What Would You Rather See: Manny Pacquiao a Free Agent or Under Top Rank?

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  1. P.M.

    P.M. Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He doesn't need top rank, but he's loyal to top rank. I can respect that to a point. He's big enough to do his own thing but won't, as a fan it's frustrating Pacquiao is loyal to a point it hurts him.
     
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  2. GBoxingFeed

    GBoxingFeed Active Member Full Member

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    correct. 99% of the boxers in the world have a promoter. it's not unusual. Why does it concern you so much Walk With Me? Because it concerns Mayweather?

    People really need to take a sober view of things and not let their opinions be dictated by their heroes actions. I like(d) both fighters, but if Pac was the A-Side and telling Floyd he had to re-sign with Arum I would think he was either:
    A) completely insane
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    B) blocking the fight.

    And I'm impartial, but rapidly getting tired of Floyd's logic. I can't believe we the fans are going to lose May/Pac and Canelo/Cotto because of one man. He seems to have no regard for the fans, so their dogged loyalty confounds me.
     
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  3. GBoxingFeed

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    And I answered 'Free Agent', before you accuse me of liking Bob or whatever nonsense.
     
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  4. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    he absolutely does. Fought Floyd (haymon), Pacquiao (Arum), Sergio Martinez (Lou Dibella), Canelo (GBP).

    Cotto can do whatever he wants. Even more so than floyd mayweather.
     
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  5. GBoxingFeed

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    Cotto hasn't fought Canelo. Shame.
     
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  6. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    he would if canelo and ODLH realized that theyre not bigger than Cotto.
     
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  7. GBoxingFeed

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    He's just another egomaniac. That's all.
    Ever wonder why big fights fall apart? More often than not it is ego dressed up as something else.
     
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  8. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    so you don't think cotto is the 3rd biggest fighter in the sport? Who has earned the right to call the shots like pacquiao & floyd?
     
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  9. DanishPride

    DanishPride Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Bob Arum has never cheated Pac like some of his older promoters did. I say stay with Arum. Loyalty is also important
     
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  10. GBoxingFeed

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    personally, i would say Klitschko is, if we are judging it by ticket sales and TV viewing audience, but that's not what this thread is about.

    This is a petty argument anyway. For the record, I personally prefer the idea of Pacquiao being his own promoter, but that's his prerogative. None of our business. Refusing to do business with a large promotional company like Top Rank is negative for the sport politically. That should be obvious to anyone but the most blinkered.
     
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  11. buckdacious

    buckdacious Sin~City punks!!! Full Member

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    yea he does dumb ass
     
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  12. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    forget klitschko lol. Yeah he probably is one of the biggest fighters in the sport but its irrelevant because he has no opponents and is only worth while in russia.


    in the states it goes Floyd > pacquiao > Cotto >>>>>>>>>> Canelo etc, etc


    I will give arum props for making pacquiao who he is. With out Arums creativity in managing pacs career pac would be nothing but every child grows into a man and I think by this time Pac is big enough to stand on his own two.


    Just like Cotto made the decision to step away.
     
    walk with me, Jan 21, 2015
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  13. PR BOXING

    PR BOXING Boxing Addict Full Member

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    what benefit do we get as fans for him staying with TR? i mean, Rios, algieri and posibly vargas is not quite a powerhouse line of fights.

    why not be a free agent?
     
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  14. Code Red

    Code Red Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He definitely needs to leave and control his own career. Make MP Promotions mean something
     
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  15. Code Red

    Code Red Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Oscar definitely don't tell Floyd what he can and can't do, co promoter or not. Arum however owns Manny like a slave!
     
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