In a show of confidence, Manny Pacquiao in one of the Philippines' major dailies today said that he is staying at 130 and looks forward to battling MAB and Morales again in the superfeatherweight division. Uttering "I Shall Return !", the words of the famous Gen. Douglas MacArthur who said the words in World War II when the Americans faced a temporary setback from the Japanese invaders in the Philippines, he said he is charging all the lessons he learned from the Morales loss and vowed to come back a stronger fighter in his next outings against the current Mexican P4P powers.
VS Barrera - Pac will beat MAB again in a rematch. He doesnt posses the height/reach advantage of Morales, nor the chin of Morales. He also doesnt have as beatiful boxing skills as Marquez. Styles makes fights and Barrera style just dont cut if for pacman.
VS Marquez - Watching Saturday's fight, that was definetly a different pacman from the one that fought Marquez. He managed to land alot of hits on Morales although Morales chin kept him in there. Marquez does not have Morales chin to save him and if Manny can land as much hits to marquez as he did Morales, I think he'll get it.
VS Morales - I think beating Morales is on a differentt level. He needs better boxing skills, needs to land the straight left lunging forward hard. With cleto reyes there's also better chance of a KO wether it be Morales or Pacman. I think the odds are in Morales favour but I wouldnt count the pacman out.
even though i wanted morales to win, pac has nothing to be ashamed of. his stock as a fighter has not gone down at all in my eyes. i look forward to seeing him again, whoever he fights.
I'd like to see Pac-man come back strong, but only time will tell. I think if he learns a little bit more self-control he could be even more of a force to be reckoned with. The haters do offer one stable argument -- Pacman is quite a bit one-sided. Perhaps that's what he'll train to improve.
I'm looking forward to seeing him take on the three top featherweights, though.
Pac should first fight Marquez and avenge that loss first, even though the fight was a draw, i think he lost it....once he is through Marquez then he should think about MAB or morales.
JMM is another tough cookie because his style is difficult for Pac. This would be another good option for him though...
Pac should first fight Marquez and avenge that loss first, even though the fight was a draw, i think he lost it....once he is through Marquez then he should think about MAB or morales.
Pac didn't train hard for any fight up to this point. I think that this loss will either bring his committment to a new level or destroy his confidence. We will have to wait and see what happens.
I still would pic Pac in a rematch againt Barrera.
Its time for Pac to show what he's made of inside.
MAB was able to return with a veangeance after his loss to Pac,
and now Erik has been able to do it after his loss to MAB.
This is where we separate the men from the boys.
Pac didn't train hard for any fight up to this point. I think that this loss will either bring his committment to a new level or destroy his confidence. We will have to wait and see what happens.
I still would pic Pac in a rematch againt Barrera.