Would having a torn rotator cuff have a impact on your performance?

Correct, it's all B.S made up from Team Pacquiao to save face.

The fact is - Roach also made a hefty bet against Stephen A.Smith from ESPN First Take. Would he really have made that bet if Pac was so injured, like they claimed?

Like I said before, M.Koncz stated that Pac was completely 100% injury-free coming in. They made their little coffin and now they must sleep in it.

Floyd was far more injured than Pac was going into that fight, his hand was already broken going in. :hey:tired

 

I suspect those men were paid off, it's to save face and build interest for a rematch.

But it didn't work, because no one is actually talking about it on a global scale.

We saw what happened, and Floyd completely and utterly destroyed him. :deal

 

Fighters with true warrior spirit and truly great fighters find a way, they just find a way, that what separates them from ordinary fighters.

They don't whine afterwards about a shoulder injury and make excuses, they do it, they make something happen.

Now that Williams example is a good one, he couldn't even lift his arm, his shoulder blade was sticking out but he gritted his teeth and won.

Maybe us British lads are just made of tougher stuff.... Hang on, Just remembered Haye jumping on a table and flashing a little toe, I apologise and take that last statement back.

 

They filled in the questionaire saying he was not injured AT ALL.

They only asked for it as an insurance policy to save face. They knew they weren't going to get it nor did they need it. :nono

 

Maybe in your mind it was competitive. To the rest of the world, May won by 8 rounds. :yep

 

Oh h#ll yeah. My brother's a lineman, broke his rotator cuff while lifting weights and it required surgery, his doctor wouldn't let him go back to work for 3 months.

If you're referring to the Pacquiao Mayweather fight, then YES it ABSOLUTELY diminished Pacquiao's performance.

 

1. He was never hurt, he stumbled back and defended intelligently, he was also nodding his head. :nono

2. He did hurt Pac, multiple times. You saw Pac shuffling and moving bcak to the ropes in pain when May was nailing those right hands in the 11th. :deal

 

But he wasn't close to winning, Mayweather won comfortably.

I actually wanted Pacquiao to win by the way, I promise you that, said as much on here. I was supporting Pacquiao.

I will give Pacquiao respect for getting through it if the injury was genuine and as bad as some say but he loses it by crying, claiming he won and making excuses.

See my problem with it is this, Pacquiao was still throwing shots with that arm, still using the arm.

Calzaghe broke hands and still found ways to to win. Fighters keep popping in my tiny mind who fought and won with serious injuries.

It happens in fights, it happens a lot, fighters get injured, broken jaws, broken hands, dislocated shoulders and some fighters with these injuries still win.

So if Pacquiao was truly great he would have found a way to at least make it very competitive without having to play the fight in slow motion.