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If Canelo wants to experience the full force of 175 this is the fight.

This. That's why Bob is the best in building up fighters. He knew that he's got the right guy but he's not an American so he devised a clever plan for him to reach the top. But also kudos to Manny for letting Bob promote him, he could have said no at any moment, but he didn't, he was brave enough to face everything. Yes his road was 10 times harder as you said, but it was well worth it. Yup. Bob Arum is more of a street hustler like Don King. They were great for what they do.

He needs to to put more muscles not fats exactly like Pacquiao to bulk up, eat a surplus of 3-4 thousand calories, burn it, rinse and repeat or else he would look pudgy on the way up. It takes an incredible sacrifice and discipline, not everyone can do it.

{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","data-attachmentid":31451248} I recently stumbled upon their bio and found out that Inoue and Pacquiao is exactly identical in physical dimension. Inoue has even a slightly longer reach than Pacquiao which was shocking and astonishing. I really thought in my mind Pacquiao was supposed to be way longer and bigger. Should Inoue pursue the same path as Pacquiao into superstardom? I mean who else is there for him at the lower weights? Casimero no longer has a title, as for the rest, he would beat them up like a pulp. This was the same case with Manny Pacquiao back in 2008 after he finally completed full circle and beaten Three(3) of the Greatest fighters of that era in Erik Morales (trilogy), Marco Antonio Barrera (2), Juan Manuel Marquez (2) at this point there was nothing left for Manny, he already beat the best of the very best in that weight division. After 2008 Manny Pacquaio was already a living legend. What else is there for him to accomplish? That's when the sadistic Bob Arum convinced Pacquiao to start going up in weights fighting David diaz, Ricky Hatton, Oscar Dela Hoya, Cotto, Clottey, Shane Mosley, Margarito etc.. etc.. No Tuneups for Pacquiao, it was as if Bob Arum was a racist Asian hater who wants Pacquiao dead at this point. He wanted Manny to keep on going and fight this giant, massive, bigger--longer guys non-stop. it was shocking really. You think Bob can do this kind of abuse to Americans? Hell NO WAY. But Inoue is Asian and just like Pacquiao, he may have the option to get this Death March from Bob Arum. I don't think Arum was racist at all. My theory is that Arum had to use brute force to make Pacquiao reach that level of popularity because let's face it, he wasn't British, Mexican or American, the hypejob that these fan-bases does to a fighter is incredibly huge. With Pacquiao, he had to do it in a different way, call it riskier, more dangerous or more sensational way, but Arum had to find a way to reach those mega fan bases, and in the end, he did. Pac had to do it 10x harder, the road is many times perilous, but life is not fair, some people are destined to do it in a hard way, some people are born with silver spoon in their mouth and some aren't. Now imagine if Pacquiao was American, Mexican or British, with what he did, Manny could be a boxing God right now. But he should be happy that he came out of nowhere and yet he reached his status now as one of the greatest ever. He's very well respected, an icon and a model of old school fearlessness in boxing. He started his career by taking a Ledwahba fight in only 2 weeks and he ended his career trying to fight Crawford and Spence. It would serve boxing well if we have more fighters with the ferocious and fearless mentality of a Pacquiao.

It's best not to think about this fight anymore. It's been long while, so much had happened, Spence had car crash, Crawford could be coming off 2 year layoff when they fight. The fight was no longer as ripe as before.

That was a hella war. Both are tough as tough as they come.

This is old school tactic. Winning the mental game is winning half the battle. They want to plant a seed in Errol Spence's head that he's already compromised so that it grows inside his mind and hope that it can affect his psyche come fight night. Back in the day, that's how the old school fighters defeat you mentally even before entering in the ring. Fortune, Roach and company is starting to plant some seeds and keep on repeating it. If people keeps on repeating it, it will eventually reach Spence's head.

Tough comeback man.

I think that's because he was a senator in his country. He can't just leave. Should freddie roach fly over there instead. He isn't going to get a proper sparring in there or is he even doing sparring nowadays. It looked like he's just doing some light pads and morning runs and who knows what else, until he is allowed to fly to U.S.. Meanwhile, Errol is rumored to be back with blu ray and hitting the gym harder and harder as early as last week or so. No wonder Errol is oozing with confidence now, he knows he's going to be 1000% prepared for this. He's going to be at his absolute beast mode. Stars are lining up for the passing of the torch.

Floyd should probably stick to fighting smaller guys like Tenshin Nasukawa in his next exhibition fights because he's not good at fighting forward, doesn't know how to cut off the ring, doesn't know how to slip and counter against bigger man like Pacquiao, his pull counter isn't effective against bigger guys because it ends up short. In his next fights he needs to be the bigger man "always" so then he can knock out the smaller guy.

In real life police crime investigations. Most of these home burglaries are almost always done through inside job. Floyd should look very closely at his crews. They know exactly what's the perfect time to hit because they would know exactly where he's at, what time is he going back, his plan for the day so on so forth.

Yes if boxers starts caring to put on a show win or lose. That wouldn't be bad at all, that would be a boon for the sport as a whole. In UFC, Dana White gives them some incentive if they perform sensationally well in that night. He's got rewards for best submission of the night, best performance of the night such and such. So most UFC fighters take into account the bonus they will get if they get a really sensational performance. In boxing, there's no such immediate incentive, payment is already arranged so it's really up to the boxers. I guess some ATGs like Ray Leonard, Ali, Roy Jones wanted to intentionally put on a show for the fans no matter what. Some boxers like Tyson are just highlight reel by default because of their punching prowess.

Apparently, Aaron Carter's spin to win technique didn't work.

Pacquiao is going to lose. Errol Spence will use rough tactics from the get go--there's not much use for speed here for Pacquiao as long as he is within the arm length of Errol he will be dealt with with various roughhousing tactics. Errol will low blow him, shove him, elbow him, push him, ragdoll him--there will be a lot of blood and complaining after the fight, but in the end, Errol earns the "W" and the winner gets to write the history. Pacquiao's main weakness is that he is just too kind--too honorable. He just wouldn't respond to anything dirty you throw against him. There was a fight I watched a long time ago where he was Low Blowed a gazillion times and he never once retaliated, he ended up bloody mess, very hurt and the opponent even earned a draw in the end. Again in Australia, Jeff Horn demonstrated that you can befuddle Pacquiao if you play very dirty against Pacquiao because he will never ever respond back to you--he's just too kind. Errol Spence will rough him up so bad in this fight. If Pacquiao team didn't know this, Errol is not that kind.

Oh yes he is--definitely so--if needed be, when push comes to shove Errol will definitely use everything in his arsenal including great physicality and rough tactics this is what sets Errol apart, he is the true killer of this generation--he is cold hearted,merciless don't be misled by his apathetic nature--you're actually watching a true killer. In this fight, Errol Spence will emphasize that. Errol will do everything physical to manhandle Manny. He will ragdoll Pacquiao like a child in this fight--expect Manny to be falling all over the floor--bloody and excruciated from all the elbows, pushes, low blows/almost low blows and below the belt line that Eroll will throw at him and amazingly all Pacquiao can do is to look at the face of the referee hoping that the ref will do something about it--instead of fighting back dirty to activate the ref's sense of urgency to take back the control of the fight by starting to issue penalties from both sides, Pacquiao will do no such thing because he is just too kind--too honorable for that. Even Lomachenko if you low blow him would instantly retaliate. But Pacquiao no, he will never do that--don't expect any retaliation. After the fight, there will be a lot of moaning, complaining asking--clamoring explainations why Errol was allowed to be dirty and all that hoopla. But the bottom-line is Pacquiao did not retaliate because he is just too kind for that and when the dust settles--ultimately, the winner gets to rewrite the history and all this dirty things will fade into oblivion but the record stands that on this day Errol won and Pacquiao had lost. Spence is not a Dirty Fighter! Pac dominates him!

Lomachenko is the best possible fight for Teofimo financially--Bob has been saying this to Teo for eternity, if he wants more money Loma is the man for him and it's the easiest to make too because they are both with Top Rank.

I fear that if Crawford doesn't force Top Rank for a fight before October. Top Rank is hatching a plan with WBO to strip him of his title before they let Crawford go to another promotional company. Crawford should fight before October just to be sure. Forget Josh Taylor match it isn't going to come to fruition because Top Rank will use that to re-sign Crawford and Crawford's plan in not to re-sign anymore.

Canelo after his undisputed quest. Go up in weight and finish off Beterbiev. This would earn him a living legend status and should K.O. every doubters including all the legendary fighters from his homeland. But if he let the fight go past so many years and let Beterbiev grow old then that might be a different situation.

He looks like the hybrid of Denzel Washington and Malcolm X. He speaks like Malcolm x as well.

I say TC has ducked again just like 7 years ago when Pacquiao was at his peak of his powers offered team crawford the fight and team Crawford refused by saying "Pacquiao must go down to 140lbs or no fight". Crawford should have signed the contract because the princes and princesses will not give their sponsored money if the contract has not been signed that's how they do it in that country.---This is why team Pacquiao had already signed it before hand. Why not sign it? There is neither a rule there that fighters will be jailed if they sign it before hand nor they will be forced to fight with or without money if they sign it. Just sign it so that the sponsor can see that the fight is serious and not some swindler's idea. The contract with a pot money of 50 million was offered to Pacquiao--so Manny said I got 40 million and 10 million for Crawford because he is the A-side--it doesn't matter if that fighter was Crawford, Mikey Garcia or Errol Spence. If a pot money of 50 million was in the bag--Pacquiao would like to take 40 million or more and 10 million or less for any other fighter not named chavez sr., dela hoya, floyd. That's the story. Crawford ducked Pacquiao AGAIN by not signing the contract. He wanted 40 mill for TC and walked when Arum couldn't raise the money, he accepted 5 ml for Spence and his team has been making statements that Spence is still got an issue with the car wreck ,,,,,,,,, Now what does that say to you, legacy or ducking TC ? why didn't TC get a go at 5mill , smells to high heaven if you ask me.

Yeah this is a certified entertaining fight. This fight is going to end in a KO for sure.

It's a guaranteed pure entertainment. Bad blood, good volume, good power. It's as good as you can get entertainment wise. We need more of these in boxing.

Good stuff helps sell the fight. I don't doubt that Wilder wanted to destroy Fury but of course easier said than done. Fight should be a barn burner for as long as it lasts.

I guess it's a real exhibition fight. Pac will take it easy on him. All proceeds will go to the victims of the war in Ukraine and homeless people.

Great fight. Lomachenko is so easy to promote, he's like Pacquiao in a way that if Arum suggests it to him, he'll take it even if it's risky. I don't think Lomachenko has ever refused a fight suggested by Arum yet.

If Inoue is serious he should push it to Arum's throat. See what happens.

Then, that might be Teofimo's next fight.

Kambosos is doing really well selling the fight. He is at least putting himself out there. I expect him to do everything he can in front of his countrymen even at the expense of a loss.

Spence vs Thurman is a GREAT Super fight. I couldn't care less about their beefs. THIS FIGHT IS GOOD FOR BOXING and we should be happy if we can get this at some point.

This is a super fight in a lower weight division for hard core fans. Donaire with his otherworldly left hook and Casimero a non-stop wrecking ball every second of every minute never before seen since Rocky Marciano. We know that KO. or stoppage is the only end in this fight. Holy smoke!