Has there ever been a fighter who visibly improved before our eyes like Pacquiao?

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  1. bluebird

    bluebird Boxing Addict Full Member

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    At the beginning he was an average run of the mill guy with a fast, heavy left hand. Then he became super dangerous and a talented guy with with that left hand (like Wilder). Then finally he became an all around menace who can box and do everything.
     
  2. Paranoid Android

    Paranoid Android Manny Pacquiao — The Thurmanator banned Full Member

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    The evolution of Pacquiao's game is a beautiful thing to have witnessed. It's absolutely bonkers that Pacquiao has dominated at every stage of his development.
     
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    Boon Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Floyd "Pretty Boy" Mayweather.

    Yes, he was great from the beginning but it did not stop there.
     
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  5. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    He never dominated Juan Manuel Marquez at any level, division, stage, plateau, or arc of his career. Pacquiao's evolution never truly surpassed his nemesis without the help of his promoter cooking the books. JMM fixed that in 2012. Pac-Man is great ,but Juan Marquez has his soul.

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  6. gdm

    gdm Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Just curious are you related to manny in any way?
     
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  7. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ironically he was dominating JMM in the 4th fight. Heredias shakes was an equaliser though.
     
  8. BCS8

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    Lots of boxers adapt and improve throughout their careers. Pacquiao, while exceptional, is far from unique in this regard.

    Locally I remember Baby Jake Matlala never amounted to much until he was "old" in boxing terms. Then everything just seemed to click together for him and he became, for a while, a right little terror.
     
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  9. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Silly thread.....Thurman will win and stop the Pacman
     
  10. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    :yaay DOMINATED!
    :lol::lol::lol:
     
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  11. Paranoid Android

    Paranoid Android Manny Pacquiao — The Thurmanator banned Full Member

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    My point exactly. The fights he lost were due to guys cheating.

    JMM = roided to the gills

    Mayweather = illegal IVs

    Horn = unrestricted foul fest with headlocks, armlocks, shoving, a very blatant attempt to blind him with the lacing on his gloves, and he even threw Pac to the ground

    You literally bring nothing to the table, jerk off.

    :lol:
     
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  12. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    :lol: Dominated! Except these handful of times. But those opponents cheated! Unlike Manny!
    Manny who turned down random blood testing. :lol:

    And what a convenient excuse. Gets his ass kicked by Morales and it was due to blood testing making him weak.
    Excuses after excuses.
     
  13. Paranoid Android

    Paranoid Android Manny Pacquiao — The Thurmanator banned Full Member

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    Are you saying JMM wasn't roided to the gills and that Floyd wasn't caught with illegal IV fluids? Are you saying that they didn't cheat?

    Avoided random blood testing, huh? Prove that he did. Bring something to the table instead of half-assed false statements. Don't be such a goddamn ignorant loser, man.
     
  14. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    There are numerous articles available that talk about Pac turning down blood testing.

    But again, everyone else is a dirty cheat, yet Manny is as clean as a whistle.
    Prove JMM was on steroids.
    Or even Floyd.

    Here comes the kicker:
    More of it over at the LA Times. They did a great piece on it.
    https://www.latimes.com/sports/spor...ther-thomas-hauser-boxing-20150917-story.html
    And here is the USADA rebuttal to Hauser's story:
    https://www.usada.org/wp-content/up...ection-to-SB-Nation-Article-by-Tom-Hauser.pdf
     
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  15. longislandtroop

    longislandtroop Member Full Member

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    You guys always seem to have an excuse as to why PAC loses a fight. Sometimes you guys actually have the excuse ready before the fight has even taken place. Just a funny observation i have seen over the years.
     
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