Comments Thread For: Doctors in Philippines Concerned Over Pacquiao's Health

[hectari]

If JMM were laid out like that despite the hit our ego and pride would've taken Id be calling for his retirement, not all fighters regardless of their greatness make it back whole and in one piece, If Ali of all people got parkinsons than its not out of the question a fighter especially a fighter like Pacman cant get the same, Pac has done lots in the sport hes soo rich and famous its crazy, The only other fighter that has reached that type of fame recentley is Delahoya, Manny should retire that was a very scary KO Frankly Im very surprised Roach is onboard with Manny fighting again, especially based on what he said before on the subject as well as his comments regarding the Ricky Hatton kO.
Retire Manny its NOT worth it, You beat more Mexicans than beat you be happy with that its over!
I know you want vengeance and to get back your Pride but its never going to happen even if you Beat JMM simply not gonna happen whats done is done.

Roach dropped all his principles, the dude changed once he got the fame, he probably knew that cramping Pac was getting could have been a symptom of parkinsons but he chose to ignore it and blamed it on basketball, and he probably noticed the balance issues when Pacman was standing still and the trembling of his hands, but ignored it for the money.

its a shame if its true that Pacman is really having this issues, and Roach still trains him. Roach should be banned from boxing, a guy who has been and advocate to help prevent parkinsons all of a sudden trains a fighter who has symptoms and doesn't ask him to retire?

money over principles for roach and Arum.

[Nekronicle]

Why on earth is this being taking seriously?!?! Continuing to post about it, and write articles on it is just a means of spreading misinformation!

The doctors who made these observations havent even physically SEEN Pacquiao! they're doing his diagnosis via some TV interviews... do they even have 1080p TV IN the Philipines?!

[hectari]

The sparring arguably takes a bigger toll than the fights. Doing 100+ tough sparring rounds in the lead up to a fight is not healthy at all.

Especially sparring while cutting weight. Brandon Rios is a prime example, dude is slurring hard and just a youngster too. He spars so much even when he doesn't fight.

[BattlingNelson]

Especially sparring while cutting weight. Brandon Rios is a prime example, dude is slurring hard and just a youngster too. He spars so much even when he doesn't fight.

Indeed. Weightcutting reduces the fluids in the brain making punches to the head more dangerous.

[Akinapepemo]

Phillipino Neurogists are the equivalent of Mexican Witch doctors. They are both probably just trying to get their names in news and they succeeded! There's a greater chance PAC was shaking cause he's got the DTs from giving up Hennessy;-)

Not all, considering that a fair amount of our doctors do teach in Med schools in various developed countries.

The Rustico dude might have just wanted to get his name in, but the latter, Dr. Fortun is a reputable doctor & just might have been asked for comment by the local media. She's frequently interviewed over here, just not about boxing nor Pacquiao.

As for the 'diagnoses' given by both, they don't hold much weight being that they haven't seen Pacquiao up close post-JMM KO, however, being that they're licensed and trained professionals, their educated guesses are better than some posters here would have you believe.

[GOD-FR33]

Man...........

This is WHY I dislike most men. I always say that man will destroy himself and whoever is around at that time. Marquez cheated and you idiots who think this is a popularity contest on this site are immature. What happened was the least bit funny and it was obvious that the 40yr. old fighter was more powerful than ever. HOW??????????????????

[Prince_Pugilist]

Impossible to make diagnosis via TV clips but I'm sure Pac has had several health checks post Marquez. If there is any serious concern, he should hang them up. One of the greatest fighters ever, a personal favourite who I'd love to see in the ring again but not at the expense of his physical future.

[omyblaze57]

Ok now we have doctors spending all of their time commenting on BoxingScene...

[solo20]

This is WHY I dislike most men. I always say that man will destroy himself and whoever is around at that time. Marquez cheated and you idiots who think this is a popularity contest on this site are immature. What happened was the least bit funny and it was obvious that the 40yr. old fighter was more powerful than ever. HOW??????????????????

this guy is BUTTHURT

[JudahRaidersfan]

Not all, considering that a fair amount of our doctors do teach in Med schools in various developed countries.

The Rustico dude might have just wanted to get his name in, but the latter, Dr. Fortun is a reputable doctor & just might have been asked for comment by the local media. She's frequently interviewed over here, just not about boxing nor Pacquiao.

As for the 'diagnoses' given by both, they don't hold much weight being that they haven't seen Pacquiao up close post-JMM KO, however, being that they're licensed and trained professionals, their educated guesses are better than some posters here would have you believe.

True doctors can't stop diagnosing people they know cause they know all the signs but this feels like attention grab.