Pacquiao Aims for Four (and Six): Real History Part 1

[Sin City]

SO HE DIDN'T DUCK MARGARITO??? I COULD OF SWORN HE CHALLENGED THE WINNER BETWEEN TONY & COTTO. THEN HAD A HEARING PROBLEM WHEN TONY'S NAME WAS MENTIONED. PLAIN AND SIMPLE...... DUCK!!

De La Hoya doesn't have to prove anything or fight anybody anymore.
He did what he had to and proved himself a long time ago.
The De La Hoya that fought Mayweather and Pacquiao is in NO way a prime De La Hoya.
You would have an argument if he wouldn't of fought him in his prime but
Tony was just a sparring partner at that time.

[Pinuno]

Whys everyone going on about Oscar?
The writer said he was gonna go through all the guys who won titles in multiple weight classes and show what their titles were worth. That piece was just about Manny, at least let him write the rest and tell us what he thinks of Oscars 6 weight class titles before u start giving ****!

You want the analogy?

It is simple.....

The anti-PAC cannot accept that Pac winning against Hatton, will make him the 2nd 6x World Champ along with DLH.

By destroying DLH, they would surely destroy PAC.

BTW, who destroyed DLH, isn't it is Pac?

SO --- IF PAC DESTROYED DLH ---

THEREFORE, ANYBODY CAN DESTROY PAC AND HIS ACHIEVEMENTS, BY DESTROYING DLH WITH ANY DIRTY TRICKS AND THAT WILL AFFECT PAC.

That is plain and simple. GOT THAT?

[denix]

This is a very nice article. It inspires not only the boxers but the PPV viewers as well. Thank you.

[Dave Rado]

LOL...this is about lineage, not the IBO. Hatton is the lineal champ at 40 until beaten. I didn't even remember the IBO belt was even on the line.

What bugs me is the number of boxing correspondents in newspapers who say that Pac is fighting for Hatton's IBO belt - which is not only ridiculous, but seriously damages the public's understanding of boxing. Almost none of the newspapers acknowledge that he's fighting for the Ring and Lineal titles, and relatively few mention that Hatton is the dominant, and almost universally recognised champion at the weight. And almost none of them mention that no one in boxing takes the IBO belt seriously. I hope Pac throws it in the bin if he does win it.

The specialist boxing press is different, of course, but only hardcore fans read it. In terms of making boxing a mainstream sport again, someone has got to educate those idiot newspaper sports correspondents.

[Eyehuman04]

Pacquiao will win this fight with hatton... hatton was never really good to me...he (they) cheat a win from kostya... he took an old Castillo, he got knocked out by floyd...embarassing KO... and he almost get knock out again by lazcano (refree help him)... Hatton was never really good to me..and Hatton is never the same after floyd kick his ass....

Vs Pacquiao????..... this is baaadd.....

[JOM'S]

its funny because when you think about it, santa cruz is 10x the fighter diaz is and manages to get knocked out by him in hilarious fashion, which is the ONLY reason he even held that belt.

knocking out someone with the belt on the line usually is ENOUGH reason...

[Walt Liquor]

IS ROLD CALLING dlh THEE UNIQUE 6 DIVISION CLAIMANT OF "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP" TITLES???? IS ROLD TRYING TO SAY dlh ACCOMPLISHED MORE IN THE RING THAN 'HAMMERING HANK' OR 'ROBERTO DURAN'? WELL LOOK AGAIN "mr sports writer" LOOK AT THE SORRY *SS SOFT CHALLENGERS dlh WON HIS "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS" FROM! AND WHAT CHAMPIONSHIPS THEY WERE. WBO, BREDAHL; IBF, RUELAS; IBA, COLEY; ETC. ETC. THEN LOOK AT THE LOSES YOUR SO CALLED "LONE SIX DIVISION CLAIMANT" HAS RECIEVED, SMALLER PBF, THE B*TCH SLAPPING BY MANNY PAC-MAN. OH!!! AND DON'T FORGET THE GIFTS AGAINST STRUM, QUARTEY, MOLINA! PLEASE DON'T COMPARE A FAKE SMILING FRAUD OF A FIGHTER, WITH TRUE FIGHTERS LIKE HANK, ROBERTO, JJC, W.GOMEZ, HAGLER, ALI, JUST BECAUSE HE'S BEEN ABLE TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE THAN ALL ABOVE MENTIONED FIGHTERS PUT TOGETHER, DOES NOT MEAN HE IS A TRUE FIGHTER. A BUISNESS MAN YES. BY FAR. A WARRIOR? don't think so...100X35...

why dont you wait till he reviews oscar's career.

[Walt Liquor]

Cliff,

I love this idea for an artilce. Part 1 was excellent and I can't wait to read the rest. I think this part is 100% accurate. Ledwaba was not the best titleholder, but he was solid, and we all know diaz was serviceable at best. I have a feeling that your series is going to show some of our overzealous posters that winning a 'world title' in different weight classes doesn't mean jack ****. However, being a lineal champion has real historic meaning. Although there are some lineal champs who are not as legit (and this discussion will certainly come up), they still mean more than being a titleholder.

Part 2 today please?

[dsol]

i think hatton has some good hand speed and pretty toough guy , but all his notable wins are very debatable, like humaneye said.

[Mr. Fantastic]

HE'S ALSO DUCKED LEGIT OPPOSITION IN "HIS OWN" WEIGHT CLASS, AND MARKETED HIS CHALLENGES AGAINST SAFER, SMALLER, COMPITITION AND HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO WHAT KIND OF FIGHTER HE REALLY IS...100X35.

How could he have ducked legit opposition when he has the best resume of this generation?? I don't get it lol. He fought the who's who of great boxers. Fail.