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

[punchmehard]

Lol this guy and Ronnie are the worst writers ever always making a new article every week to try and defend Pac if theres nothing to hide why do you insist on making article after article pleading why hes clean? He can man up and do it himself by just taking OST as all boxers should.

1. Bernard fought at Middleweight and then went straight to Light Heavy and didnt carry his power up with him. Pacquiao went from 106 to 147 and is still wobbling guys twice his natural size. Bernard never really had Pascal hurt he just outboxed him because he executed his gameplan perfectly and listened to his trainer. So I dont understand how you can even compare the accusations of PEDS from Pac to BHop.

And about Hopkins cherry picking lol what a load of crap he went in there and fought Pascal who had just dethroned Dawson in his previous fight. Hopkins is 45 years old and hes fighting fresh champs. Pacquiao is 32 and hes fighting past prime fighters you tell me whos taking the harder comp. You also talked about him not fighting Andre Ward or Lucian Bute? If I remember correctly those are Super Middleweights not Light Heavyweights and Ward is obligated to the Super Six while Bute is obligated to fighting bums. I dont understand where they stated they wanted to jump to 175 anytime soon so that is the ******est comparison you could use. Seriously boxingscene needs to cut loose some of these wack ass biased reporters.

BTW I dont even like Hopkins lol hes a boring dirty fighter(usually), but he aint on PEDs he just knows how to execute gameplans and win fights.

Pac never carried his power to the welters.. he wins mostly by TKO not a single KO punch except for Hatton who dived himself to meet the punch. Its the accumulation of punches that makes him win.

[Rolaz]

Why can't they appreciate ACCOMPLISHMENTS of any Boxer?

If, they ever doubt or suspecious on the performance of any particular Boxer why can't they file formal complaints, bring along with them sufficient evidence to Proper Govt. Authorities/Agencies?

[badass316]

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=448696


Dude bit my thread.

LOL

Your thread was actually the first thing that popped into my mind when I read this article. You should tell him to give you some credit since I think he got the idea from your thread.

[punchmehard]

Actually the double standard is that Legendary fighters Julio Cesar Chavez, Pernell Whitaker, Felix Trinidad, Oscar DeLaHoya etc all went up in weight and lost power somewhere and were eventually defeated and only one fighter (coincidenlty during the Steroid Age) is doing this successfully now but somehow it not steroids, just hard work and prayers. What makes it even more bizarre is that Asian fighters don't typically do very well above 118 pounds. Add to that the division Manny is supposed king of has been dominted by black or latino fighters for many many years, a lone filipino dominating seems unusual in a division where there are no other filipinos. On top of this there are the examples of him getting hurt and stunned by featherweights but not welterweights? Add to that the "amazing physical performances" and you have a perfect profile of a steroid user. You just cant believe it because your filipino bias or whatnot.

"Asian fighters don't typically do very well above 118 pounds." - LOL funny you equate Asian people to lower boxing divisions.

[Biolink]

Boxingscene really ruins its credibility by having him write here.

And its not even about the content, but the articles are just poorly written and very amateurish at that. Like written by a High School student doing editing for the school newspaper.

One thing he has going for him is that he's polarizing(Because he's just generally terrible) so when he says something you know its automatically gonna get hits.

I knew who wrote it, because of the title of the thread. I clicked it myself just to confirm if I was write or not, and sure enough...

Boxingscene really needs to post the name of the writers for each article. People should have a choice on if they want to contribute the penny per view or whateve the writer's get paid to each writer's article.

[punchmehard]

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

Do you have some comprehension? Manny never declined to any testing made by some Primadonna ( who wanted a big poster of himself beside Britney spears during the Castillo fight), he gave in but didn't like the cut off dates. If it was a Nevada testing protocol, Pac will never decline.

[BoxingTech718]

It's not about it being Pac or Hopkins, any athlete that declines fair testing is going to get negative speculation. The public has been this way for a long time now it didn't start with Pac and it won't end with him. Take the damn test and wipe your tears with the cash you will make from the fight.

[spazdarn]

micky marley so your all ears? pacman takes shots from little dudes at the lower weights, gets kod twice,gets dropped by a straight left,does chicken dances, all from shots by small dudes, goes up throgh the weights and puts on 3 stone, becomes faster,twice stronger, increases stamina better than a hyena, walks through punches from guys weighing upwards of 150,can punch as hard if not harder than guys upwards of 150 and finally is the only boxer known today who refuses to take a simple blood test randomly to win himself 50 million dollars, any wonder people are su****ous. pac needs to set the example, is,nt he an honest congressman now?

Mayweather and Pacquiao both fought at 106 at the age of 16 (difference is Manny went pro quicker) and both campaign at 147 now. Does that mean Floyd's on drugs too, his skills and speed haven't wained over the years either.

And if it were still only about the drugs testing we'd have heard from Floyd on the matter by now, the fact that he claimed he knew nothing of any negotiations only after weeks of media coverage (when he could have said nothing was going on at anytime during this time) makes me think he never wanted the fight. It's hardly coincidental that he tried to "save boxing" with his drug testing idea when talk of a fight with Manny came to fruition. Why didn't he try to "save boxing" ten fights ago, or twenty. If he's so anti drugs, why did Mosley get a payday off him? Mosley wasn't drug tested as strenuously as they wanted Pacquiao to be either...

Doesn't add up to me...

You can say what you want about Pacquiao, and I think it's natural to have doubts considering how well he's done, but he's still fighting, he made himself available/open to the fight. It's very unusual and in fact very unlike Mayweather not to retort in some fashion. I don't really buy the spending time with his family thing, he's not long out of a 2 year retirement. Obviously the incidents since would have curtailed any match but still, he's unlike him not to get a word in.

I don't want to hear from his dad, or his uncle either... he'll suffice.

[spazdarn]

It's not about it being Pac or Hopkins, any athlete that declines fair testing is going to get negative speculation. The public has been this way for a long time now it didn't start with Pac and it won't end with him. Take the damn test and wipe your tears with the cash you will make from the fight.

Pacquiao turned down addition testing at the beginning. They also said that if the boxing commission were to change the rules so the blood testing was required, they would comply.

[punchmehard]

micky marley so your all ears? pacman takes shots from little dudes at the lower weights, gets kod twice,gets dropped by a straight left,does chicken dances, all from shots by small dudes, goes up throgh the weights and puts on 3 stone, becomes faster,twice stronger, increases stamina better than a hyena, walks through punches from guys weighing upwards of 150,can punch as hard if not harder than guys upwards of 150 and finally is the only boxer known today who refuses to take a simple blood test randomly to win himself 50 million dollars, any wonder people are su****ous. pac needs to set the example, is,nt he an honest congressman now?

You're funny. Do your research first before you say this garbage. Pac who was dropped in the lower weights didn't have proper nutrition, heck his gym equipment was not complete and some were substandard. he is not faster than the lower weights and he has not retained his power, his work rate is very high and he wins mostly by accumulation of punches. His chin has always been granite.

Refusing the tests doesn't warrant su****ion because its not the governing body who asked for it. Have you heard about Asian culture and people who stick to their principles than getting money?

WHAT IS MORE SU****IOUS THAN PACQUIAO DECLINE MAYWEATHER'S CUT OFF WAS THE REQUEST OF THE TEST ITSELF.