If Pacman somehow loses this fight boxing is dead for the near future

[DondiNeverLeft]

Pacquiao is also a suspect cheater. What kind of none cheater refuses any kind of test? He did.

And for "boxing is dead" cries HOW DARE YOU say people only want to see Pacquiao and "a few other select fighters" fight? That is utter Bull_****. True boxing fans love many more fighters other than just Manny.

And wtf is up with the logic "loss = crap and no longer worth seeing"???? Unless he is killed in the ring, Manny will be back even if he loses. He has lost before, it's not like he is unbeatable.

As much as I dislike Cheato I hope he beats Pac very bad. This weight crap needs to stop and a Manny beating will do just that.
Not to mention Pac is the one that gave the cheater a chance so I hope the cheater capitalizes on Pacs name.

[Foolkiller]

Losing is not the end of the world clitus. It's all in how fought, I've been a Marg fan for years and years. I've seen him high as the clouds and low as the dirt, but he always fought his ass off and never gave up. I respect him for going out on his shield in the Mosley fight. He said it best himself "Yo me muero en la raya." (I will die on the line), that my friend is what you call heart. Regardless of which of these two great warriors loses their is the chance that neither will lose in the eyes of the fans. If Pac goes down fighting against a man who is much bigger, I will still respect him. If Tony were to leave it all in the ring, but lose to the current best fighter in the world I would understand.

[p4p-champ]

lol boxing will only be dead to the *******s aboard the hype train.

[SryNoAutographs]

Another idiot who thinks boxing is some kind of brain surgery.

So who do you think will win in this fight if you're so bright.

This is a fight I cant specificially make a choice.

- If Marg has been using illegal wraps more than just when he got caught against Mosley, or if Marg is over the hill and washed up since he had a layoff after losing his license and hasn't fought an elite caliber opponent in a min.. then Pac-Man wins by KO.

- BUT, if Margarito still has something left in him after all the stuff going on lately, and is the same fighter who used to be called "The Most Feared Man in Boxing" then Margarito should win.

So depending which Margarito is left will end up playing a role into the fights outcome.

[Check]

I think you should of rephrased it and should of said Boxing would be dead to the casual sports fan. Pacquaio and Mayweather are superstars but the sport isn't going anywhere. HBO and SHO will still be showing boxing when those two guys are long and gone and if they were to ever stop a lesser station would pick them up and that might not be so bad either. Say ESPN started to get more fights because fighters couldn't demand the same type of pay. Not only would it be able to be seen by more people, it would get more exposure in the news and we would probably get better fights. IMO, the high dollar that great boxers demand and HBO in general is why the sport is suffering so a Pacquaio loss would possibly be a blessing in disguise.

[esconore]

Boxing won't be dead to us, the true boxing fans. However, I think boxing would be dead to the mainstream again. As much as people on this forum hate to admit it, boxing without the mega stardom of Floyd and Pacquaio, would be a step backward for boxing's interest to the casual fans and media.

We have a lot of talent and some star power in boxing, but grooming these boxers to be on a status similar to Floyd and Manny won't happen overnight.

[sNiTcH]

Im a pac fan but i'll tell you, even if manny will lose/die, boxing will still remain

[imscythe]

boxing will not die if Pac leaves the sport or loses his fight with Marg.

But definitely it will hurt boxing popularity when Pac retires. He brought a lot of casual fans, non boxing fans (before Pac came) into the sport.

[#1Assassin]

Another idiot who thinks boxing is some kind of brain surgery.

So who do you think will win in this fight if you're so bright.

boxing is a very complicated sport, u need to follow the sport closely for some time before u will understand the mechanics of a fight at the highest level. in other words the so called idiot u responded to is right, mainstream fans who as he put it seen pacs last 4 fights and think they know the sport are wrong.

and as for pac-margarito pac will win easily, margarito is tailor made for him. strenght alone cant overcome what pac has, unless u have 1 punch KO power which tony doesnt. hes too slow and predictable to hit pac and as hes plodding straight forward throwing wide punches with close to no defense pac will **** him up. mismatch.

[Eric Holder]

Only to the *******s.

lol pretty much, boxing was around before Pac and it'll be around a long time after...no one person is bigger than the sport


plus there's so many new exciting young fighters, truthfully a bunch of the stars could retire today and we'd still have

Canelo
JuanMa
Khan
Bradley
Gamboa
Bam Bam
Ward
Angulo
Kirkland

and a bunch of other guys that I forgot to mention