Comments Thread For: Pacquiao: Spence Gives Chance To 'Make My Case' as an All-Time Great

[Monty Fisto]

Pac-Man is a straight dog fighter. I swear. This man just loves the sport. To still be doing this at this level and at his age, is really something special and I wish more people appreciated this.

I’ve been telling anyone who would listen that they need to appreciate this man way more and if he beats Spence, he probably has a real case for top 5 ATG. He really is that special.

He definitely has as much of an appetite for fighting as anyone I've ever seen.

[Iron Fister]

Lucky to be a witness to Manny's career. Win or lose, he is the most accomplished of this era. May the best man win in this match and both fighters go home healthy to their families.

[cjeagle1]

I'm surprised at how good Manny's answer were. Good, honest, thoughtful, open, humble responses. So many athletes just give pat responses that don't tell you anything, but every answer here is worth reading.

As he says, it really is like he has had several careers in boxing. The biggest achievements were from a different part than this latest phase, but still this final part is probably the bravest.

He has always been humble but his English vocabulary was previously pretty limited when he first started fighting in the US. It has gotten better through time and as a politician he gained lots of experience responding to questions from the media and the Congress in both English and his native language. He also went back to school to finish his college degree and it has helped him become a more polished speaker as well.

Most of the all time greats like Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson never won championships in their 40's and in fact were being dominated by younger elite fighters in their weight division when they reached that or are close to that age level, so this last part of Manny's career(already the oldest welterweight champion ever at 40 y.o.) will help him stand out even further in the all time rankings if he continues to succeed against elite fighters even at 42 to 43 years of age.

[Monty Fisto]

He has always been humble but his English vocabulary was previously pretty limited when he first started fighting in the US. It has gotten better through time and as a politician he gained lots of experience responding to questions from the media and the Congress in both English and his native language. He also went back to school to finish his college degree and it has helped him become a more polished speaker as well.

Most of the all time greats like Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson never won championships in their 40's and in fact were being dominated by younger elite fighters in their weight division when they reached that or are close to that age level, so this last part of Manny's career(already the oldest welterweight champion ever at 40 y.o.) will help him stand out even further in the all time rankings if he continues to succeed against elite fighters even at 42 to 43 years of age.

There's no question if he beats Spence it will improve his all-time standing. For me it's a big 'if' though.

[Spoon23]

Wow, spoken like a GURU


"Yes, I think I can win. I think that for every fight. But this one is different because I need to fight the perfect fight. Literally. I cannot make a mistake. I need to execute the game plan perfectly and that is the real challenge. Can I do that? No one is perfect but for a fight like this, it is all uphill and that is why I am working so hard in the gym. It is the ultimate challenge. Body and mind need to be perfectly in sync for the entire fight for me to succeed against Errol Spence. It will be a big test of physical and mental endurance.?