Manny Pacquaio: The Real Reason He Won't Fight Any Junior Welterweights

[War Dinamita]

And how would Freddie Roach manage training them both?


Pac gets his corner instruction in the even round and Khan in the odd ones?

Khan can always get another trainer.

We know Pac ain't **** without Roach.

[Khalid X]

Money talks in boxing.

What if he can make 40M fighting Manny in the UK? Do you think he would turn down that offer? I don't think so... people forget Khan doesn't love boxing and wants to quit boxing in a few years. He has said multiple times he wants to quit boxing in 3-4 years and do something else with his life. Khan also said he wants to fight boxers when they're declining in their career, so he might wait for Manny to get older before he fights Manny.

Okay this is a good point and if that is the case, then I can see a fight being made. He want's to fight Manny, he will have to do so without the services of Freddie Roach.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

It would be cool if Roach decided not to train either of them.

That would be fair.

[Buff Dickman]

By Douglas Batiste (Featured Columnist) on September 24, 2010

June 2008, Manny Pacquaio moved up in weight to fight David Diaz for his WBC Lightweight Championship.

Diaz was knocked out in the ninth round.

That would be the only time he fought in the weight class. The very next year, Pacquaio fought at Junior Welterweight for the first time in his career, and again he knocked Ricky Hatton out in the second round to win his first title and only title in that division.

Later that year, he fought Miguel Cotto at the Welterweight division at a catch weight of 145 pounds. He won that fight with a 12th-round stoppage, awarding him his first title in the Welterweight Division.

Since then, Manny Pacquaio hasn’t defended either belt at lightweight or Junior Welterweight. Floyd Mayweather would have been his first title defense at either weight class in almost two years if the negotiation were successful.

In the last two years, Manny Pacquaio has received three belts in three different weight classes. If he is successful November 13, that will be his fourth in two years.

Sounds real accomplished, but what’s also su****ious is none of the belts were ever defended.

I’m starting to think that Manny is not interested in fighting any top contenders in any of these weight classes. If he is able to put away Antonio Margarito for the vacated Super Welterweight WBC title, you can bet he won’t be defending that title either.


Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquaio is the dream fight, but right now seems really unlikely, since Floyd is having personal battles of his own.

Although we don’t have Floyd Mayweather, we still have the other person in that equation, and he’ll fight anyone. At least that’s what Top Rank is selling, but I’ve been observing closely, and I’ve realized its one place he won’t go.

The Junior Welterweight is full of great talent: Timothy Bradley, Devon Alexander, Amir Khan, and Juan Marquez. The problem with this division is only the informed boxing fan will recognize these names and the talent they possess.

Right now, this division is not a money bag, but if you insert one name “Manny Pacquaio,” this division will reign supreme.

All of these fighters present a great threat to Pac-Man’s career because they all can fight. They are young, smart, and no one is one-dimensional.

These guys are not the walk-in, straight-line fighters Freddie Roach typically pairs his fighter against. In 2009, after beating Ricky Hatton, Pacquaio didn’t stick around to allow them to expose him either.

By far, destroying Miguel Cotto was his greatest accomplishment, but what is getting overwhelmingly obvious is Manny Pacquaio, for the last few years has been fighting losers instead of winners. De La Hoya, Hatton, Cotto, Clottey, and now Margarito make up his last five fights, and all suffered career-changing losses right before he chose to fight them.

Boxing has always been a sport where your last fight determines your future. If you win, your chances to fight the best increases; if you lose, you go to the end of the line.

Somehow, Top Rank and Manny Pacquaio have rerouted the map to the top. In recent history, only if you lose in a big fight can you qualify to fight Manny Pacquaio.

Nice try...stop crying now..

[Franco2012]

Why would Welterweight champion PACQUIAO fight freakin lightwelterweights.

Floyd is only one who is fighting smaller guys,he fights even lighter guys like JMM

[War Dinamita]

It would be cool if Roach decided not to train either of them.

That would be fair.

Manny would never fight without Roach because he knows he would lose without Roach.

Manny doesn't have the boxing IQ and know how to make adjustments everyone round without Roach. He has no chance of beating Floyd without Roach because he needs Roach to come up with the game plan and tell me what to do after every round.

Do you think he would beat Floyd with Buboy as his trainer instead of Roach?

[Squizz]

Khan's chin has improved since his fight with Prescott and people will see that against Maidana.

Uhhhhhhhhhh. How exactly does one go about improving their chin? Maybe his defense is better, but his chin is still the same. Let's make that perfectly clear.

[War Dinamita]

Uhhhhhhhhhh. How exactly does one go about improving their chin? Maybe his defense is better, but his chin is still the same. Let's make that perfectly clear.

How do you know that?

So Manny's chin did not improved since he first started fighting?

[jrosales13]

Khan's chin has improved since his fight with Prescott and people will see that against Maidana.

I'll bet any amount of points Khan does not get KO against Maidana.

I think he would beat Maidana. But, who is to say Khan chin is still not good. Maidana IMO doesn't have the skills to test it. He might have the power but not the skillset. He has problems with guys who can move. And, Khan can move. Cayo was giving him issues and and a washed up shot Corley was giving him issues. So I have no doubt that Khan will have no problem with Maidana.

But, that doesn't mean his chin is still not weak. Why is Margarito chin crack? Becasue, Shane KO'd him? At the time the hardest hitting WW? There is still not enough evidence to say Marg chin is crack.

Yet you pointed that out and not for Khan? Which IMO makes no sense.

They way you wrote your posts is that there are no pros for Marg just cons and there are no cons for Khan just pros. And, IMO that is far fetch to think that way.

[jrosales13]

I'm going by facts... Khan dropped Manny in sparring with a body shot.

So what? That means what exactly?

Nothing in a real boxing fight right?