I Love How People Are Downplaying Pac-Man Going For His Record 8th Division Title

[pasawayako]

The only people downplaying this is here in NSB which is very very few but the boxing fans will recognize this as an extra ordinay and unbelievable achievements so if i were u don't mind about the posters here that are jealous of pac.

[hugh grant]

Yep Floyd fans are worried that Pac will do a number on the almost middleweight Margarito so are getting the excuses in early that this is a nothing fight.

They should keep quiet then, and let boxing fans watch. At least Pac is putting his skills on display for his fans.

[the niggest]

It's for a vacant title at a catchweight against a proven cheater who wasn't that good to begin with. It's not even the catchweight that bother me the most, it's because it's for a title. What has Pac or Marg done at 154 for this to be for a title? They have barely fought at 154. If Pac wins he will be a paper belt holder, he won't be a real world champion. Honestly I would give more credit to Pac if he fought someone like Dzinziruk or even Cornelius Bundrage, atleast those guys are real world champions and are real 154 fighters they have won their titles the proper way without catchweight or a vacant title. For Pacquiao and Margarito to fight for the vacant WBC title without actually accomplishing anything at that weightclass is ridicilous.

[Castor_Troy]

Yeah yeah

Its not as impressive as the 1st 7.

Sasakul
Ledwabba
Barrera
Marquez
Hatton


Were the TOP guys of the division


Cotto is well still Cotto and Diaz is a belt Holder



Lets just not consider this as a Title.


Margarito is almost 6 feet Pac is 5'6
Similar Age


so what the heck lets just enjoy who knows pac might get knocked out on this one.

[#1Assassin]

WOW...just wow!

We are witnessing history in the making and all most can do is complain about it! If you would've told me 10 years ago,Manny Pacquiao would be going a title in an 8th division I wouldnt have believed you. Nobody, I repeat nobody has done it, not Ali,not SRR ,SRL,The Hitman(the real one lol)Duran or RJJ. De La Hoya is the closest with 6(ten titles tho!).
I dont really care for his opponent,Margarito but that has no bearing on Pac-Man putting himself in position to seize this illustrious opportunity. The naysayers say what has he done @ 154 to fight for a title? He can fight anyone else, why Margarito? I say all thats up for debate but whats not is, that Manny has conducted himself as the consumate professional and ambassador of our sport and has been rewarded as such. And the catchweight thing right? Well,as far as the catchweight goes, the limit for a jr. welterweight fight is 154 lbs, not the minimum. So if Margarito (really a 147lber) agrees then it is what it is. Dont hate the player hate the game.

u know what? i am starting to hate the game. the game is allowing the so called best to take one easy fight after another, and the public is so uneducated on boxing they cant tell theyre getting garbage fights. whats worse though is what being a world champion means these days. back in the day there was only one world champion, back in the last couple of eras there were a couple, but the titles still meant something. anyone who held a belt was a very good fighter, thus making it so amazing when arguello, hearns and leonard were moving up in weight beating them.

today all that means nothing, and ppl are breaking these legends records without even taking on challenges. bcuz the boxing public is fine with the so called best fighting the 3-6th best fighter in any given division and cant tell when they are really ducking certain fighters. pacquiao has done alot of impressive thing in his career, but lets be honest. these 8 division titles are due to the lack of prestige held by paper titles, lack of ability by the ppl who hold them and clever matchmaking. its all bull****.

casamyor was great champion, the legitimate 135lb champion, campbell held three belts and had several big wins. pacquiao fights david diaz who had no buisness being world champion to begin with, ppl say "ohh its his first fight in the division" after which pac moves up even further having blatantly ducked casamayor and campbell. after that he takes on a washed up miguel cotto who only held a belt himself bcuz of the boxing politics, winning a belt by beating michael jennings? give me a break.. now hes doing the same thing at 154.

again im not saying pacquiao hasnt achieved alot or isnt a great fighter, but those 8 division titles are less impressive than armstrongs 3, hearns' 5 or durans 4 just to name a few. its not just the about greatness of pacquiao but the decline of boxing also, and its dissrespectful to the greats of the past to ignore that.

[D-MiZe]

Catchweight ****.

"peeleft:

[minasyan]

People can't give respect to current fighters, in twenty thirty years people would look back at Pac and say he is one of the best ever.

[Beater_of_ass]

That is a flat out lie. Period. His last two title fights were against Cotto at a catchweight of 145, before that it was Hatton at 140, 140 is the limit for that division. What is your justification for telling the lie you just told?

It was badly worded by last two I meant this one coming up as well. I mean is there anyone who really thinks Margarito is going to win? Look what Mosley did to Marg and Manny is leagues ahead of Mosley at this point in his career.

[lfc19titles]

didnt suger ray lennord when a title at 175 at like a 167 catch weight?

[KickAzz]

honestly, I don't put much stock in the title pac and marg are fighting for, based on these two factors.

1) pac and marg have done nothin at 154 to be in contention for the belt
2) the belt is a vacant belt without a champion to defend it