When will Pac hang em' up? What will it take?

I honestly think his plan and hope is to make himself look good enough to sell a Mayweather rematch for another mega payday for both of them and then retire...and if he can look impressive against Thurman it stands a good chance of happening. OK...so I'm coming back to this post again to make a prediction. Manny couldn't have looked much better than Saturday night and given Mayweather's inactivity (sorry...I don't count the last two carnival acts as activity) there is enough to question the outcome of a rematch and everyone and his mother would watch. I view the recent little social media back and forth as https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2Fcf%2Fe8%2F28%2Fcfe82811ac2b291ad19176149dfdc3f8.jpg&f=1 with a lot more of this to come. I now will say with confidence that I fully expect Cinco de Mayo 2020 to be the rematch. Just way too much money for Mayweather to walk away from regardless how much he has...and we all know what Manny wants.

Something is up with his money because, as marketable as the guy is, worshiped by an entire country, and adored by the world, there's no reason he should be having financial issues. I have to wonder if he's got leaches close to him, an embezzling accountant, or maybe his wife flounders it all. I'm sure there's something though. Something that if the world knew they would say, "Oh, no wonder..." Yeah the accountant working on his audit said a lot of things were all jacked up back in the arum days. Even then... US millions in the phillipines is a fortune. Basically take whatever he makes and multiply it by 5-10x. If he makes $10 million for a fight, its more like $50+ million over there. Even with arum screwing him, he still should be filthy rich.

Pac's timing is slipping. He was not hitting broner flush. He was missing or grazing him a lot. He should hang them up now. Hes already been in wars and taken a lot of shots way back with Cotto, Magarito and Clottey. No need to take more damage now at 40. The broner fight lulled them into a false sense of security. Sure he swept the rounds but that was based on activity. Broner always shells up and doesnt throw, we already knew that. Pac took no damage in that fight but he wont get away with that forever. Thurman still had accurate punches. He took a lot from lopez but landed a lot more back. Pac from 5 years ago beats thurman, now I think he loses. And even if he wins, I think he takes a ton of damage. Pac already beat better welterweights than thurman, he has nothing left to prove. Handspeed without timing is misleading. Well conditioned bodies are misleading. Just look at RJJ, he still had hand speed in old age but his timing was shot. He still was ripped in his early 40s and not flabby until his last cruiserweight fights.

If he was a money saver, he’d probably be retired by now. If his super hardcore fanatics, would let him be, he might retire. I wish him the best, but, I already bet on Thurman. PAC is looking good it training, but I’m still going with Thurman. Something is up with his money because, as marketable as the guy is, worshiped by an entire country, and adored by the world, there's no reason he should be having financial issues. I have to wonder if he's got leaches close to him, an embezzling accountant, or maybe his wife flounders it all. I'm sure there's something though. Something that if the world knew they would say, "Oh, no wonder..."

If he was a money saver, he’d probably be retired by now. If his super hardcore fanatics, would let him be, he might retire. I wish him the best, but, I already bet on Thurman. PAC is looking good it training, but I’m still going with Thurman.

Spence making him quit on his stool.

... I'm also thinking the President of the Philippines might be fighting on a PBC card one day. :lol1: This is one of those "Yea right..... but now that you mention it...." sort of things. I can just imagine the spin they'd put on it. It would be so Pacquiao. Complete nonsense but done with such conviction that it sounds reasonable somehow.

Pacquiao will wipe out PBC stable like he did with Golden Boy fighters and maybe one last hurrah by fighting Bud.

See the last Hopkins fight.

A brutal KO loss or long sustained beating are two situations that will cause him to retire. I also think losing to low level competition could cause to him retire if he continues to fight that long. If Thurman (or any other top fighter) outpoints Pac, he'll continue to fight I believe.

It'll take another Marquez type KO loss for Pacquiao to retire. If he loses to Thurman by decision I doubt he retires.

Manny is cheating time at this point. And, I say that in a good way. I'll always root for the guy and I admire what he's able to do at 40. BUT, I feel like he's not going to quit until something bad happens that forces him out. Your thoughts? Hopefully soon... I don’t wanna see him go out like Duran, RJJ etc

None of the above. After another significant injury (shoulder, etc.)

I really like his chances in the Thurman fight. If he does pull it off, it would be a perfect fight to go out on. However, if it goes the other way, then a KO loss will end it for him, I think. However, a close decision probably won't. Pac is great and he has made tons of money but he seems to keep chasing more. Not sure if he still has a gambling problem or what but as long as he can get in there and like I say, doesn't get KO'd, he'll keep going. Maybe another couple years imo. But I think a KO loss would actually close the show for good. May never happen though. I do wish him the best. He's given tons to the sport. When he "retired" a few years ago, was that after a win or loss? I can't remember. I know he retired briefly, than hopped right back in.

his next stoppage loss will see him call it a day

Maybe until his commitments with his senater duties become too much or he might end up being president. I'm sure if that happened he would quit boxing.

He will go out on shield like every boxer.does. Going out on own terms doesn't really exist in real world like some utopian world. Floyd was called a cherry picker trying to avoid a loss. And lennox Lewis was said to be avoiding rematch with vital even though lennox won. People let you retire if your like rjj but if you want to be considered the best people expect you to fight the toughest challenger on the way out.

When he's no longer competitive Jeff horn and Bradley Los were robberies Floyd loss was closer than ppl say imo plus its not like floyd beat him up Marquez ko loss was devastating but pac was getting his licks in too and was winning at the time of the ko He should hang it up when he's not competitive or gets beat up Fugh Horn and fugh Revelated Two fughin Aussie losers Pac will fight and will stop when the bell tolls Beware Thurman , your azz is next

When he's no longer competitive Jeff horn and Bradley Los were robberies Floyd loss was closer than ppl say imo plus its not like floyd beat him up Marquez ko loss was devastating but pac was getting his licks in too and was winning at the time of the ko He should hang it up when he's not competitive or gets beat up

If Pac beats Thurman, he'll call out Maywweather for a rematch. If he loses, he'll have a retirement fight in the Philippines against a Jeff Horn type of opponent.