Manny Pacquiao's Shoulder Injury in the Floyd Mayweather Fight (The Eye Test)

All of the doctors and physicians on this forum keep saying that there were no signs that Pac was fighting w/ a shoulder injury. Pac was throwing vicious right hooks, they said. Pac raised his arms at the end of the fight, they said.

I ask you haters this:

How many times have you identified that an MLB pitcher on the mound is pitching through a torn rotator cuff? Please identify the unique motion(s) in the pitcher's mechanics that suggests he is pitching through a torn rotator cuff. Oh, wait, YOU CAN'T.

What happens is this:

The pitcher's command is way off and his velocity has dropped. But the immediate thought is that he is experiencing fatigue in extreme heat (a July game in Arizona, for example). One or two more starts and the guy gets lit up. Then MRI and tests finally reveal the torn rotator cuff.

My point? Adrenaline and competitive nature powers an athlete through this.

EXAMPLE:

Curt Schilling in game 6. The dude's ankle was bleeding because he had a tendon sewn back onto his ankle!!! What happened? He allowed 1 run in 7 innings of work against the vaunted Yankees offense and pitched the game of his life.

If the cameras never zoomed in on his ankle, no one would have known that he was pitching through extreme pain. How did Curt Schilling, at his advance age in the game, not just battle through the pain, but DOMINATE the opposition? Adrenaline.

I make this point because pitchers put more stress on their arms than boxers. Not only do they have to generate a significant amount of force to throw pitches, but they have to replicate the motion throughout an entire game (could be 140 pitches). Pitchers ice their arms and shoulders after a game. Boxers don't do that. Just like you can't tell by the eye test that a pitcher isn't pitching hurt, you can't say Pac was not injured in the fight because you didn't see any signs.

• World famous sports doctor confirmed the injury and did the operation

• Pac stopped sparring and training for days in the middle of camp

• Ellerbe stated that he knew for a fact that Pac had a "terrible" camp

 

Pacquiao beat Floyd 7-5 w/ one arm. DEAL WITH IT.

:deal

 

Floyd ducked him for close to half a decade. If Pac had pulled out of the fight, there were no guarantees that Floyd would have fought him down the line. Hotels and flights had been booked. The juggernaut was already in motion and the injury happened in the middle of camp. And you pukes would have said Pac was scared.

:deal