Pacquiao: "Boxing is NOT about killing each other, but about entertainment"

He played the same mercy card against Cotto. I was surprised then, but not so much by the Margarito fight. Pac put on a show and won handily, so I wasn't upset he didn't try to stop him.

joel casamayor disagrees. "we're not here to throw flowers, we're here to kill each other"

if it was floyd-margo in there, margs would stare to the referee marg: "pfft... not taking any damage... shouldn't you stop this fight already?" floyd: "slap here... slap there..." referee: :dunno: lmao :rofl::rofl:

im kinda half and half with this....it was classy for pac to do what he did but at the same time, i kinda feel he's losing the fire in him a bit now......

Weird stuff going on here.

if it was floyd-margo in there, margs would stare to the referee marg: "pfft... not taking any damage... shouldn't you stop this fight already?" floyd: "slap here... slap there..." referee: :dunno:

Considering what we know now, Pac was absolutely right to step off the gas.

He kept looking at the damn ref to stop the fight. Pacquiao is a gentlemen, he knows how brutal this sport can be.

pac wants to see marg-cotto fight again.

He definitely did the right thing. I remember telling my brother that takes it easy on him in the last rounds. That was true sportmanship props to pac

He clearly held back and carried Margo those final two rounds. He should have 16% of his purse withheld. Pacquiao entertained us for 12 rounds. What a fight by him. He's the true fighter of this decade together with p4p king. I've been a Floyd nuthugger, but now I'm turned over. Margarito were big, but he's not the same anymore, nether the less, he gave up 17 pounds. Well done Pacquiao, well done. Such a shame there's gone so long before I started enjoying what Pacquiao does in the ring.

if the shoe was on the other foot...

He did the right thing. No need for a public execution. The last thing we need is another Leavander Johnson. the fact that the fighter had to slow down just shows how much of a Joke Cole is as a ref man. I talked sooo much sh*t about how i hoped Manny knocked this guys F*ckin head off but the 10th-11th round I was yelling at the TV for them to stop it. God forbid an idiot ref allows someone to get killed in there man...especially on that big of a stage. jeez

I wish it was a 15 round fight and that Manny never let up, the guy could have killed someone in the ring. Even the attempt itself is bad enough he deserved every punch he got hit with and should have been more.

He went easy on Margy in the last two rounds...felt sorry for him. He clearly held back and carried Margo those final two rounds. He should have 16% of his purse withheld. Anyone that thinks he held back in the 11th is a moron.

Pacquiao explained why he did not put the pedal to the metal in the 12th round... fwd to about 0:25 mark of the video http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=rafael_dan&id=5804076 it was a massacre. someone should've stopped it.

He did the right thing And by going to a decision, he let me win my $790 bet

Thanks...now could you get off his testicles? Do you want people to praise him now..to make you feel better? It amazes me at how many straight up haters there are on this site... laughable.

He's a politician now also. Got to think about dat public Image back in Pinas.

He clearly held back and carried Margo those final two rounds. He should have 16% of his purse withheld.