Comments Thread For: Arum in The Dark on Pacquiao's Preferred Opponent

[Mike D]

Thats the thing though, i think Mannys Max weight it 147, and 150 cw was really pushing it. We as fans want the most delicious fights that generate the most hype, but they dont always make sense from a boxing standpoint. I think Floyd "could" continue at 154, but i would not recommend it, as 147 is where he is dominant right now, and 154 i think he gets KO'd if he fights Canelo just due to size alone. Guess what im getting at.....sometimes fighters make special circumstances to make fights we want to see, which is great, but at the end of the day, no one is ever really satisfied, because it now becomes tales of excuses for one of the fighters.

Great post. Best of the thread by a mile.

[twosweethooks]

So are you going to get rid of Arum?

I don't know but I won't be surprised this time if Pac don't get down with Arum and tell him get me the JR fight or we are done.

Just for the record mang, I don't pull for promoters !!!!!

[S IP U IR S xII]

I put this up already and have said it for years. But no double standards for manny. if you expect floyd to fight chavez tham have the same expectations for manny.

Look man im right there with you on that...i just would not advise it to either fighter. It would not end well for either guys. I would not rip Floyd if he never fights Sergio asi would definitely understand why. Same goes for Manny. Both guys belong at 147.

[The Big Dunn]

Thats the thing though, i think Mannys Max weight it 147, and 150 cw was really pushing it. We as fans want the most delicious fights that generate the most hype, but they dont always make sense from a boxing standpoint. I think Floyd "could" continue at 154, but i would not recommend it, as 147 is where he is dominant right now, and 154 i think he gets KO'd if he fights Canelo just due to size alone. Guess what im getting at.....sometimes fighters make special circumstances to make fights we want to see, which is great, but at the end of the day, no one is ever really satisfied, because it now becomes tales of excuses for one of the fighters.

if floyd wants 2 mil ppv on may 5th, he risks getting hurt by Canelo (which isn't something I see happening). If he wants 6 titles in 6 weight classes, fight the sergio. chavez winner at 160.

SRL did this **** to Lalonde. It was ***** then its ***** now. No catchweight title fights where the champ has to come down.

[shade darkar]

If manny is as good as floyd, they should have the same expectations. if floyd is expected to fight sergio, same should go for manny. I'm tired of the double standard. Manny can make 154, he just would be smaller, just like floyd was smaller.

disagree completely.

whos better suited to 154? a guy who is 5 foot 8 and an arm length of 26" or a guy that is 5 foot 6 and has an arm length of 23" ?

[4Corners]

If I were Manny, I'd say Mayweather and no one else. Of course, we don't even know what Floyd's up to.

[The Big Dunn]

disagree completely.

whos better suited to 154? a guy who is 5 foot 8 and an arm length of 26" or a guy that is 5 foot 6 and has an arm length of 23" ?

your comparison makes no sense. If they 5'8 guy is celestin caballero well he isn't best suited for 154 is he? its not about theory, its about the 2 fighters and who they should face if they don't face each other.

If you say well floyd should go up and face sergio then the same should apply to manny.

[shade darkar]

your comparison makes no sense. If they 5'8 guy is celestin caballero well he isn't best suited for 154 is he? its not about theory, its about the 2 fighters and who they should face if they don't face each other.

If you say well floyd should go up and face sergio then the same should apply to manny.

im not saying floyd should go up and fight sergio. im saying he is better suited to do that compared to pacquiao who is really a junior welterweight fighting at welterweight as it is.

[MrClutch85]

CREAM Marquez Easy Choice

[mex602]

Ok to all the morons who keep bashing Mannys choice of opponents....WHO is he supposed to fight other than Floyd (please spare the idiotic responses such as the ghost)? Sergio is NEVER going to happen, as Sergio is a MW who is NEVER dropping to 150 for a cw. So again...WHO!??!???

He should fighr andre ward! Lol