Comments Thread For: Pacquiao Was in The Dark on Jump From HBO To Showtime

[Kagami Taiga]

De La Hoya

LOL....basically the two smartest boxers turned businessmen in this decade. what does that tell u???

[AIR_KENG]

manroid doesnt know anything including what fans want to seee the guy is in his own reality,no respect for the fans.

He is willing to engage more in a fight where he can easily box circles around his opponents. Know why? Because the fans like action and punching in boxing. He does not have to stay on the ropes but he's willing to stay there just to 'force' the action when another fighter is unwilling to let his hands go. And you say he does not have respect for the fans?

[mathed]

LOL, why would it even make a difference to Pac what channel boadcasts his fight? As long as he gets paid his 20 million and the contract stuff is met, he is just going to show up on fight night and make noise with his fists.

[straightleft]

Its always somebody else fault when it comes to this ****in guy. He didn't know about the network switch....Really Pacman?! This guy ****in knew, just like he knows HBO is owned by Time Warner, which owns Time Magazine who named his azz one of 2009's most influential people. He's playing dumb cause he just left the 2ND largest media company in the world to do business with the 4TH largest media company in the world., and he wants to keep the door open with HBO.

You people respect this guy like he's a saint, but he is nothing more than a common street hustler out for the biggest check he can find. He has turned his fans into propaganda puppets, who support his every move even if it means bad business for the sport.

HBO should say **** this guy and out with old in with new, because he is one brutal Mayweather azz kicking away from being just another a nostalgic figure to only his fan boys.

He already told you....

Don't let your Pac hate consume you and cloud your judgement. Pac said
after every fight during the interview. "I'm just a fighter. I let my promoter Bob Arum to do his job." "Anytime, anywhere".

[indystress]

1. He created MP Promotions and has fighters on his payroll. That makes him a promoter. So your saying he has no control over his own business affairs?

dude, it has nothing to do with pac/MP Promotions...its between TOP RANK and CBS/SHOWTIME whos doing business. pacs job is to sign the contract...then fight...who gives a sh/t if its on hbo or showtime? only *****s dig deep to say anything negative pac related

as for MP Promotions...im sure its under the guidance of arum/top rank

[p4p-champ]

seems staged to me

but who knows

Yea because its a great PR move to make Manny look dumb and powerless.

[War Dinamita]

like what i said, hes payin koncz to handle this to look out for his best interest. thats why manny has a team that works for him so he can just lay back, train, fight and make money and to not worry about anything outside that. and switching to CBS and showtime will make him more money.

That would make sense if Koncz was actually working for Pac and looking out for Pac's best interest. Koncz works for Arum and does what makes them the most money. Manny doesn't know about a lot of things that goes behind the scenes in his camp.

Didn't Arum say he paid Pac 15M for purse, but Pac actually got around 10M for the fight?

[Seleção No. 13]

Man this thread has really become a Pacquiao putty party. Pacquiao fans answer me this, how is this guy one of Time magaInes 100 most influential people when you his own fans claims he is ignorant and getting taken advantage of...explain this to me someone.

What a ****ing ****** question. You really think they put him on that list because of what goes on behind the scenes? He's on there because he's popular and powerful due to boxing and cultural influence, not because he's business savy. Wtf.

[Eastbay Giant]

Don't let your Pac hate consume you and cloud your judgement. Pac said
after every fight during the interview. "I'm just a fighter. I let my promoter Bob Arum to do his job." "Anytime, anywhere".

I'm talking about Pacquiaos relationships with multi
media conglomerates, and your calling me a hater for speaking on things you obviously you know
nothing about.

[Kevin Malone]

Why would Pacquiao even care? He knows how much money he's gonna make and he's already signed the contract. He knows it's up to Arum and Co. to make these type of decisions.