Comments Thread For: Mayweather: The Media Built Manny Pacquiao To My Level

[Mayabang]

LOL 1 mention of Pac by Floyd and the forums blow up! Hah, and people say the Pac vs Floyd hype is over.

[ModernTalking]

Actually up until about one year after floyd "retired" Manny was NEVER ahead of him on any p4p list where multiple writers/media voted. So manny got it by default. WOuld he have gotten it if floyd hadn't retired? I doubt it.

Writers/Medias don't recognize Duck.

[hitking]

I've been around the houses with this crap a million times. It doesnt matter what is said, you are just gonna stamp your feet, jump up and down and scream that Floyd is the best, so its a pointless excercise. Knock yourself out......or jog over to floydhype for a lotto soda and a high five with a likeminded soul.

No substance to your argument, and you know it.

[junior gong]

Actually up until about one year after floyd "retired" Manny was NEVER ahead of him on any p4p list where multiple writers/media voted. So manny got it by default. WOuld he have gotten it if floyd hadn't retired? I doubt it.

Why do you doubt it? because you're a big fan. The fact is he did retire when there were great fights out there for him, so no, he didnt prove it in the ring. Both fighters career's had a different trajectory....Manny earnt his spot by what he did in the ring, Floyd walking away when there were real fights and real threats isnt Manny's responsibility. Thats on Floyd.

[king Ketchel]

You become fighter of the decade, something Floyd can and will never achieve . Runner is good enough for Floyd and y'all F10m0s though .

an era isn't a decade. just because 10 years has passed doesn't quantify the era being over, especially since mayweather and manny are still fighting

[junior gong]

No substance to your argument, and you know it.

Careful from that glass house there, schnuffty. I'm not the one sucking either fighters balls.....you cannot say the same.

[Mr. Philadel]

Manny was hyped by the media when floyd "retired" but that in no way negates the fact Manny earned his place in history. But his fans and the media never analyze the fighters the same way. Manny gets a pass on many things because he acts like a gentleman. Maybe floyd could've had same if he chose that route.

Floyd went out and made his own path, getting more money for himself and taking it away from the promoters. He fought in a style that preserved his talents rather than stand and **** which makes for better TV. He puts himself ahead of the sport and his well being over the sports well being. His attacks on his contemporaries have ranged from hysterically funny to dehumanizing. He makes people loathe him and then gives them ammunition to use against him. So its not surprising that people desperately want someone else to occupy the top spot in the sport-even if that fighter is inferior.

noone can deny this^^^^^^^^^^^^

[junior gong]

noone can deny this^^^^^^^^^^^^

Errrr....yes you can, anyone can....easily and have done.

[Chicago_Brown]

Think beating a Brandon Rios, who's coming off a loss, will validate Pac as "back" as an elite fighter.

No. Actually I don't and I love Pac. On the same token looking at the landscape of promising pugilist out there there's not much on the horizon for Floyd Jr. to pick from that will score huge PPV numbers. Sure there are a number of talented young fighters but none that will bring the internationally attention (and PPV numbers that come with it) outside of Manny.

[hitking]

No. Actually I don't and I love Pac. On the same token looking at the landscape of promising pugilist out there there's not much on the horizon for Floyd Jr. to pick from that will score huge PPV numbers. Sure there are a number of talented young fighters but none that will bring the internationally attention (and PPV numbers that come with it) outside of Manny.

Hmmm, if Pac can't get the JMM-Bradley winner, maybe. But GBP and Top Rank aren't gonna work together. So I think its a longshot at best. At this point if Pac wants Floyd, he's probably gonna have to leave Arum to do it. And I just don't see Pac making that move.