Why is Pacquiao willing to fight Loma instead of Crawford?

I think he has reasonable skills. But he's dominated his division by being an absolute giant in it. I've seen it all too often that once the weights level out or fighters face bigger opponents they crumble. He may be a HOF, but as is, it's not my decision. I wish him all the best in his career. But for me he won't get anywhere to rival Lomas legacy. I could be wrong sure, but I do think there are at least 3 clear levels between them.

 

He has a better chance of beating him than Crawford because Loma's 15 lbs smaller. If he wins he can say he beat the best p4p boxer in the world. He likely won't get hurt against Loma like he would against Crawford or a top ww at this stage of his career. And if he even loses badly he can say he lost to the best, and it would be a way better look to end his career than getting knocked out by a no name.

 

Because he's bigger than Loma and actually has a bit of a chance. He can't outbox either Crawford or Loma, but he can KO Loma if he catches him clean.

Let's not forget that Pacquaio is still an elite fighter. The fact that people are already writing him off vs Lomachenko speaks to how highly Loma is perceived.

 

I'd be backing PAC too win a upset vs Lomachenko, one last chance to go out by beating one of the best in the world.

I backed Rigo to KO Loma id just like to point that out so my opinion is about as useful as David Prices lungs.

 

Yeah I got those 4 over Pacquaio too.

But against a guy two divisions down one would want to feel that even this version of Pacquaio has a bit of a chance, I suspect he thinks he might have a chance too. After all he still has two decent wins in his last three fights vs Vargas and Bradley III.

 

That’s exactly what it is. Manny feels more confident fighting Loma who will have to come up 10 lbs to fight him vs facing Crawford at 147 who is already established at jr welterweight and a bigger man. Terry weighs upwards of 170+ lbs in between fights, so his size, youth, skills and talents are a pretty tall order for Manny at this stage of his career. Loma will have the advantage of youth and speed on his side but the added weight could slow him down and his power most likely wouldn’t be a huge factor. This looks very much like DLH vs Manny.

 

Size difference is massive, duh!

 

As Crawford already observed to his chagrin, Horn already took Manny off any perch he occupied at welterweight. I think we can finally say with surety that Manny is the welterweight division's past, not its future. Crawford's better off moving on and looking at what he can do against top welters - Spence's star could build in the next year or so if Thurman stops making excuses and gets in a ring with him, Terence would do better to focus on that. A 'fantasy fight' with Loma makes more sense for Pacquiao.

 

Pac doesn't want 2 styles right now on account of his advance age... Low workrate, safety first fighters. And wrestlers that outweight him in the double digits. He simply doesn't have the tank to chase or fight guys off that are leaning on and wrestling him. He wants a guy that's gonna stay in range and fight. The Pacquiao of 2008-2012 destroys Thurman/Garcia/Porter/Spence/Crawford.

Loma will come forward and fight. Don't dismiss Pac's chances of KOing Loma.

 

Pretty much this. It's a styles thing. The old Pac would have stopped Horn easily but right now, he couldn't deal with that weight leaning and wrestling him. Crawford would outweigh him 15lbs. It's all good when you're in your prime dealing with that weight disadvantage, but at near 40 years old? lol.

Shows how much people think of Pac, they are prepared to call him a hypejob yet expects him to fight a guy who is younger, bigger than him who is considered p4p 1 by many in his prime whilst pac himself is nearly done. All the big wins recently in WW would be considered OK wins for Pac, Danny Garcia (just look at forums saying Pac would be cherrypicking garcia if he fought him), Khan, Indongo, Berto, Broner etc. The only guy who has recently lost in WW which would be considered a top win for Pac is Kell Brook.