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Pacquiao didn't take risks? His entire career was predicated on mind numbing insane risks.

Starting with Sasakal. He was one of the greatest flyweights in boxing history in his prime. Pacquiao was just a green malnourished teenager and he went to Thailand and knocked him out after being predictably out of his league and class at that point.

On to Ledwaba. Took fight on 10 days notice against the best 122 pounder in the world in the middle of his prime. He had to leave the Phlippines and come to foreign world. And he was green and just beginning to even learn boxing. 40 to 1 underdog. Pacquiao destroyed him.

On to Barrera. This was a top level p4p fighter in his prime who was supposed to make Pacquiao look like bar fighter. Wrong. Pacquiao destroyed him easy.

On the Marquez. This was the biggest boogeyman in boxing. A supreme technician with power in his prime. A high risk low reward fighter if there ever was one. Pacquiao fought a draw.

On to Morales. This was a top level p4p fighter who had never lost to anyone except the great Marco Antonio Barrera. Pacquiao lost 7-5.

On to Cotto. A guy came up from light flyweight all the way up to 145 to fight a borderline p4p level fighter. Pacquiao stuns the world.

On to Bradley. Pacquiao takes on arguably the best 140 pounder in the world in his prime despite Pacquiao being clearly past it. Pacquiao does it again.

So how exactly is Pacquiao a low risk fighter???

 

You wasted your time, I read your first question, you need to re-read my comment.

 

You just said Pacquiao didn't take risks? Well he clearly did. He was going ape**** back in the day. He was fighting so many formidable fighters and throwing like 100 bombs a round.

 

No I did not say that, I said he didn't take risks for the sake of entertainment. And I was referring to his style, not his opponent selection.

 

His style? Well it was a high octane hard driving come forward at every moment style.

It was a high risk style and a high reward style.

He could have taken his foot off the gas in numerous fights. He just chose to destroy.

 

You still think I'm calling Pac a low risk fighter, don't you? Lol

 

Rigo just seems to be held to an interesting standard. He was a big star beating Donaire but HBO quickly gave him the hook after Agbeko and seemed to put all the blame on him

I wonder how much that last fight hurt his future with HBO or if ROC has enough muscle to get him back on HBO against their own wishes

 

I agree with you that its not a race thing with Ward

Ward has been given a lot of opportunities and big contracts and has done nothing with them

I'm not a Ward fan but after beating Froch and then Dawson I was coming around to him

 

Racism? Rigs stinking the joint out last Saturday didn't have **** to do with Racism. But, while being promoted by Top Rank, it was clear that Rigondeaux was not matched in the same manner as say Nonito Donaire, and taking into account his size, it is puzzling. While Donaire was fed showcase guys like smaller face first Mexicans, Montiel, and Arce, who he spectacularly KO'd. Rigondeaux at 5'3 was fed giant 122 pounders like Marroquin, and Cordoba both 5'8, who outweighed him in the ring, and also had significant reach advantages over Rigs. Rigondeaux was ridiculed for his performance in both fights. I don't blame a guy five inches smaller and outweighed by 5 to 10 pounds in the ring for playing it safe. When Donaire was matched with bigger guys, although not giving up as much height or weight as Rigs, he stunk it up as well. Vazquez Jr., Mathebula, Walters. When Rigondeaux was matched with guys more his size, he looked real good, think, Casey, Ramos, Kennedy etc. When put in a fight he knew he had to really focus, he also performed well, in Giving Donaire the pumpkin face, and winning an easy decision. Again, people don't realize, he gave up 3 inches in height, and about 18 pounds in the Ring to Donaire, making it even more of a remarkable victory. Yea he did it one punch at a time, but if you saw Donaire's face backstage. He was really punished, a swollen grotesque mess. Then you have outings like Agbeko, I can't blame Rigs for that, Agbeko pulled a Clottey. I can blame Rigs for Francisco though. If you aren't in fighting shape, then don't take the fight. If you insist on taking a fight on a few days notice, then be prepared to showcase yourself. The match maker blew that one. Hopefully Roc Nation gets him a steady diet of face first Mexicans from now on. Bob Arum didn't promote Rigondeaux like he was trying to make him into a star. Most people don't know that, Arum was trying to match him with 5'9 Jonathan Romero as well, another guy who boxes from the outside. It would have made for another one of those Cordoba type fights. Why would you match a 5'3 technical boxer, with a 5'9 outside boxer? It's like he was trying to sabatage the career of Rigs instead of promoting him. Why not give Rigs the same diet as Donaire? Smaller men, face first Mexicans, retirees etc, if you are really trying to build him up. I think that is where part of the racism thing came in with Rigs. He is a darker complexion boxer, highly skilled and already older, yet he was not matched in a manner to try and build him up. He was matched oddly, then ridiculed for not blasting out guys significantly bigger than he was. I think the Francisco fight was just him being anxious and overzealous to get back in the ring. He should look much better as far as sharpness next time out. He is also probably Hopkins age, not 35.

 

A lot of boxing fans don't know **** about boxing if they blamed Rigondeaux for the Donaire fight not being a face first brawl. He actually stood in with Donaire many a time that night. If they had more cameras backstage post fight, people would see that Rigondeaux literally gave him a pumpkin face, one punch at a time. Donaire's grill was grotesquely swollen, and bruised, Rigs literally broke his face.

I think Rigs stinking it up last Saturday had more to do with him being overzealous to get back in the ring. The way he was sucking wind in the corner after the first round you could tell he wasn't in fighting shape. He also wasn't sharp at all. Add to that questions about his age. Look for him to be devastating next time out, with a full camp, and prior knowledge of the opponent coming into the fight.

 

Did they really give that pedantic little SOB 10 million dollars?

 

Are we talking Roc Nation or Al Haymon's PBC?