Mayweather/Pacquiao's ducked fighters list!!!

[Khalid X]

So Pacquaio fights Marquez for the lineal title, who was ranked #1, instead of Valero (a prospect) and Guzman and that is considered ducking/cherry picking? Damn the level of ******ity on these forums continues to amaze me.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Raheem,Campbell and Guzman were no where near the top of any division..im talking about big names..big fights that we the public and the boxing world called for..

Williams was campaigning at 147 for a few straight years when he wanted Mayweather..May didnt want anything to do with that plan..or fighting Rito or Cotto..or Shane until this year..

Who has Manny avoided...Valero was barely coming up and couldnt even get licensed anywhere but Texas..raheem? lol what with 1 win vs morales..no..guzman had he continued his path up..yeah i can see that..but even guzman hasnt fought anybody ****..

come on guys..the list is still Mayweather ducked 5..Pac 2..

Come on man, we're not tryin' to hear that shit. You do know that Soto was an option for Pacquiao, right after Guzman dominated Soto. Arum was close to making that happen. So I ask, why not Guzman? Also, Zahir Raheem badly outclassed Erik Morales, so why shouldn't he have been an option? Your making a lot of excuses man.

[madsweeney]

Come on man, we're not tryin' to hear that shit. You do know that Soto was an option for Pacquiao, right after Guzman dominated Soto. Arum was close to making that happen. So I ask, why not Guzman? Also, Zahir Raheem badly outclassed Erik Morales, so why shouldn't he have been an option? Your making a lot of excuses man.

Was Raheem not campaigning at 135? Wasn't Pac hanging out at 130? So Pac is supposed to move up a weight class because Morales lost?

[TxHustla]

Come on man, we're not tryin' to hear that shit. You do know that Soto was an option for Pacquiao, right after Guzman dominated Soto. Arum was close to making that happen. So I ask, why not Guzman? Also, Zahir Raheem badly outclassed Erik Morales, so why shouldn't he have been an option? Your making a lot of excuses man.

Why would Pacquiao fight a prospect when he had DLH,Hatton on the table..are u ******ed? lol

Raheem? he came out of nowhere and beat morales..1 ****ing fight..he doesnt belong in the sentence as all the other fighters he fought..tell me then..what easier and lesser known opponent did Manny fight then instead of Zahir? tell me please..

[infamous larryx]

this thread is so biased its sickening....every senerio ya'll make for floyd can be made for manny.....so kill this thread or stop posting bull****

[infamous larryx]

Why would Pacquiao fight a prospect when he had DLH,Hatton on the table..are u ******ed? lol

Raheem? he came out of nowhere and beat morales..1 ****ing fight..he doesnt belong in the sentence as all the other fighters he fought..tell me then..what easier and lesser known opponent did Manny fight then instead of Zahir? tell me please..

why would floyd fight margo/cotto when he had the linear champ baldo..and oscar and hatton lined up???see the bull**** you're spewing??

[odogg8121]

Dude if your point is floyd ducked cotto and marg but you wont point out the truth, ie floyd fought baldo and odh for more money after buying out top rank deal then its pointless to discuss.

Same with Manny. People say manny ducked zahir raheem. The truth is morales fight was signed and everythind was worked out ahead of time. Manny fighting zahir made no business sense whatsoever. Duck, coward, cherry pick, etc etc are terms used by posters that fail to grasp the economic realities of the boxing business.

Bottom line, floyd and manny , when they were with top rank, were matched against opponents by bob goodman who was just inducted into the HOF. Before manny got there Murad Muhammad made him look bad by not matching him smartly. After floyd left he made millions more than BOb said he would.

Ducking, cherry picking, etc have nothing to do with it.

wow just close the thread; this is dead right. I agree 100%

[Doctor_Tenma]

Why would Pacquiao fight a prospect when he had DLH,Hatton on the table..are u ******ed? lol

Raheem? he came out of nowhere and beat morales..1 ****ing fight..he doesnt belong in the sentence as all the other fighters he fought..tell me then..what easier and lesser known opponent did Manny fight then instead of Zahir? tell me please..

I was never fond of Pacquiao vs. Valero, unless you think I'm talkin' about that, which I'm not.

[infamous larryx]

So Pacquaio fights Marquez for the lineal title, who was ranked #1, instead of Valero (a prospect) and Guzman and that is considered ducking/cherry picking? Damn the level of ******ity on these forums continues to amaze me.

so floyd fights baldo for the linear title who was ranked #1 instead of margo and cotto and thats ducking??

[Doctor_Tenma]

Was Raheem not campaigning at 135? Wasn't Pac hanging out at 130? So Pac is supposed to move up a weight class because Morales lost?

One, I'm not saying he was "suppose to". I'm saying that I would have liked to see it, especially since Pacquiao hasn't faced that kind of style.