Pacquiao is afraid of Mayweather

[flem1]

Seriously, Mayweather has 1 inch on him and 4lbs. Pacquiao is all about staying in the lower weight divisions, then balooning up to almost Welterweight size before he has to fight somebody. He's completely content to avoid the Welterweight division (a division he could easily make) altogether.

I can't say I blame him either, I'd rather stay below Welterweight and fight a bunch of retiring legends and overhyped prospects until I retire too. It beats having to step in the ring with serious threats and risk the dreams of an entire Nation.

Errr, the natural Welterweights fight at 155+ - 160+ lbs on fight night. Heck, Joshua Clottey weighed in at 170 when he fought Diego Corrales on the night of the fight...

[heder]

After you are done with your shopping spree, tell me what store accepted boxingscene points as currency, because I would like to spend mine too.

i'm talking about cash money son
i don't bet points
one day when you get some you'd bet real money too

[nelsoncm]

you have no point
you started out saying pac is afraid of floyd cause of an inch and for pounds.
when floyd and morales are about the same size
pac was not afraid of morales with his height advantage so why would he be scared of floyd cause of his?

Because he wants Pacquiao to lose so badly.

I think this is Don King right here. Arum is saying they're waiting for the winner of Soto-Guzman and Marquez-Juarez before coming up with an opponent.

And here's a guy who's spreading lies that Pac-Marquez II is in 2012.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

you guys need to stop rating what weight division a fighter belongs in by just weight and take height into consideration too.

Mike Tyson is much shorter than Paul Williams.

Sorry b-double, but weight has been the standard.

[ßringer]

Errr, the natural Welterweights fight at 155+ - 160+ lbs on fight night. Heck, Joshua Clottey weighed in at 170 when he fought Diego Corrales on the night of the fight...

Uh, the point of this thread revolves around Pacquiao fighting Mayweather, nobody else. Are you going to tell me you've seen Mayweather come in at 170lbs next?

[heder]

I only lost 10K on Barrera. That's all I bet most times on any fight, 10K out of nearly 200K is nothing. And if you mean in terms of actual cash, I bet cash on Pacquiao. I bet with my heart with points only, never cash.

you bet POINTS on barrera
and CASH on pac

STOP LYING

i can't wait for pacs next fight so you can bring me more money

[BmoreBrawler]

Mike Tyson is much shorter than Paul Williams.

Sorry b-double, but weight has been the standard.

This is totally irrelevant to what I said, sorry. Never said they should make HEIGHT divisions, just that when you expect a fighter to move up in weight, take his other spec's like height and reach into consideration besides just weight. That can be misleading.

[Fox McCloud]

Ridiculous.

It's totally understandable people feel so bitter when their guys lose to a smaller guy coming from 106 lbs.

Manny will lose eventually. He could even lose to Marquez or GUzman next year. But you're asking Manny to chew more than he can swallow.

Asking him to go one more division up is wishing for the small guy to get beat up. No matter who it is or what weight, you'd love to see him get beat up.

There's so much to do at 130. I won't be surprised someone asks Manny to fight Pavlik in 2009. The height difference is less than 1 foot anyway.

Totally ridiculous.

You have to consider when Manny started fighting. He was barely 16. He was fighting at 122 by the time he turned 21.

Manny started his career in 1995 at 106. Mayweather was fighting at light flyweight in the amateurs in 1993.

http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:352
(under amateur highlights)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_flyweight#Amateur_boxing

http://www.manuelsweb.com/kg_lbs.htm

(48 Kilograms converts to 105.6 pounds)

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...6129&cat=boxer
(Manny's first bout, at the beginning of 1995)

They aren't that far apart in body growth... except Floyd kept moving up, drying out less and less for each fight, and Pacquiao has stayed in each class for as long as possible.

[ßringer]

you bet POINTS on barrera
and CASH on pac

STOP LYING

i can't wait for pacs next fight so you can bring me more money

What the **** are you talking about? I've never even bet with you.

And I'll be betting on Pac to win in his next fight, because his next fight will be against Guzman probably. A highly overrated prospect who hasn't earned a shot at Manny IMO. But that's Manny's MO, he loves fighting men who have little to no chance.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Ridiculous.

It's totally understandable people feel so bitter when their guys lose to a smaller guy coming from 106 lbs.

Manny will lose eventually. He could even lose to Marquez or GUzman next year. But you're asking Manny to chew more than he can swallow.

Asking him to go one more division up is wishing for the small guy to get beat up. No matter who it is or what weight, you'd love to see him get beat up.

There's so much to do at 130. I won't be surprised someone asks Manny to fight Pavlik in 2009. The height difference is less than 1 foot anyway.

Totally ridiculous.

Please stop with the 106 stuff. Manny was a child back then.

At 21 years old, Manny was fighting at 122. Floyd was at 130.

The difference in their sizes has been pretty consistent their whole career.