.
     
  6. roe

    roe Guest

    Agree with this, although I had it level. The problem is that he didn't look great against a negative Mosley either but people are being way too hard on him though.

    It's one of those things where because of spectacular performances against de la Hoya, Hatton and Cotto, people then go ridiculously over the top about him being some kind of superman that must be on drugs. Then when he can't stop Clottey, Margarito and Mosley he must be shot. The world is very fickle.
     
  7. dftaylor

    dftaylor Writer, fanatic Full Member

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    Mosley's got a good chin and enough of his skills left to avoid a serious beat down. I remember a lot of people said Pac had "lost it" after he spent the Barrera rematch playing tag with the Mexican legend and scraping by against Marquez.

    Then he thrashed David Diaz into a bloody lump and everyone was "PACS A BEAST LOLZ" again. Never mind once he battered Oscar, Hatton, Cotto, Clottey and Margarito comprehensively.

    Never write the guy off - just when you think it will be easy for him, he makes it hard. And when you think he's slipping...
     
  8. roe

    roe Guest

    ^^^ Yep :good

    The same people that now right Pacquiao off, wrote Marquez off a fortnight ago.
     
  9. sud2002

    sud2002 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yep, guess some people just have too much of an immediate reaction.
     
  10. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    No excuses:good