"Too much pressure?"

There was also the fact that he had recently given up smoking crack. Which could have added some additonal emotional pressure on him at the time. I didnt know that! Withdrawals from any drug (let alone crack!!) is hell period..I cant imagine all that going on and a hugh fight too! :eek:

There was also the fact that he had recently given up smoking crack. Which could have added some additonal emotional pressure on him at the time.

Oliver McCall definitly felt the pressure in his rematch with Lewis, when he broke down and started to cry. That was terrible! I felt bad for him..to think he had to live with the shame of that too. :(

Oliver McCall definitly felt the pressure in his rematch with Lewis, when he broke down and started to cry.

What do you think?? At the professional level how much stress does "the pressure to succeed" play on the mind of an athlete? I for sure have never seen Jordan crumble to pressure, but then again, Basketball isn't boxing. Pacquiao did not elaborate on the gloves controversy other than to say “there was an awful lot of pressure put on me by people from my government, people who came to Las Vegas to see me fight. It was a good fight and I want to thank all the people who supported me back home and the Filipinos in the United States.” Good question Palma, cause God knows both fightes were under tremendous pressure! both needed this win, for different reasons! :eek:

What do you think?? At the professional level how much stress does "the pressure to succeed" play on the mind of an athlete? I for sure have never seen Jordan crumble to pressure, but then again, Basketball isn't boxing. Pacquiao did not elaborate on the gloves controversy other than to say “there was an awful lot of pressure put on me by people from my government, people who came to Las Vegas to see me fight. It was a good fight and I want to thank all the people who supported me back home and the Filipinos in the United States.” I think more of a pressure about the media hype that was given to him. Pressure on the whole country looking after him and wishing him well in this fight. Pressure on the politicians...(who knows if they made some huge bets) for Pac. Lots of pressure.

I think that there was real pressure on Morales, after losing to Barrera, losing this would put a big question mark over what to do next. He was trying to do what two other good Mexican fighters couldnt. There was definitely more pressure on Morales but he is too much of a man to worry about that and he went to war and won like what i was saying the pressure gave the PAC adrenalin booster to continue and keep on figthing, while Erik who was also pressured for a win got enough boost to win the fight ...

I think that there was real pressure on Morales, after losing to Barrera, losing this would put a big question mark over what to do next. He was trying to do what two other good Mexican fighters couldnt. There was definitely more pressure on Morales but he is too much of a man to worry about that and he went to war and won

i think the mental pressure of carrying the weight of all the hopes of his country men on his shoulder would be more of an adrenalin booster than a set back, IMHO it kept him to continue figthing ...

I know many will respond with "you should be a professional and shouldn't feel pressure..blah blah blah"...but just like when you get out there in the work field...you may have 20years under your belt with the company/firm you work for...a big client comes along and you are the best the company has to offer and are expect to be the one to represent the company and present to the big time client...maybe the biggest client they have ever had or had in years...even though you have been around 20 years, you feel a lot of pressure to represent that company and either you succeed or you fail...it has to go either way...no in between... I am sure that Manny felt a lot of pressure representing basically himself and the entire country as a Boxer since Filipinos are not necessarily priminant in Boxing...a lot came to see him too...there was a lot of hype surrounding him...so for him, he had to be just perfect... but this is not an excuse...this is just a human being explaining the way he felt...EVERYONE here on these forums HAS had or WILL have a time or time(s) in their life where they have a lot of pressure put on them...then afterwards talk about it because that is how we has humans release/vent/get things off of our chest...we talk about it...explain ourselves... in response to "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen"...it takes a lot to stand up to that heat...Manny is no quitter...respect him for that... ;)

As the saying goes "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen".