"Too much pressure?"

[Palma]

What do you think??

At the professional level how much stress does "the pressure to succeed" play on the mind of an athlete?

I for sure have never seen Jordan crumble to pressure, but then again, Basketball isn't boxing.


Pacquiao did not elaborate on the gloves controversy other than to say “there was an awful lot of pressure put on me by people from my government, people who came to Las Vegas to see me fight. It was a good fight and I want to thank all the people who supported me back home and the Filipinos in the United States.”

[The Golden Boy]

As the saying goes "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen".

[TyrantT316]

I know many will respond with "you should be a professional and shouldn't feel pressure..blah blah blah"...but just like when you get out there in the work field...you may have 20years under your belt with the company/firm you work for...a big client comes along and you are the best the company has to offer and are expect to be the one to represent the company and present to the big time client...maybe the biggest client they have ever had or had in years...even though you have been around 20 years, you feel a lot of pressure to represent that company and either you succeed or you fail...it has to go either way...no in between...

I am sure that Manny felt a lot of pressure representing basically himself and the entire country as a Boxer since Filipinos are not necessarily priminant in Boxing...a lot came to see him too...there was a lot of hype surrounding him...so for him, he had to be just perfect...

but this is not an excuse...this is just a human being explaining the way he felt...EVERYONE here on these forums HAS had or WILL have a time or time(s) in their life where they have a lot of pressure put on them...then afterwards talk about it because that is how we has humans release/vent/get things off of our chest...we talk about it...explain ourselves...

in response to "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen"...it takes a lot to stand up to that heat...Manny is no quitter...respect him for that...

[JOM'S]

i think the mental pressure of carrying the weight of all the hopes of his country men on his shoulder would be more of an adrenalin booster than a set back, IMHO it kept him to continue figthing ...

[K-Yo]

I think that there was real pressure on Morales, after losing to Barrera, losing this would put a big question mark over what to do next. He was trying to do what two other good Mexican fighters couldnt. There was definitely more pressure on Morales but he is too much of a man to worry about that and he went to war and won

[JOM'S]

I think that there was real pressure on Morales, after losing to Barrera, losing this would put a big question mark over what to do next. He was trying to do what two other good Mexican fighters couldnt. There was definitely more pressure on Morales but he is too much of a man to worry about that and he went to war and won

like what i was saying the pressure gave the PAC adrenalin booster to continue and keep on figthing, while Erik who was also pressured for a win got enough boost to win the fight ...

[manila_assasin]

What do you think??

At the professional level how much stress does "the pressure to succeed" play on the mind of an athlete?

I for sure have never seen Jordan crumble to pressure, but then again, Basketball isn't boxing.


Pacquiao did not elaborate on the gloves controversy other than to say “there was an awful lot of pressure put on me by people from my government, people who came to Las Vegas to see me fight. It was a good fight and I want to thank all the people who supported me back home and the Filipinos in the United States.”

I think more of a pressure about the media hype that was given to him. Pressure on the whole country looking after him and wishing him well in this fight. Pressure on the politicians...(who knows if they made some huge bets) for Pac. Lots of pressure.

[tracylee]

What do you think??

At the professional level how much stress does "the pressure to succeed" play on the mind of an athlete?

I for sure have never seen Jordan crumble to pressure, but then again, Basketball isn't boxing.


Pacquiao did not elaborate on the gloves controversy other than to say “there was an awful lot of pressure put on me by people from my government, people who came to Las Vegas to see me fight. It was a good fight and I want to thank all the people who supported me back home and the Filipinos in the United States.”

Good question Palma, cause God knows both fightes were under tremendous pressure! both needed this win, for different reasons!

[Rockin']

Pressure can play a small part in the outcome of a fight. It can make fighters fight just a little bit differently than they normaly would. The thoughts that a fighter has running though his mind while driving to the arena for the fight are very important. On this short trip the fighter is thinking of his plan, how is he going to handle the man in front of him. Its not the magnitude of the fight that gets to him, after all a fight is a fight. Its the man that he is throwing with that gets in his mind. When that bell rings to begin the fight, once the two of you are sticking and moving or slugging away those thoughts are gone. However, in your subcionscious you have had a plan devised in the car on the way over and that is how you will most likely react.

This is kind of trippy, but there is one way to get away from it. If you get nailed to the point where wyou basicaly black out, than your going to be riding on your instinct until you come to. You could be blacked out for many rounds but if your instinct is to brawl, then you will brawl. If your instinst is to run and hide, you will run and try to find somewhere to hide. Its not the grand scale of the fight that can affect a fighter, its only who he is fighting that might affect him..............Rockin'

[joeboxer]

Oliver McCall definitly felt the pressure in his rematch with Lewis, when he broke down and started to cry.