Comments Thread For: Garcia Has Noticed a Physical Decline in Pacquiao

[Willthethrill]

I've watched way too much combat sports in my life to ever say something like this.

NEVER underestimate a guy that has nothing to lose against a guy that just got KOd.

Rule #1 in combat sports.

Idk man I don't think Brandon rios has a "nothing to lose" attitude. The way he answers his interviews tells me that he puts a lot of pressure on himself to win and make a name for himself. On the other hand PAC just seems relaxed as usual lol

[trank]

pacquiao is just going to whoop him he'll probably knock him out. rios is just made for pacquiao just like margarito was for pacquiao and mosley. I think margarito landed more punches in a round that anybody else had landed on pacquiao in 1 round but, marg would throw like 100 punches. rios is just going to get punch smile and act like a dumbass you can already tell the effect that boxing has had on him this is just going to end his career

[doninlouisiana]

I keep hearing Garcia say that Bam Bam will be bigger and stronger at 147 which may be the case but I seriously doubt it will make that much of a difference in his power shots. He wasn't KOing guys at 135 or 140 but he will now at 147? I just feel he will be shocked by how hard & fast Pac's shots will be. Should be a barn burner of a fight regardless of who comes out on top.

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[GRUSTLER]

I guess everyone agrees that Rios was a style pick for Manny by reading the post related to their upcoming fight. Pacquiao is the favorite but we don't know what condition Manny is in mentally after what JMM did to him. Dude could get hit hard once and lose his mind. Everyone who has been KO'd like how Manny's been ko'd has been affected in some way. Rios may get hit but he will land some too. Lets see how Manny takes them. Manny gets hit a lot in fights. Clottey threw 5 punches a round and still beat Manny's face up.

[Verstyle]

If Rios goes past 5 then Manny should be ashamed

[straightleft]

If Rios goes past 5 then Manny should be ashamed

You should be ashamed by Floyd because Pac TKO 8 Oscar while your boy barely win by SD and KO in 2 Hatton faster than your boy KO 10 with the referee help and ring post help.

[PunchyPotorff]

How many stoppages does Pac have over 140 lbs? One...and in the 12th round at that. He has stopped zero people at WW in how many fights after that? He didn't carry anything up. Pac should probably win this but if it goes into the mid-late rounds Pac is going to take some serious punishment. I think people are writing off Rios and just doing the typical Pac **** riding. The only way a Pac win is impressive at all in this fight is if he flat out dominates and KO's Rios period. I hope Rios beats Pac's body until he collapses though. War Bam Bam!!

Keep telling yourself that crapola if it makes you feel big. Or maybe you didn't see Rios last fight where he was seriously beat up. His dome was like a punching bag most of the fight vs Alvarado. He was damaged in that fight, far worse than Pac was with that one perfectly timed shot from JMM. You'll be wondering what happened to your hero Rios after this one. Definitely.

[TLC8]

Say Whatever Gets Your Boy Rios Up; Pacquiao Will Destroy Rios In Less Than 5

Don't make any comparisons to Margarito and Rios fighting Pac. Marg outweighed Pacquiao on fight night by 25, 30lbs!!! If Pacquaio is on the decline as this drunk Garcia says, what's the excuse when Pacquaio destroys Rios in a very dominate way.... then what? Cause that's about to happen. Pacquaio dominated Bradley. Pacquiao was ahead on all scorecards, and pulling away with JMM when he got his feet tangled up and caught. Pac will be fine, and he will train wreck your Friday Night Fighter who has a win and a loss with Mike Alvarado, and has fought nor beaten anyone at the level of Manny Pacquiao. You're in trouble Rios. So keep on believe Pac is in decline, that way you come to fight. And they you get carried to your corner later.

[panicchaser]

Garcia and Rios cherry picking a faded legend coming off losses and a vicious KO.

Hmm... for someone who's number of posts tell me u got a lot to say 'bout boxing, u must be droppin' a lot of ridiculous bs in these forums. U remind me of prboxingcotto who seems to always have a lot to say about nuttin'.

1. pacman chose Rios, not the other way around.
2. ANYONE who chooses pacman as his opponent is far from wat anyone in their rite mind shud even consider callin', a 'cherry pikker'.

And 3. We're lookin' at Rios, who virtually has nothin' to lose vs pac, who has his career/EVERYTHING on the line. I can assure u this fight ain't gon' be no walk in the park n certainly ain't no cherry trees anywhere in close proximity to this match doggie!

[b Murphington]

Most of the posts regarding this fight just seem like a lot of pacboys rooting on their hero...yea rios can be hit and he can go down but the guy's come off the canvas to win, he has tremendous heart and he puts on a lot of pressure

pac is old....and he's been in a lot of wars and he's had a very long career for his age, he's talked about retiring and has a conflict of interest with politics, u need to be 100% focused for a fight and i don't think he's focused and i didn't even mention that pacquiao isn't exactly hard to miss either, pacquiao will take a fair amount of punishment in this fight and idk how much more he can take at this late stage in his career

a KO like the one he suffered against marquez is a huge factor, thats the kind of KO that damages confidence, it ruins a fighter the way it ruined roy jones, theres a very good chance that pacquiao's never going to be the same

everyone's calling this a cherry pick for pacquiao and that pacquio's gonna win in 5.....rio's has a very good chance to beat pacquiao