What happens if Pac didn't fought Oscar and just stayed at 135?

[Dagomba]

he had 1 fight there.

It's nobody but his own fault, I've mentioned who he could've fought at 135.

[Ryannn]

It's nobody but his own fault, I've mentioned who he could've fought at 135.

yes, but instead he went up two weight classes in a fight were almost nobody gave him a chance in.

what a pussy!

[checo01]

He ran from Casamayor, Bull Diaz, Campbell and Katsidiz. All would have been good fights. Marquez took care of three of them.

[empiricix]

He would've lost to Campbell, Soto or JMM.

That's why he ran scared and hid under ARum's dress.

Sure, that's why he fought the much smaller Dela Hoya, Hatton, Cotto and Margarito instead of fighting them scary guys. Oh wait, didn't he have a win and a draw with JMM already?

[Slick_Rick]

The De La Hoya fight was a blessing and a bit of a curse.

Blessing - You fight and beat De La Hoya, you become a superstar..

Curse - It stopped him campaigning at 135 & 140, these are the weights, IMO, he could have cemented himself as one of the best, if not the best in a particular weightclass. You could say Pac is great, which he is, but you can never really say he is in the top 3 guys ever at any particular weight.

[Tamis!]

He would've lost to Campbell, Soto or JMM.

That's why he ran scared and hid under ARum's dress.

Damn! You're kidding right?

So Pacquiao would've lost to those smaller guys rather than the likes of DLH, Hatton, Cotto, Clottey, Marg...

Either you're a hater or just plain ******!

[Dagomba]

yes, but instead he went up two weight classes in a fight were almost nobody gave him a chance in.

what a pussy!

You either ignore previous posts or you are simply too dumb to understand them. Roach said it himself how DLH was damaged goods, not able to pull the trigger, shot etc. They knew what they were up against.

[Uturn]

You either ignore previous posts or you are simply too dumb to understand them. Roach said it himself how DLH was damaged goods, not able to pull the trigger, shot etc. They knew what they were up against.

A washed up Hoya was still being tipped to win as he was to BIG and powerful for Pacquiao.

[empiricix]

He ran from Casamayor, Bull Diaz, Campbell and Katsidiz. All would have been good fights. Marquez took care of three of them.

If we apply the same logic used by Pac haters to discredit him, then:

JMM fought an old Casamayor who arguably lost to Santa Cruz, who was KO'd by David Diaz, who was claimed to be the weakest champ at 135.

JMM first fought Baby Bull after he was de-horned by Campbell and a second time after he was beaten by feather-fisted Paulie.

JMM fought Katsidis who struggled against Amonsot and lost by KO to the old Casamayor.

JMM ducked Campbell.

Conclusion:
JMM keeps his P4P career going by ducking slick, black American fighters while fighting old or one-dimensional, come-forward brawlers who were coming off devastating losses.

So that's how it works.

[empiricix]

A washed up Hoya was still being tipped to win as he was to BIG and powerful for Pacquiao.

That's an understatement! People seem to have forgotten that it was even considered to be a CIRCUS fight in which Pac had NO CHANCE of winning.