Comments Thread For: Team Pacquiao: We Want Outdo Mayweather, Not Martinez

[V.WEBB]

I totally agree and I would also go as far as saying team Pac inadvertently made it obvious that this was the case.

Absolutely, it sucks that some gullible fans can't see that.

[Ryannn]

I don't care about Golden boy or Top Rank at the end of the day Mosley was considered a threat back then hence them wanting him to come down to 143 now he hasn't picked up a win in over 2 years and he is now 40 team pac give the go ahead to fight at 147....what a joke

im not hating but when your past three opponents are Clottey,Margarito and Mosley I don't think you should hold onto top p4p status with that level of opponent.

nobody wants the mosley fight at this point. not even the *******s.

but you were asking that if there was any other reason why pacquiao would face it now. and i stated shane's ties with gbp is probably it. which apparently, you don't care about

smh

[V.WEBB]

Yeah but all the talk of Mosley wanting to fight Pacquiao didn't start until he was already set to fight Cotto. We've seen the last couple years that Arum has guys in mind for Pacquiao to fight before he has even finished his ongoing fight, and Cotto was ready to be made the second Hatton hit the canvas. So Mosley opening his mouth about wanting to fight Pacquiao when was already going to fight Cotto means nothing to me.

And there was also a video interview that Shane did on ESPN in April 09 and he said that he wanted the winner of Pac-Hatton. He didn't just start talking about it AFTER the Manny-Cotto fight was already "finished" or being discussed.

[IMDAZED]

but did he?

no. he stuck with gbp.

He didn't "stick with them." He begged for a Pacquiao fight and got turned down. Then went back to using them but he wasn't fighting under their banner. The fight was there to be made. They wanted to fight the guy he beat up instead.

[fcastro1]

its not pacs last fight so stop getting your knickers in a bunch. pacs staying active while floyd is not fighting at all. and you ***ing clowns would rather trash pac. truth is, fighting decent fighters is a whole lot better than not fighting at all. Thats the real robbery, claiming to be the best, claiming to reclaim his spot, then have 2 fights rob the public then retire. But of course pac is the worst thing in the sport of boxing llololololol

[bojangles1987]

This is from MAY 2009. Shane was willing to drop down to fight Manny.

http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/blo...month/may-2009

It says in the same article that Cotto was going to be Pacquiao's opponent if he beat Clottey. Which he did. Which is why that fight happened.

[Ryannn]

He didn't "stick with them." He begged for a Pacquiao fight and got turned down. Then went back to using them but he wasn't fighting under their banner. The fight was there to be made. They wanted to fight the guy he beat up instead.

who was coincidentally, a top rank fighter.

[V.WEBB]

It says in the same article that Cotto was going to be Pacquiao's opponent if he beat Clottey. Which he did. Which is why that fight happened.

Not sure if you saw this post...I added it later.

And there was also a video interview that Shane did on ESPN in April 09 and he said that he wanted the winner of Pac-Hatton. He didn't just start talking about it AFTER the Manny-Cotto fight was already "finished" or being discussed.

[SCEN3RY]

Yea...when you can just outdo this person by FIGHTING them.

that's fair. But that's not the fight at hand, should that mean that Pacquiao shouldn't try to win decisively? It all comes down to being a boxer, and looking for a decisive win, which isn't solely the "pacquiao gameplan" it's EVERY fighters plan.

[IMDAZED]

who was coincidentally, a top rank fighter.

Yeah. But nothing was stopping them from fighting Mosley. Wasn't like another promoter would get a share of the cut. So that's irrelevant. You pay the fighter regardless.