That Fighter of the Decade award sure is gonna look out of place on Pacquaio's shelf

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  1. Suga

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    FLOYD FIGHTS FOR MONEY. Manny is supposed to fight for "the fans" which I think is bull****, he loves money as much as Floyd does, but his fans are so ignorant they dont see it. When you say Manny is "the peoples champion", that means he dont give a **** about money and wouldnt have fought a dehydrated DLH and Hatton instead of fighting the lighweight champion of the world JMM, who many thinks he lost both fights to.
     
  2. igotJUIC3

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    the margin between these two come bet time will be slim...ur discrediting Pac to say he is expected to lose.

    size means nothing as Pac has shown us this...he can handle size and Floyd and Pac are not that far from each other in size now days....so no size is not a huge factor.

    Pac is great...Floyd is better....thats why Pac loses....not because of this size bullshyt you keep saying thats why he is expected to lose....thats a copout.
     
  3. puga_ni_nana

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    size will give floyd some advantage. even rjj said this when the fight happens. that's why i want this fight to happen at something like a 144/145 catchweight so that floyd will get the maximum credit if he beats pac. but at 147 it would still be a great win, floyd will just get more recognition if he beats pac closer to his more natural weight which is 140 imo.
     
  4. Suga

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    When Pacquiao is talking about going to 154 pounds and fight another world champion, then I see no problem about the fight being at 147, skills will win the fight and not size trust me.
     
  5. puga_ni_nana

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    you just answered our own question. this is prize fighting. and back then oscar was expected to hand pac his beating and hatton was legitimate 140 champion who was undefeated at the weight. pac was not exactly slacking off.
     
  6. igotJUIC3

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    nah...Pac has had three fights now at 147..well one at 145 and two legit 147 fights....I remember when Floyd moved to WW had about three fights there and people called him a true WW....i would think the same applies to Pac.

    You cant start talkin about size was his down fall now when he has beat bigger fighters than Floyd at WW already.
     
  7. Suga

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    Let me give you some examples.

    Duran vs leonard 1: Skills won that fight and not size, Leonard was bigger and Duran won, because of styles

    Whitaker vs Chavez: Skills won that fight and not size, they robbed Whitaker but everybody knows who won, and people never talks about size when talking about this fight even if Whitaker won and was bigger than Chavez.
     
  8. puga_ni_nana

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    does sugar ray's skill helped him in beating the naturally bigger maxim back then?
     
  9. whoupicking?

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    You said it all right there.
     
  10. puga_ni_nana

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    whitaker - chavez was done at a catchweight. this means whitaker gets most of the credit because he fought chavez closer to his natural or optimum weight that time.
     
  11. Suga

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    What about Duran vs leonard?
     
  12. puga_ni_nana

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    as i said, size is not a factor if you ae fighting bigger good fighter. but if two great fighters which are not the same size fought, the difference in size will be a factor.
     
  13. Suga

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    Its not the same idiot, and yes Sugar ray was winning till he fainted because of the heat. Manny has shown he can fight at 147 and be just as good, he never showed weaknesses.
     
  14. Suga

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    Absolutely not, only skills will win this fight.
     
  15. puga_ni_nana

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    that shows how great duran is. that's why he is considerd greater than leoard even if leonard beats him twice after. but it doesn't change it that leaonard is the naturally bigger guy. it's just that duran is a great small fighter that he has able to carry himself unto these weights.