Kevin Iole Column re Pac Fans Angry at P4P Rankings

[-The Glove-]

SMH. I'm a Pac fan and I believe that ****'s a disgrace. I think fanatics in general are a disgrace. It don't matter for whom the fanbase there'll be a few that take things too far. Anyways, nobody represents me but me. I speak for my damn self.

[Tamis!]

Maybe you should use one, instead of looking like a moron.

LOL!

OK whatever you say nimrod!

Yeah folks, HORUS' thread is not a petition!

LOL happy now?

[Carpe Diem]

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=24488

Pathetic..No excuses whatsoever, i don't care how much of a threat he is to Pacquiao, but there's no reason to take it to that degree..

[rodrigoybanez]

Most pathetic cult like and disgraceful fanbase I have ever seen.

And you're one of the distinguished members of ***** religion who only believes whatever Floyd preaches.

[-Spinal-]

The only other group of fans that are as bad are the hardcore Floyd fans. Same type of **** basically.

We didn't do the following:

1. Ask people to boycott Pacquiao-Clottey(and we won't do it for Margarito-Pacquiao although it's an injustice to boxing).

2. We did not send hate letters to the voters who voted Pacquiao fighter of the decade.

3. We did not diss Kevin Iole for having Pacquiao as #1P4P for a long time.


They are way worst than Floyd fans. Just because you see Floyd fans in red and Pac fans in green does not mean they are better than us; they are just more powerful in internet-rep on this site and have the site admins backing them up. Floyd fans are by far more logical than a lot of Pac fans.

[The Big Dunn]

Rodrigoy:

Would you ever write a site to complain because Manny was not #1 p4p?

[Ray*]

Basically everywhere on the internet has muppets like that spamming comment boxes with bull**** at the slightest disagreement, the phenomena is not limited to Pacfans. Seems petty for a journalist for fire back like this at the comment box trolling pondlife.

He was probably shocked at the level of ******ity of some of those people who sent him those written mails. Well i would for sure, Its extra-ordinary when people have so much time to do stuffs like Petition, boycotts etc.

I think the last time fans of a fighter done something remotely ****** was when the Klitschko fans tried to get Vitali a shot against Maskaev instead of the mandatory in sam peter a fighter who had to go through two different eliminators just to get his chance at the title.

[S.G.]

He was probably shocked at the level of ******ity of some of those people who sent him those written mails. Well i would for sure, Its extra-ordinary when people have so much time to do stuffs like Petition, boycotts etc.

I think the last time fans of a fighter done something remotely ****** was when the Klitschko fans tried to get Vitali a shot against Maskaev instead of the mandatory in sam peter a fighter who had to go through two different eliminators just to get his chance at the title.

Yeah but it's all just a bit childish, Iole should be above this.

[patpatpts]

I thought the article below was very interesting. If you haven't seen it please read.

When 20 of 33 boxing writers voted for Floyd Mayweather Jr. and not Manny Pacquiao as No. 1 in the May Yahoo! Sports boxing rankings, it created quite a firestorm among Pacquiao supporters.

Cries of racism abounded. Many questioned the validity of the panel, though their logic is somewhat lost given that Pacquiao held the top spot even after Mayweather returned in 2009 from a brief retirement.


The same panel that Pacquiao supporters wanted to deride as racist, pro-American and incompetent voted Pacquiao, not Mayweather, No. 1 from October 2009 through April 2010.

Pacquiao fans complained in large numbers about the change at the top. Very few, though, actually made a point. Most – more than 95 percent, I’d estimate – resorted to ranting, name-calling and race-baiting.

Conveniently, nearly every one of those left off their last names, their e-mail addresses and/or their hometowns.

Lito Ferrer was one of the few who included his last name. However, Lito didn’t exactly cover himself with class in his response.

His entire response was; “How does it feel to be Mayweather Jr.’s [expletive]?”

He was classier than “nhissing,” however. This is the exact text of nhissing’s response, with expletives removed:

“why do you call yourself an “ELITE” you [expletive] moron, you are like your boss floyd mayweather jr. which you are in his payroll to wipe his [expletive], who call themselves great, you have one thing in common you are self proclaimers when nobody believes you are such…”

“Pzer” wasn’t profane but did pull out the race card: “Sir, Are your racist? We really think your against ASIAN! We don’t believe on that rankings. Before you despatch the number 1 you have to beat him first!”

On and on it went, with more cursing than in a Dana White news conference.

Mayweather and Pacquiao have lapped the field and are so much better than everyone else in contention now, it’s not even close. Either man would have been a worthy No. 1.

For the record, I’m neither anti-Asian nor anti-Pacquiao. Nor do I believe Mayweather can walk on water.

I do happen to believe that, right now, he’s ever so slightly better than Pacquiao. This will be debated endlessly, but let’s hope that the promoters do the right thing and get the fight made so Pacquiao and Mayweather and not a voting panel decides who’s best.

With that, let’s dive into this week’s boxing mailbag, where I answer your questions and comments.

this **** just got real
*******s ride or die for pacman like foreal

[-Antonio-]

People who voted for Mayweather can argue he was always number 1, and deserves his spot back after winning two in a row in the manner he did after his comeback.