Comments Thread For: Manny Pacquiao Ready to Return Against Mario Barrios

[Oregonian]

"winnable fight"? Barrios walked down and pummeled Ugas. There's no doubt he does the same to Manny, unless Manny KOs him early which is unlikely.

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Marquez KO’d Manny so he should have beaten Floyd too. Amiright?
Manny stopped Oscar so he should have stopped Floyd too. Amiright?
Foreman destroyed Frazier who beat Ali so he should have destroyed Ali. Alright?

Those are all triangle theories

[Mash121]

Even at this stage Pacman can still compete. I wouldn't count him out even winning still he was that good. Even against Ugas he didn't look that bad and showed he can still hang. I agree that he should stay retired though, like what is the point, it's for money. He's better offer fighting Jake Paul if he wants to cash..

[Oregonian]

That's a good fight for Manny.

Look, if Pacquiao wants to come back or needs money, Barrios is easy to hit. He isn't putting on a boxing masterclass or anything.

Would be a fun fight. Why not?

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Right. But if it was Floyd coming back to fight Barrios, it would be a problem. Amiright?

[paul77]

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Right. But if it was Floyd coming back to fight Barrios, it would be a problem. Amiright?

No, it wouldn't.

I don't care if guys are old - if they can still hang, they can still hang.

Like Donaire. He's stuck around this long because he keeps winning the damn titles.

[TheProudLunatic]

I don't care if he comes back or stays retired
I just want him to stop talking about fighting.

[BrometheusBob.]

Pac has made enough money for several lifetimes. If he somehow blew it all, that's on him. The Floyd fight alone was generational wealth.

I seriously hope it isn't about the money

I mean I'll probably watch and root for him but dam, don't want to him to end his career getting laid out

[Roadblock]

"winnable fight"? Barrios walked down and pummeled Ugas. There's no doubt he does the same to Manny, unless Manny KOs him early which is unlikely.

Ugas took a severe beating losing to Spence, the version that beat Manny is not the version Barrios beat.

The last thing to go is power and Manny can punch, Barrios is a walk up style of fighter that takes shots thats an ideal style for an old less mobile Manny, never write of a true great, slippery fast guys would give him more trouble than a tough out like Barrios.

[james240]

Boxing is sad

Prepare from ages 5-18, to go pro. Learn no other skill. If you're lucky, you can still get fights at 45. Everyone else? Discarded, like garbage.

Obviously, no one makes enough boxing to call it a career.

You really need to like fighting to box, because it offers nothing after your "career" is done.

Shame.

He alone made 100m from the Mayweather fight not to mention the other tens of millions from the other fights.

Its almost unfathomable how you can even burn through that amount even being reckless.

Boggles the mind.

[GoldenBackHand]

45 is not old in today’s times.. Pac man cooks Barrios

[TheOneAboveAll]

Barrios is a guy who will defend with his face
That would be the only chance ( a big one ) for Pac to get a W
Pac will be hitting from different angles and Barrios is very stationary
Nothing to do with nostalgia , although the corrupt sport of boxing would rather make on this garbage comeback than lose
And in case you didn’t notice , I’m not on board with him coming back
Is that nostalgia also ???

I don’t know what it is but something has addled your mind if you think the 2024 version of Manny Pacquiao is outboxing any top ranked WW. Go watch the Barrios-Tank Davis fight and the Barrios-Ugas fight to see what Barrios’s is about. Barrios was outboxing Davis when he got clipped late in the fight and stopped very abruptly. PAC is not going to do that, and Barrios is a measurably improved fighter now. It is 2024.