Is Barrios selling the title to Pacquiao?

[BOJACK]

pac prolly beats barrios fair and square then faces floyd !

[IceTrayDaGang]

The fight between Barrios and Pacquiao hasn't even happened yet and Team Pac is already talking about a first title defense against Tank Davis, who obviously is going to wipe up Roach in the rematch.

Barrios might up his value by losing a good action fight with the legend. Pac vs midget Tank is probably in the bag for Pac too, which sets up the Floyd rematch. If this is the business plan, it's a good one. It's the right time for this story line as Usyk is done, Canelo is done, Crawford is done and Boots is boring. I actually like this business plan and it makes dollars and sense and cents.

when and where??? so just because team PAC believes Manny will beat barrios, it means the fight is set up for PAC to win??? is team PAC supposed to say that Manny has no chance at beating barrios? why would they do that for? isn't the point of marketing is to sell the fight???? there will be no Floyd rematch. why are folks so caught up in conspiracy theories??

[SUBZER0ED]

If Barrios is swayed enough to throw this fight, instead of beating the brakes off Pacquiao, that's on him. He'll still have a future in the sport, and he'll be richer for it. But even if Manny does win, he'll never beat Tank. If he needs the money, he'll get it, but at what cost? A KO loss from Tank might seriously hurt the old guy in more ways than one.

[Bennyleonard99]

when and where??? so just because team PAC believes Manny will beat barrios, it means the fight is set up for PAC to win??? is team PAC supposed to say that Manny has no chance at beating barrios? why would they do that for? isn't the point of marketing is to sell the fight???? there will be no Floyd rematch. why are folks so caught up in conspiracy theories??

Because it's a business now more than a sport. Greed is the modus operandi. Pac is 46 and his form is unknown. It's been years since he fought and he looked ordinary the last time we saw him. Barrios is young strong prime. How team Pac could be talking about all their plans after Barrios is su****ious. Selling titles for an establishment money fighter is a common method of business in boxing. More so than you apparently understand. See Stiverne- Wilder.

[IronDanHamza]

Because it's a business now more than a sport. Greed is the modus operandi. Pac is 46 and his form is unknown. It's been years since he fought and he looked ordinary the last time we saw him. Barrios is young strong prime. How team Pac could be talking about all their plans after Barrios is su****ious. Selling titles for an establishment money fighter is a common method of business in boxing. More so than you apparently understand. See Stiverne- Wilder.

Not really.

One thing boxers are, especially legends who are totally shot, are deluded about what they can still do in the ring.

Pacquaio will 100% believe he can win this fight.

The same way Mike Tyson was 100% sure he’d beat Jake Paul.

It’s no different.

[Bennyleonard99]

Not really.

One thing boxers are, especially legends who are totally shot, are deluded about what they can still do in the ring.

Pacquaio will 100% believe he can win this fight.

The same way Mike Tyson was 100% sure he’d beat Jake Paul.

It’s no different.

Wait. You think Paul vs 58 yr old Tyson was an authentic fight? It was a soft sparring exhibition to cash out a legend. Cmon bro! You can't be serious.

[famicommander]

Wait. You think Paul vs 58 yr old Tyson was an authentic fight? It was a soft sparring exhibition to cash out a legend. Cmon bro! You can't be serious.

Jake Paul was the only one going soft in that fight. He carried Tyson's skeletal corpse to the final bell.

Barrios is going to beat the brakes off Pacquiao. He is a proud fighter from a boxing family (his older sister is a former pro boxer and current trainer and he has a kid with the sister of Omar and Brandon Figueroa, who owns the gym her brothers train in), he's not going to go out there and throw a fight.

What Barrios is doing is cashing a large check for a fight he has no chance of losing because Pacquiao was washed four years ago against Ugas. The Yoo and Anpo exhibitions were straight up sad to watch.

[IronDanHamza]

Wait. You think Paul vs 58 yr old Tyson was an authentic fight? It was a soft sparring exhibition to cash out a legend. Cmon bro! You can't be serious.

I think it was an authentic fight in the sense that it was a sanctioned pro boxing match in which Jake Paul carried a 58 year old Mike Tyson who legit can barely walk.

Jake could have have KO'd him at any time he wanted but decided to carry him instead.

This Pacuaio-Barrios match up isn't far off. And Pacquaio will be 100% convinced he will win because fighters, especially one's who reached the pinnacle of the entire sport, can't let go to the fact they can't do it any more and delude themselves to think they can.

We have seen this OVER AND OVER again in the history of boxing.

[JakeTheBoxer]

I nust think Pqc is still deluded what can he do even at that age.

Barrios will beat old man an make it look easy.

[shenmue]

^Correct, I think people are making these threads and conspiracy theories to get them interested in this mismatch and there is no need as the undercard is good and the co main is the true main event.