Article: Pacquiao Beats Duran and Armstrong!

[Left Banned Tua]

mclarin beat flyweight champ pacho villa at a catch weight and went on to become a welterweight champ of the world. He's the original catch weight king.

there was catchweights back then?

i thought pacquiao invented catchweights?

[kadyo's]

that i don't like.

i don't like that at all.



you don't give up size.

i also don't like pau at center.

putting him at forward is why he gets 15 rebounds sometimes.

most teams don't have 2 guys that can't deal with gasol-bynum combo.



now marc gasol....... perfect for the lakers system.

he has the size that bynum has. maybe not as athletic but more than capable plus he ain't a whiny little ***** like bynum.

he'll play every game.

would you trade kobe for marc?

[badboypeenoy]

sorry...... you can't convince me pac will beat duran.

i love duran before pac even existed.

duran beats everyone 130-140 and most at 147 for me.

I am a Duran fan, all I am saying is that I can't say for sure who wins.

[kadyo's]

there was catchweights back then?

i thought pacquiao invented catchweights?

they fought at a catch weight of 128, if i'm not mistaken, this may have caused pancho's death.

[Left Banned Tua]

would you trade kobe for marc?

no of course not.



but i really do think marc-pau combo would work better than bynum-pau.

plus i like marc's attitude better. plus he's cheaper. plus he works harder.

too many plusses.



plus it'll be cool to have a brother front court.

[TheGreatA]

I'd have to put more thought into these but I'll just write what I come up with at the moment.

@ 126 Pac vs Salvador Sanchez

I wasn't quite as impressed with Pacquiao at 126 as I'm now, although he did have his career-defining beatdown of a stunned Barrera at that weight. Of course he had his troubles with Marquez and Morales afterwards.

Salvador was a master despite his young age and truly used the 15 round distance to his advantage, often being even or behind on points against his opponents after 12 rounds of fighting only to put on another gear in the last 3 rounds to capture victory.

I imagine in a 15 round battle Salvador would turn down the spirited challenge of Pacquiao much like he did against a young version of Azumah Nelson, sealing the deal in the late rounds. 12 rounds and it's more difficult to speculate because Sanchez often relied on going the 15 round distance.

@ 130 Floyd vs Arguello

Slick movers troubled Arguello and they weren't always as talented as Mayweather even. However 15 rounds is a long route to go against Arguello who will keep his devastating punching power even in the very last round of a fight. It could potentially end up looking like Arguello vs Marcel, Marcel able to consistently land the lead right hand and staying away from Arguello's power. Not the best match-up for Alexis but you couldn't count him out.

@ 135 Floyd vs Duran/Whitaker

I favour both Duran and Whitaker. Duran to do a Castillo-like job on Mayweather but even better, while Whitaker will "abuse" his southpaw advantage to win a dull points decision.

[Left Banned Tua]

they fought at a catch weight of 128, if i'm not mistaken, this may have caused pancho's death.

pancho died because he didn't brush his teeth.

[jrosales13]

mclarin beat flyweight champ pacho villa at a catch weight and went on to become a welterweight champ of the world. He's the original catch weight king.

That is right McClarnin is like the Canadian version of Pacquiao...

[Left Banned Tua]

I am a Duran fan, all I am saying is that I can't say for sure who wins.

i mean pac has a shot but as of this moment , i still pick duran.

now if pac goes beats up pavlik or martinez or williams or something.........

[kadyo's]

no of course not.



but i really do think marc-pau combo would work better than bynum-pau.

plus i like marc's attitude better. plus he's cheaper. plus he works harder.

too many plusses.



plus it'll be cool to have a brother front court.

why are you so serious? come on man, trade kbe for marc just for the heck of it and lets see what happens.