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No disrespect intended…but Pacquiao is NOT Superman.
I see Hatton being given almost no credit. And Pacquiao’s fans and countrymen (and Roach) are predicting a blowout. Let’s look at this objectively, shall we?
Delahoya - EIGHT ROUNDS of a one-sided beating on a guy who had nothing to offer. Still, Oscar never went down,
Diaz – NINE ROUNDS against a mid-level lightweight. Pac was able to hit him nearly at will.
Marquez – TWELVE ROUNDS against a top-flight, prime lightweight. (Then SFW). Many feel that JMM won this fight.
Barrera – TWELVE ROUNDS against a faded former legend. Barrera had a lot of miles on the odometer (34 years, 70-ish fights).
Solis – EIGHT ROUNDS against a smaller FW. Solis is nowhere near a top guy. Quick – and don’t check boxrec – who did Solis ever beat?
Morales – Blew Erik out in THREE ROUNDS. Morales knew he was done at that point in his career. He just wanted to test himself, and get a payday (shook off the corner, and winked). Still, Manny did what he had to do.
Larios – TWELVE ROUNDS with a smaller Larios. You may remember that larios was viciously KO’d in one round by Izzy. A frikkin’ bantamweight. Don’t remember that? here ya go:
I like Manny very much. How can you notlike Pac? I’m just respectfully asking you guys not to expect some highlight-reel early KO. Manny has not been that type of fighter. And it’s unreasonable to think it will happen against the strongest (and fastest?) guy he has faced.
I see Hatton being given almost no credit. And Pacquiao’s fans and countrymen (and Roach) are predicting a blowout. Let’s look at this objectively, shall we?
Delahoya - EIGHT ROUNDS of a one-sided beating on a guy who had nothing to offer. Still, Oscar never went down,
Diaz – NINE ROUNDS against a mid-level lightweight. Pac was able to hit him nearly at will.
Marquez – TWELVE ROUNDS against a top-flight, prime lightweight. (Then SFW). Many feel that JMM won this fight.
Barrera – TWELVE ROUNDS against a faded former legend. Barrera had a lot of miles on the odometer (34 years, 70-ish fights).
Solis – EIGHT ROUNDS against a smaller FW. Solis is nowhere near a top guy. Quick – and don’t check boxrec – who did Solis ever beat?
Morales – Blew Erik out in THREE ROUNDS. Morales knew he was done at that point in his career. He just wanted to test himself, and get a payday (shook off the corner, and winked). Still, Manny did what he had to do.
Larios – TWELVE ROUNDS with a smaller Larios. You may remember that larios was viciously KO’d in one round by Izzy. A frikkin’ bantamweight. Don’t remember that? here ya go:
I like Manny very much. How can you notlike Pac? I’m just respectfully asking you guys not to expect some highlight-reel early KO. Manny has not been that type of fighter. And it’s unreasonable to think it will happen against the strongest (and fastest?) guy he has faced.
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