Comments Thread For: Erik Morales Confirms Mayweather Rumor, Backs Marquez

[Brooklyn Iceman]

Morales...you are absolutely right!!!!

something was very out of the ordinary!!!hmm..? but what is about to happen right now in boxing is all positive...every boxers just wants to fight...high risk high reward,,,it will pay high dividend for Pac for sure and for other boxers too..

[Pin Galarga]

Natural Pacquiao doesn't hold a candle on a fight against Mayweather. He couldn't beat and older Marquez. Arista said: "You did it your way, now we do it my way" and Pacquiao will return Super and KO Marquez on a 4 fight. Mark my words.

[flint]

Shame on you Fraud MayFlower!!!! Stop stealing money from your fans and us. You are a coward!!

don't you mean manny pacquiao?

[tlarry]

From the horses mouth: May 5th wasn't for pacquiao/it's for morales!!!

AGAIN.... MAYWEATHER SEEKING TO DUCK PACQUIAO, then for Image Control, they rant and rave when Pacquiao talks about an April rematch with Marquez, a month ahead of Mayweather trying to sign Morales. THEN, Mayweather could have claimed, 'well, Manny won't fight me, won't take the test, so we settled for Morales'. OOPS, I guess it doesn't really sound that way. AGAIN, Mayweather had NO interest in fighting Pacquiao, and all along the "little fella" he referred to for May 5th, is Erik Morales. Floyd or Ellerbe NEVER mentioned Pacquiao, they were behind the scenes with their play on words, lining up Morales. It's all Image Control. Floyd Mayweather is gutless, a weasel, a punk with no character. Mayweather chose to fight Marquez, Mosley, and Ortiz rather than fight Manny, with $50M that's been on the table for 3 years now. Hell, Floyd wouldn't even fight Marcos Maidana who destroyed Victor Ortiz in 6 rounds. Instead, Floyd fights Ortiz; he wanted NO part of Maidana. If anything that came out of the mouth of Mayweather, Shaefer, or Ellerbe was credible, then these recent rants might hold water. But these three clowns are just the scum of Boxing.... throw in there with them, WBC President Jose Sulaiman. Tell Floyd to grow a pair.

[flint]

morales needs to shut up. last time i checked while watching 24/7 and reading boxingscene articles.pacquiao was very focused,brutallizing sparring partners,and taking this fight personal.now that pac got his ass whoopped.all of a sudden something was wrong with him. warquez spanked him.

[daddymon]

look a truth teller, bob dont want the mayweather fight never did only people may is afraid of the promoters, pac did not said he wound not take the test bob and fred said that. bob could not sleep a night if may ko his cash cow.

[MaZ X]

That foot stepping can be a real problem, intentional or otherwise.

Vaseline is the solution, as in some other situations when things are not going (in) as well as it should ; )

Roach should bring a ton of that stuff next time. What to do with it? Just smear it over the top of Manny's boxing shoes. That should take care of the crafty footwork. :-)

Pacquiao Dirty move vs Marquez
watch?v=B8ueS-NHAZU&list=FLAGtFBHT75GRKaWRG1NRkkw&index=4&feature=plpp_video

youtube

[Taylorslade]

This Pacquiao-gasm stuff is getting beyond a joke now.

I'm stumped at how many videos have been posted on Youtube regarding Marquez's so-called "Dirty Tactics" by stepping on Pacquiao's foot. At first, I was annoyed, then I realised something and it totally put my mind straight and reminded me about what kind of people we are dealing with here....

If HBO didn't make such a big deal out of the Orthodox Vs Southpaw outside/inside foot placement subject in the various shows made to promote the fight like 24/7 ....then these people wouldn't be talking about that at all because they have no idea what they are talking about. Anyone who has been watching boxing for a certain period of time outside of Manny Pacquiao, they would all tell you that this happens all the time, sometimes it's accidental, sometimes it's intentional, but it's one of those tricks of the trade, and one which I have seen Pacquiao do in the past.

Anybody who thinks that this foot business is a relativley new conspiracy, one that was intended to bring about the downfall of Manny Pacquiao....I encourage you to dig out 10 fights between Orthodox and Southpaw fighters, 10 from each decade if you like, and I guarantee that you will see this happening in no less than 8 out of those 10 fights.

Surely these people can't be THAT ******?

[Shogunofharlem1]

So their both ducking eachother. Who didnt know that?

[Taylorslade]

I agree 100% with the bold, good call man..... but I am not sure about your earlier comments regarding Pacquiao's supposed improvements..... but he is much stronger, no question.

Hey, I'm open for a sensible, well thought out debate regarding any of my opinions, it's refreshing to have someone respond to views on Pacquiao in a cool and respectful manner.

The things which I was mainly referring to regarding Pacquiao's improvements, are mainly his positioning and foot placement. He isn't as bad for it as he used to be of course, but I don't believe he will ever be able to stop himself from falling into his opponent square-on after he throws the straight left down the pipe. Even on recent videos of Mitt sessions with Freddie Roach, everytime he throws it on its own, he ends up out of position, off balance and in No Man's Land as far as range goes. A lot of the success which JMM had against Pacquiao on saturday was in one way or another related to this flaw in Manny's makeup.

That same flaw, is the one which I see playing a key role in the Mayweather fight, should it happen. Mayweather will draw Pacquiao into throwing the straight left down the middle, and will find himself eating the sharpest of counters with Floyd's straight right, and will visit the canvas several times as a result of this.