Comments Thread For: Double Standard? Hopkins Praised, Pacquiao Smeared

[jrosales13]

I think he makes a good point, it goes along with Hopkins always playing the race card and getting a free pass but if its anyone's fault for that its the boxing media which Michael Marley is a part of. The media is so scared to say something negative about Hopkins that they simply choose to ignore his idiotic statements, and this is coming from someone who has followed B-Hop since 95. I like the dude, but he makes it harder and harder to keep liking him when he says the dumb **** that he says. I dont think he's juicing either, just as I dont think Manny is either but like or hate him Marley makes a good point in this article and I rarely say that about the guy. Hes right up there with that Ronnie Nathanelz dude or however you spell his damn name, I cannot stand to read articles from that dude.

Sorry dude, once I saw garcia and margarito in your sig, anything you say after that is discredited as far as boxing knowledge. Once you see those two guys in a sig, you can bet that some Manny hating is in the works.

So ******, I like Garcia as a trainer. I think he is a top trainer and I think he should be serious candidate for trainer of the year away along with Hunter(Ward trainer) and I call myself a Margarito fan. Yet Pac is my favorite active fighter. So to think just cuz somebody is a fan of both Marg and Garcia are Pac haters is ridiculous. Especially since both camps are cool with each other.

[jrosales13]

Are you kidding me...you know sometimes you people really need to think before opening your a$$...Now if Hopkins moved up to Heavyweight and start putting fighters on there back that outweighed him by 15 pounds or just destroying guys in the ring...then yes...I might suspect him of cheating....Maybe if he was the mayor of Philly and wasn't training properly and then goes out and busts up Pascal's face...then you might have point...

Again what Marley said and the comparison he made is ******. All of his articles are plain garbage. But, some of the reasoning and comparison that some of you posters make are just as idiotic.

[S IP U IR S xII]

I think he makes a good point, it goes along with Hopkins always playing the race card and getting a free pass but if its anyone's fault for that its the boxing media which Michael Marley is a part of. The media is so scared to say something negative about Hopkins that they simply choose to ignore his idiotic statements, and this is coming from someone who has followed B-Hop since 95. I like the dude, but he makes it harder and harder to keep liking him when he says the dumb **** that he says. I dont think he's juicing either, just as I dont think Manny is either but like or hate him Marley makes a good point in this article and I rarely say that about the guy. Hes right up there with that Ronnie Nathanelz dude or however you spell his damn name, I cannot stand to read articles from that dude.

Now thats a good job of being objective and looking from all angles. Not just getting all butt hurt like most posting right now. They get butt hurt because they are sheep......wanna be the one "whos in the know". Kind of like people who love a certain band, but the moment they get popular they then despise them and say EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT. Such BS....they just wanted to be one of those "few" cool people who knew something that no one else did. When Pac was coming up, it was cool to like him....now its cool to discredit everything he does and question EVERY DETAIL because hes on top of the sport.

Thats what most of these posters in this thread here are resembling.

I await the responses from all the comical, repetative, and emotional sheep. Dont forget the "red K" guys too!!!!!!!!! Need to make sure yall feel extra good.

[hitking]

In a sport like boxing, there's a way to put a positive or negative spin on just about anything. You can sit and make a logical arguement that Pacquaio is a phenom unlike we've ever seen and he's destroying one top flight big man after another. But on the other hand, you make a very logic arguement that Pac is doing nothing but fighting bigger guys that are coming off poor performances. The issue I have is that everything Pac does is spun in a positive light from the majority of the media. And even most of those who dare say anything negative about him simply deflect most fo the blame to those "in charge" of his career. There is a double standard in boxing. But the double standard benefits Pac far more than its bad for him.

[Elotero]

I do not know what is worse Marley article or this post.

However, Marley should be a professional, so his work is inexcusable.

You just dont like to hear the truth about Pac. You never did and I dont expect you to either since the oldest fight you ever watched was Hopkins vs Trinidad.

[cixthree]

If Bernard Hopkins needed a male cheerleader, I would be among the first to apply.

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Honestly, If B Hop were to be accused then decline testing, he'd be in the same if not bigger boat than Manny.
The question is, would B Hop decline testing like Manny did...?
The world may never know... just like with manny

[Mr. Philadel]

Waitaminutehere,did this guy just say that B-Hop cherrypicked the #1 lightheavyweight in the world,then compare that **** to Pacman choosing Mosley??If this dude can get a job writing,where do I sign up??

....that article is trash!!

[SluggerFan]

With Floyd Sr., it is definitely jealousy and maybe a little racism too. Filipino's are not a very tall race so the midget comments by Floyd Sr. could be construed as racist. But I believe it's jealousy more than anything. First, he has no problem 'training' (and I use that word lightly) Ricky Hatton but then after Pacman blasted him out of there, not only did Floyd Sr. not accompany his fallen fighter to the dressing room (like the scumbag he is), he then makes up the whole 'PEDs' fiasco. What Floyd Sr. needs to understand is that Pacquiao has become a complete fighter now by working hard and learning the trade from Roach. And now that Floyd Jr is in deep **** all Floyd Sr. can do is spew more nonsense. Why anyone cares what this crackhead, former drug dealing scumbag thinks is beyond me. He reminds me of Shaq where Shaq would accept all the appraise when he won but never the responsibility for losing. Floyd Sr. is a loser, plain and simple and needs to accept the fact that naturally gifted athletes can become better fighters when they have a great trainer (which Floyd Sr. is not)...

[jrosales13]

You just dont like to hear the truth about Pac. You never did and I dont expect you to either since the oldest fight you ever watched was Hopkins vs Trinidad.

[hitking]

Pascal for B-Hop was much like Baldomir for Mayweather. If you're logical or familar with the sport, you realize that they fought the then recognized champ in the division. If you're searching for something to b*tch about and criticize, you dismiss the fights because they were underdog champions. Its amazing to me how the same people will sit and act as if Pacquaio has done someing other worldly by winning titles in 8 divisions when 4 of those titles were a tissue thin as a paper title can be. Yet, you'll criticize others for fighting a clear-cut, universally recognized lineal champion.