U better be ****en kidding... He beats the best fighters that are offered to him and then fights Paulie and he's a cherry picker? Riiiiiiiight :-( What would that make Void Mayweather?
I'm fine with it. It shows PAC is willing to fight a name guy and not just go back and forth in negotiation bs with MW, I say do it, keep busy, keep exciting and let the talks continue til thier done, let MW lose whatever momentum he had. If 2010 Pac Ko's Malignani, (i think the Marquez 3 isn't wanted anymore) and takes another weight class title from Foreman and a firefight with Valero, or even Mosely, who's gonna complain at the end of the year? Meanwhile in the same time frame who's MW gonna fight, Matthew Hatton?
People I didnt say I think malinaggi would win, I said IF he wins. I wanted to know what happens to the whole boxing landscape
It obviously elevates Paulie's status as a dangerous fight for most main event fighters but I don't think it really boosts his status as a big draw. The only thing that can boost Paulie's status as a draw is if he were to knock Pac out and anyone with 1% brain power knows that will NEVER happen in a million years. If Paulie were to win it would be by dancing around the ring and out working Manny to get another boring win via decision but I don't even see that happening. I like Paulie and I think he has a good enough boxing IQ that him winning via decision would not surprise me, I just don't think that's likely to happen.
This^^^ The thinking arum has....As I said in another thread....is mayweather-pacquiao will happen....but with the lawsuit threat, and all the other bull**** that has happened the fight will be pushed back....Malignaggi, when you think about it, is a good tune-up for a possible fight with mayweather....he is speedy with good unorthadox movement..... Plus, Mayweather is ****ed for a few months, and where is his tune-up matt hatton? He should maybe fight a collazo imo as a tuneup....
I think these are some reasons why Pacquiao wants Paulie: - Pac wants Floyd but since it's off and Paulie has similar style to Floyd - Paulie accused Pac of illegal drug use. Can you guess what Pac loves to do to his accusers? lol - Paulie won't require Olympic style drug testing
He would'nt if he wants to fight Pacquiao. If Paulie doesn't want the fight then he can go on and require an Olympic style drug testing. Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander both Jr. Welterweight champs said publicly that they would not require Olympic style drug testing for a Pacquiao fight.
paulie is a better opponent than matt hatton anyway, paulie is just an option. i think arum is looking at bradley and the winner for the berto-mosley fight as well after floyd, there aren't many choices for pac there at the moment