Pacquiao and the black fighter dilema

I understand what you're saying. The point of the thread was to dispell the notion that Pac avoids fighters because they are black. I'm sorry if people took it the wrong way.

 

Here's the problem with your post, you claim Pac only takes fights that the public wants to see. That's not true. Did the public want to see a Barrera rematch? No. Did the public want to see him fight Morales for a 3rd time right after he lost to Raheem? No. Did the public want to see him fight Solis, or Diaz, or Larios? Hell no. Did the public want to see Pac rematch Marquez? Yes, and it took like 4 years for that to happen. Imagine if Mayweather waited 4 years to rematch Castillo?

Let's look at Pac's 4 most recent fights; Diaz, Hoya, Hatton,Cotto. Let's look at Mayweather's 4 most recent fights; Baldo, Hoya, Hatton, Marquez. Now the one thing that should jump out is that two of these guys appear on both lists. Mayweather fought both those guys first and both did better numbers than when Pac fought them. So right there, that's 2 fights for Floyd that the public wanted to see more. Pac's fight with Diaz(a paper champ who got a gift vs. Morales as opposed to Campbell who had 3 belts and had just beat the best fighter in the division), the PPV did about 200k. Floyd's fight with Baldo(the recognized champ) did 350k. That's another fight for Floyd with more demand. Now there was certainly more demand for Pac/Cotto than Floyd/Marquez. However, Floyd had just come off an almost 2 year layoff and it still did 1 mill buys.

As far as Mayweather avoiding styles, name me a style he's avoided. He's fought boxers, punchers, swarmers, boxer/punchers, slick boxers, counterpunchers, tall fighters, short fighters, lefties, righties. You name it, he's fought it. The only exception may be a really good defensive fighter. Now name me one slick boxer Pac has fought, just name one. I'm not coming down on Pac here, most promoters do this with their fighters. They will avoid certain types of fighters unless the reward is great enough for their fighter.

 

My mistake, I meant colony.

 

What's depressing are people's inability to disucss anything related to race without throwing a hissy fit. I attempted to disspell the notion that Pac is avoiding Black fighters. My whole point was that there is a certain style that his team has kept him away from. That style is typically associated with black fighters, which is where the false notion that Pac avoids black fighters comes from. Pac will fight anyone, if the price is right. He is not Superman though. There is certain styles that will trouble any fighter. Pac is no exception. Like many fighters, his team will keep him away from these type of fighters unless there is a high enough demand.

 

You know what, I'm sorry I started this thread. I have no problem with people actually reading it and countering any points I made. That's what this forum is about. However, most of you guys didn't bother reading it and are attacking me based on points I never made. Pac will fight Floyd, make no mistake about it. There is too much money on the table. However, here is my central point. Mayweather has a style that will trouble Pac. If Mayweather was on par with say Berto in terms of popularity, fought the same way he does, had the same skillset, was ranked high on the p4p lists, he would be avoided by Pac; no matter what skin color he was. However, since guys that typically possess his skillset are black, Pac has falsely been accused of avoiding black fighters.

 

Now how am I racist. I really want you to explain this to me.