Is Pacquiao bad for boxing?

[Saddlebred]

Yup!

He and PBF are bad examples of what boxing should, I can't wait till they both leave cause neither one is helping the sport.

I just want Floyd to stfu and stay retired for good and Pacquiao to either get ktfo and retire or just retire...either or the sport and boxing community will be better off.

[PACnPBFsuck]

You people are ******. Incredibly ******. Is one of the greatest fighters ever bad for boxing?

NO. NOT EVEN CLOSE. EVEN CHERRY PICKING HE IS DOING THINGS MOST FIGHTERS CAN'T. EVEN CHERRY PICKING HE IS HELPING KEEP THE SPORT ALIVE. EVERYONE WHO SAYS HE IS BAD FOR BOXING, GTFO YOU ARE A F***ING MORON.

Wrong, he's not keeping the sport alive, thinking about it. He has a million PPV every time he fights, yet every other PPV which doesn't have him or PBF can't get over 250K buys.

If you say he's keeping himself alive, then ill agree with you, but to say he's keeping the sport alive, ill have to disagree with you, sorry dude.

[bojangles1987]

Wrong, he's not keeping the sport alive, thinking about it. He has a million PPV every time he fights, yet every other PPV which doesn't have him or PBF can't get over 250K buys.

If you say he's keeping himself alive, then ill agree with you, but to say he's keeping the sport alive, ill have to disagree with you, sorry dude.

Their are only two boxers who can actually get the casual audience excited enough for the rest of the sporting world to take notice. Floyd Mayweather is one of them, Manny Pacquiao is the other. Without them boxing would go through a very rough period while trying to build someone else to that level. So yes, Pacquiao is helping keep the sport relevant and alive.

[PACnPBFsuck]

Their are only two boxers who can actually get the casual audience excited enough for the rest of the sporting world to take notice. Floyd Mayweather is one of them, Manny Pacquiao is the other. Without them boxing would go through a very rough period while trying to build someone else to that level. So yes, Pacquiao is helping keep the sport relevant and alive.

So you're saying that if he and Floyd retired that our sport would suffer, I doubt that. The sport is suffering with them active, nothing would change for the exception of their die hard fans which keep paying their bills would leave with them, and the majority of their fans don't even know who Khan or most other fighters are.

[Larry the boss]

wow..just wow..what kinda dumbass question is this??

[RL_GMA]

[Alibata]

just as I expected... The pole who thought pac was bad would consist of mostly *****s followed by disgruntled mexicans, still waiting on that puerto rican.

[Walt Liquor]

*** no he's not. he's exciting, and a huge draw.

he's a good ambassador for the sport and a true badass.

[CubanGuyNYC]

An Asian fighter who's managed to grab the imagination of the American public, to the point of being courted by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to his stadium can only be good for the sport. An athlete who projects childlike charisma, while dismantling bigger men in the ring can't be bad for the sport.

All sports need a positive image. Whether you like Manny as a fighter, or whether you dislike his contractual demands makes little difference. His is the story of a dirt-poor child from nowhere, who rose to become a world renowned, fabulously wealthy, superstar athlete. It's the stuff of legend, and people are attracted like moths to a flame. Those very people are being recruited to the boxing masses. By definition, this is good for the sport.

[Saddlebred]

An Asian fighter who's managed to grab the imagination of the American public, to the point of being courted by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to his stadium can only be good for the sport.

??? his last two fights have been at Jerry Jones stadium...obviously the guy who is getting a ton of money renting out his stadium is going to be happy...boxing just isn't popular in America compared to other sports...most people don't know and don't care who Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr are. Anybody you ask on the street could list several active baseball players, football players, basketball players...but if you asked them who is Manny Pacquiao or who is Floyd Mayweather Jr, probably 7 out of 10 people would have no clue and the other 3 out of 10 would know who both are...I don't know where this idea that Pacquiao is this huge superstar in America came from, but it just isn't the case. Plenty of people know who C Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Lionel Messi are here in the states, but the vast majority don't know and don't care. The same goes for Pacquiao and Mayweather. America doesn't give a ****.

I watch SportsCenter everyday...they only talk about boxing if someone dies, someone gets arrested, a really old fighter retires, other than that it gets a short little 2 minute segment after a huge fight. Boxing is pretty much dead in America.