The Mental Edge

[THE REED]

this could work both ways.

1. pac is distracted , annoyed , bothered by the negative steroids talk and media attention. it affects him in camp and mentally. if that's the case , floyd's did good with these negotiations. fair is fair. it's all part of the game even negotiations and media spin.

2. pac becomes focused in training. trains harder and is more focused than before , angered by floyd's actions. remember pac's training camp was half ass for cotto and pacquiao really liked cotto. imagine a focused pacquiao camp with no distractions and manny upset at his opponent.

This is what I envision... not only Pac being upset at the allegations, but pac upset of how Roger will treat Roach..

[street bully]

any chance that floyd will try to fight pac i.e. leonard vs. duran 1?

it'd be pac's best chance to win.



no rematch!

If Floyd tries to brawl he gets knocked out period.

[Guest]

This is what I envision... not only Pac being upset at the allegations, but pac upset of how Roger will treat Roach..

I don't know man. I don't see either of them being very rattled.

Manny thrives on chaos, and Floyd will get worked up outside the ring, but he won't make too many mistakes in it.

[COACH WEBB]

do you honestly think either guy is insecure?

floyd has the humility of 10 cassius clays.

pacquiao has always taken on top competition contrary to what revisionist historians on here who started following the sport last year say.

not at all Tua. I'm smart enough to know that.

But I'm a bit upset with Pac not speaking to the fans about this whole situation, I'm tired of hearing from Roach and Arum. you know?

[shogunn]

insecure would be not wanting to take a test that your opponent is going to take also..that is insecure my friend. Lets shoot str8 here shogunn.

Its not a quiz, it's taking blood. If floyd wants to disadvantage himself and Manny at the same time, that's floyds problem, it shouldnt be Mannys.

Manny has already agreed to tests leading up to the fight and right after. Floyd is insecure about these little 2 days that Manny could some how roid up.


Floyd will also inject his hands with Xylocaine to numb his hands so he wont feel a thing. That is an advantage for Floyd. I doubt Manny wants to do this. Should he also be subjected to it since Floyd is doing it?

[COACH WEBB]

this could work both ways.

1. pac is distracted , annoyed , bothered by the negative steroids talk and media attention. it affects him in camp and mentally. if that's the case , floyd's did good with these negotiations. fair is fair. it's all part of the game even negotiations and media spin.

2. pac becomes focused in training. trains harder and is more focused than before , angered by floyd's actions. remember pac's training camp was half ass for cotto and pacquiao really liked cotto. imagine a focused pacquiao camp with no distractions and manny upset at his opponent.

you make good points, but being upset doesn't always play to your favor, it actually can work against you.

[COACH WEBB]

Its not a quiz, it's taking blood. If floyd wants to disadvantage himself and Manny at the same time, that's floyds problem, it shouldnt be Mannys.

Manny has already agreed to tests leading up to the fight and right after. Floyd is insecure about these little 2 days that Manny could some how roid up.


Floyd will also inject his hands with Xylocaine to numb his hands so he wont feel a thing. That is an advantage for Floyd. I doubt Manny wants to do this. Should he also be subjected to it since Floyd is doing it?

is Xylocaine (however its spelled) a banned illegal substance in boxing?

[Calilloyd]

[QUOTE=ree****yaluss;7059911]I don't think Pac has ever been on steroids.. at all whatsoever.




I'm not convinced of that based on the reaction from him and his team. With that I still pick Mayweather to beat him. If Pacquiao is so easily affected "menatlly" or "bullied" as Arum put it, Mayweather has a huge mental edge.

[THE REED]

you make good points, but being upset doesn't always play to your favor, it actually can work against you.

And it doesn't always work against you, it can work in your favor.

[RodBarker]

You idiots , Floyd is fighting the guy , he knows he is a great fighter and will train his ass of to beat Pac , thats real world !!

Now on top of that take into account Pac from 106 to 147 , also take into account PEDS have been used say the rumors , Floyd cant ignore that ,,,,,,,,, For Floyds state of mind going into this fight he cannot have a single thought that the guy he is in with might be enhanced through drugs , he is ***ing obligated to himself to make sure Pac is clean , WTF is wrong with you people , Pac might be on them for all we know , the one person on earth that has a given right to be asking is Floyd .

So shut up with the schoolboy bull**** , these are professional athletes of the highest order fighting in historys biggest fight and you ******s are on about scary fairy crap , ***ing grow up .