HBO Boxing has PACQUIAO as Fighter of the Decade!
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Fighter of the Decade is between Mayweather and Mosley. Pac has to beat them to be the fighter of the Decade.Comment
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Left Hook Tua already pointed this out. Some think that because Mayweather might possibly beat Pacquiao on March that he should be FOTD (This decade) and that wouldn't make sense at all, that I understand, no debate there. Although I understand that few still don't know what a decade is.Comment
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Actually a decade starts with 1 and ends with 0. The first year was year 1, not year zero, and that decade ended 10 years later with year 10, not 9 years later with year 9.
So this decade began on January 1st 2001 and will end December 31st 2010. I hate to get technical with the pac-tards but thats how the calender really works. Look it up.Comment
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Way to go manny!!!
I agree wholeheartedly.Ive actually changed my opinion on this situation.
While I still think its premature to crown Pac over May, 3 months before we actually know the REAL answer, maybe this will work out for the best afterall.
Pacquiao is the HBO fighter of the decade . So in 2010 when Mayweather gets accused of ducking Martinez or Paul Williams and dodging the tough challenges, Floyd can always point to, "I beat the fighter of the decade" I know that still wont be enough for the angry haters out there but at least we have this HBO list and a few thousand pac-off threads to prove that Manny was a legit contender prior to March 13th.
Congratulations to Manny Wapakman Pacquiao on his nomination.
If HBO and his fans deem him worthy, then so it is. Though I actually believe this will only give Manny a boost in morale and confidence to perform that much better on the biggest night of his career, no one can claim he's the smaller man anymore.
He's proven his mettle at the top of the sport.
The burden is now on him to defend the title and his status.
Even if he loses in a hard fought twelve round battle, he'll receive my utmost respect.Last edited by MindBat; 12-12-2009, 03:27 PM.Comment
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Thanks alot buddy..I came in here and and sided with you and you left me alone with these No-knowledge, TRUE Blind nuthugging and obsessed Filipinos, who decided to turn a boxing debate into name calling and crying accusations because of their lack of boxing Knowledge..Im out of here...lolLeft Hook Tua already pointed this out. Some think that because Mayweather might possibly beat Pacquiao on March that he should be FOTD (This decade) and that wouldn't make sense at all, that I understand, no debate there. Although I understand that few still don't know what a decade is.Comment
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Thanks alot buddy..I came in here and and sided with you and you left me alone with these No-knowledge, TRUE Blind nuthugging and obsessed Filipinos, who decided to turn a boxing debate into name calling and crying accusations because of their lack of boxing Knowledge..Im out of here...lol
Sorry man.
Honestly man, putting people on ignore is a ***** move but when you have to deal with that level of ******ity; no other choice. Trust me man, I wouldn't have wasted my time with them.Comment
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On January 1, 2000, Manny Pacquiao was 21 years old and virtually unknown outside of his native Philippines. During the course of the past decade, he has fought 26 times and become the most famous fighter in the world. His opponents in that 10-year span included Erik Morales (three times), Marco Antonio Barrera (twice), Juan Manuel Marquez (twice), Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto. In 10 fights against these six Hall-of-Fame-caliber opponents, Pacquiao amassed 8 wins against 1 loss and a draw.
Moreover, unlike Hopkins and Mayweather (both of whom fought many of their biggest fights against smaller men), Pacquiao has consistently challenged naturally bigger fighters. He has hurdled every major obstacle in his weight class and then some.
Unlike Mayweather and Calzaghe, Pacquiao has a less-than-perfect record for the decade. But when a fighter fights the best again and again, sometimes he loses. When Sugar Ray Robinson was young and great, he lost to Jake LaMotta. Muhammad Ali lost to Joe Frazier and Ken Norton before he got old.
History judges elite fighters in large measure by their record against other elite fighters and how they perform in their most difficult challenges.
Mayweather has talked the talk. Pacquiao has walked the walk. And Manny has out-of-the-ring intangibles as well. In that regard, he's similar to Muhammad Ali: a great fighter, a good person and an important symbol for his people.
"I'm just doing my job to be a good fighter," Pacquiao said after beating Miguel Cotto earlier this year.
He's doing more than that. Manny Pacquiao deserves recognition as "Fighter of the Decade."
Link: http://www.hbo.com/boxing/features/f...er_decade.html
Is this about Pacquaio or Mayweather???Comment

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