Originally posted by Zarco
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Is Pacquiao-Marquez III the biggest backfiring cherry pick in history?
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I mean, if we're talking fights that are supposed to be easy but ended in upset, there have been countless this decade alone.
Pacquaio fought Morales just to stick his name on his resume on his way to bigger things. Morales wasn't supposed to have a chance. How about Mosley-Margarito? Another easy formality gone all wrong. Pavlik-Hopkins was supposed to be Kelly's coming out party. Ever heard of Rumble in The Jungle? Ali, having lost to Frazier, was supposed to be easy work for Big George.
It **** like this that makes boxing exciting to watch in the first place.
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Originally posted by -Top Rank- View PostHow can you cherry pick a guy you went life and death with twice?
Also, people complained about the catch weight, but while I said it prior to the fight, can anyone honestly say size was a factor after what went down Saturday?
And Age? yes Marquez is 38 but let me ask you this; Would any SMW and LHW be called a cherry picker for going after a 44 year old Bernard Hopkins (keep in mind almost all of those guys are younger than Manny by 3-5 years)? Also almost all the legit 160, and 154 are almost a decade younger than Martinez.....would it be considered Cherry picking if they went after a 37 year old Sergio Martinez?
This is a classic example of people seeing what they want to see.
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Most mis-judged cherry pick ever was DLH vs Pac.
Not only did Oscar get a humiliating beat-down - but it was the first that turned Pac into a bona fide cross-over star.
And then Arum used that to try to destroy GBP by luring fighters from there on the promise of fighting Manny.
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Originally posted by -Top Rank- View PostHow can you cherry pick a guy you went life and death with twice?
Also, people complained about the catch weight, but while I said it prior to the fight, can anyone honestly say size was a factor after what went down Saturday?
And Age? yes Marquez is 38 but let me ask you this; Would any SMW and LHW be called a cherry picker for going after a 44 year old Bernard Hopkins (keep in mind almost all of those guys are younger than Manny by 3-5 years)? Also almost all the legit 160, and 154 are almost a decade younger than Martinez.....would it be considered Cherry picking if they went after a 37 year old Sergio Martinez?
This is a classic example of people seeing what they want to see.
The fact of the matter is his camp thought Marquez was shot, they thought he would go in and trade with Pacquiao leading to him getting blasted, they thought the added weight would slow him down. Those words came from them not me.
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Originally posted by -Top Rank- View PostHow can you cherry pick a guy you went life and death with twice?
Also, people complained about the catch weight, but while I said it prior to the fight, can anyone honestly say size was a factor after what went down Saturday?
And Age? yes Marquez is 38 but let me ask you this; Would any SMW and LHW be called a cherry picker for going after a 44 year old Bernard Hopkins (keep in mind almost all of those guys are younger than Manny by 3-5 years)? Also almost all the legit 160, and 154 are almost a decade younger than Martinez.....would it be considered Cherry picking if they went after a 37 year old Sergio Martinez?
This is a classic example of people seeing what they want to see.
Originally posted by willybullet View PostI'd say yes, because of the magnitude of the fight Pac had ahead of him with Mayweather.
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Originally posted by -Top Rank- View PostHow can you cherry pick a guy you went life and death with twice?
Also, people complained about the catch weight, but while I said it prior to the fight, can anyone honestly say size was a factor after what went down Saturday?
And Age? yes Marquez is 38 but let me ask you this; Would any SMW and LHW be called a cherry picker for going after a 44 year old Bernard Hopkins (keep in mind almost all of those guys are younger than Manny by 3-5 years)? Also almost all the legit 160, and 154 are almost a decade younger than Martinez.....would it be considered Cherry picking if they went after a 37 year old Sergio Martinez?
This is a classic example of people seeing what they want to see.
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Originally posted by hougigo View PostNot even close to a cherry pick this year. Ishida-Kirkland.... Ishida was clearly brought in to lose and get destroyed.
Also I don't think it's a cherry pick.
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Too many people to quote, but in reference to what Freddie, Alex and Arum stated prior to the fight:
Let's be realistic for a second....outside of Arum, those guys trash every one of Manny's upcoming opponents.
Hell If Manny was facing Jesus, those clown would talk about how he was shot and showed no heart by not getting up after being crucified.
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