Comments Thread For: Pacquiao Cites Height Concerns, Rejects Foreman

[BennyST]

Huh? Oscar was 5'11". He was the guy that got Pac to his big P4P status and yet he won't fight some brand new untested, chump? It's because the guy boxes and doesn't just walk in trying to outgun you. Not a good style match up for him. Duran was old and ****, the same height as Pac and he moved up to 160 to fight a huge, young MW champ recently coming off a win over an ATG and who was well over six foot and won.

Why can't the supposed greatest fighter ever (according to many of his fans) fight some new prospect that just won a BS title? Or, why not at least take the risk? You know why? Because he actually poses a problem in that he boxes. No one knows if he has a bad chin, unlike Cotto, Hatton or if he is shot (Oscar).

The biggest thing though is that he doesn't walk straight in without any defence to speak of. He stays back and boxes and they know that gives Pac trouble and unless he's getting 40 mil for it, he wouldn't take the risk.

[Imhotep]

Pacquiao has already proven many things against all odds & rewrites history...Even how great Pacquiao is, he's still human it's very difficult to deal Foreman's huge advantages in terms of height, reach & size, it's realistic to reject such fight...Moseley is the best option & the last great elite champion left that make sense to fight Pac...And then maybe retire w/ nothing left to prove...

If Mayweather wants to regain his image & erase such doubt as a coward, he better fight Moseley or Foreman or other bigger legitimate elite champions to make an impact, then retire...If and only if he overcomes his fear of losing...

Foreman is only half a inch taller then Oscar.Pac just don`t want to fight him cause Foreman is not a shot fighter.

[Mr Reality]

My guess is that Team Pacquiao was not able able to convince Foreman at the "catchweight" they desired.

With regard to Mosely & Marquez, they are waiting until they get older. Team Pussiao will also try to get them to fight at weight that is a disadvantage for Marquez & Mosely in order to have every advanatage in their favor. More of the same BS from Team Pussiao.

[- JCHING -]

Well I'm glad this fight won't be happening.

Pacquiao is really taking a hit with all these news items - and unfortunatley it's mainly his own doing.

[-Spinal-]

Lol wtf? Foreman is the same height as DLH.

[Imhotep]

Floyd is 5'8" with 72-75 reach, Corrales is 6ft with the same reach, while Manny is only 5'6.5" with 67 reach and Yuri is 5'11" with 72-75 reach. I guess if u do the math between the two match-up you will see which one is in a disadvantage more..

Corrales had a longer reach then Floyd.

[voneric]

I thought Fighting Foreman was a stretch, and had said before that i wanted no part of that Action. Common Sense tells you that Foreman is just too big and Crafty for Pacquiao and finally, finally Common Sense was right. It took Common Sense a few tries with PacMan but even i thought PacMan was crazy in taking that Challenge. I never viewed Foreman as an outright cherry picked opponent like David Diaz, but he seems weaker than Williams or Martinez at 154lb. But today at work, all PacMan fans and a most Mayweather fans, were stating that Pacquiao should win that fight easy and i never saw it that way. My wallet reminds me not to ever Bet against Pacquiao again but this would of been a hard bet not to make. With what the ODDs would of been in favor of PacMan, to not put a Bill on Foreman and see what happens would of been a crime and i am a law abiding Citizen. Oh well, Chit Happens

[deuce_drop]

I hope Pac fights Bradley.

Fighting Foreman wouldn't mean much in terms of legacy.

Historical significance? Yes.

Legacy? No.

i like pacquiao vs bradley, it would be a 1000xs better than pacquiao vs mayweather........

[KingTito]

I wasn't a fan of this fight anyway. Fight Floyd.

[Jim Jeffries]

Corrales had a longer reach then Floyd.

So 70" is longer than 72" to you?:thinking1: