If Pacquiao Loses to Rios Is his Career Over - Should He Retire?

[ma51f]

I hate fighters going out on a loss especially top caliber boxers...

But i'd expect Pacman would decide to retire should he loose especially if by ko.


But i got pacman winning by ko anyway

[RockyB]

as a HUGE Pacquiao fan, yes. I think he is rapidly declining and I even fear his punch resistance has gone down. If he doesnt lose to Rios he will lose very soon against someone else. So in other words, I'm kinda hoping he will retire after the Rios fight..

A year ago I wanted him to fight Floyd but I think he has lost a step and Floyd looks as good as ever so I dont want that anymore honestly. Sad to admit really...

[Reloaded]

if he loses (I don't think he will) by close/robbery decision (Bradley), then no. If he loses by brutal KO (Marquez 4), then he needs to call it a career

WTF , Rios is a B grade bum and shafted at the weights coming of losses , chosen to specifically make Manny look good , Roach said this not me .

If Manny loses this for any reason he needs to retire , he is more than a class above Rios , if he don't stop or totally dominate Rios he will not beat the elite fighters so he may as well hang them up .

[PAC-BOY]

Wgy should he? He showed no signs of slipping in the Bradley fight. He won almost every round. Got robbed. sustained no injuries at all.
He was beating JMM to a pulp. Round by round JMM was being dismantled and picked apart. It was a round or two before he finished JMM. JMM was and did suffer more damage in that fight than Manny did.

The only way Rios is gonna win this fight is by KO. Depending on how bad the KO is...Maybe. But that is the only way Manny is gonna lose this fight. On his back.

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Well, he could still go on and fight, but that would be ******.

[Reloaded]

Wgy should he? He showed no signs of slipping in the Bradley fight. He won almost every round. Got robbed. sustained no injuries at all.
He was beating JMM to a pulp. Round by round JMM was being dismantled and picked apart. It was a round or two before he finished JMM. JMM was and did suffer more damage in that fight than Manny did.

The only way Rios is gonna win this fight is by KO. Depending on how bad the KO is...Maybe. But that is the only way Manny is gonna lose this fight. On his back.

Delusional about the past and built in excuses for the future , a teenagers mentality LOL

[5*General]

I hate these topics regarding fighters shelf life. Losing a fight doesn't make you washed up or shot... You win some fights and you may lose some fights, but unless there's a drastic drop in your levels of performance ala Roy Jones Jr, then every fighter has the right to earn their living. The fight game is a relatively short career and they have to make their earnings last a lifetime; if you'd dedicated your life to one endeavour then surely you deserved the right to decide when you've had enough. No one's forces you to buy their PPV's, so please STFU and stop drawing up lists of boxers who need to retire. Find some new fighter to support and let loyals fans enjoy the bouts. Sorry to rant, it's just been bugging man's for a while.

[PAC-BOY]

Delusional about the past and built in excuses for the future , a teenagers mentality LOL

Cant accept the truth...and Morons mentality.

[pnksntdead]

he should but it looks like he needs cash so it's unlikely. barring swrious decline, he should handily beat rios, thiugh.

[Reloaded]

Cant except the truth...and Morons mentality.

Whats the truth abut Manny getting weak from taking a blood test when its Floyd but not Rios ?