Comments Thread For: Manny Pacquiao Brilliant In Shutout Of Brandon Rios

[PulpFriction]

Not one time after the fight did anyone mention floyd mayweather, not once!!! When kellerman asked pacquaio who he wanted next i was screaming at my tv "SAY MAYWEATHER DAMNIT!!!" I mean cmon at least put it out there and try to stir something up but my guess is that since it's on hbo, all of the executives prob made it clear to lampley, kellerman, pacquaio, etc. to absolutely not mention his name, what a damn shame.

[MindBat]

Manny got more work from his sparring partners. I had it 120- 108, Rios did not belong in the same ring with Manny.

Wasn't it supposed to be a tune up fight? They weren't going to put a live opponent in there without knowing if Manny had recovered fully or not.

[MC Hammer]

Yeah he should get a 90-10 split based on what? Selling 100k more in ppv per bout than Pacquaio..here's the numbers...but feel free to justify it however you want...since the numbers don't lie. I'm a fan of both but hate when folks do the kind of shhh you just tried to pull.

Mayweather since dlh average :1.17 million ppv per bout
Pacquaio since dlh average : 1.07 million ppv per bout
(Pulled from Grantland who did all the research themselves...

2.2 For canelo
1.0 For Robert
1.5 For Cotto
1.25 For Ortiz
1.4 For Mosley
Average: 1.47


Unknown (but expectations aren't high gonna be generous and 1.0) For Rios
1.1 Marquez 4
700K Bradley
1.4 For Marquez 3
1.3 for Mosley
Average: 1.1

You can go to both fighters Wikipedia page see their PPV numbers and average it out yourself. Since De la Hoya Mayweather 1.33, Pac .92 That's almost half a million more viewers at $60 a piece around 30 million more

[G's Boxing]

Brandon Rios indeed was a big moving punching bag. But that's ok he didn't
feel a thing. He had staying power but Pac out boxed him in every sense of
the word. Boxing is more than being able to take a punch and Rios was simply
out of his league. Since Rios loves getting punched and it's better than sex then
he must have really enjoyed this match.

[G's Boxing]

Hit and don't get hit. My fighter says it's pretty much the
staple style that is learned and held to by cubans. It works
and i don't know why some people have such a problem with
it. You have boxers and you have brawlers. Two different
fundamental styles then again there are boxers that can also
be brawlers if needed. I feel the hit and don't get hit is a great
method if you are fast and nimble enough to do it.

[KingTito]

I've been saying it all along. The only way Pac would have lost that fight is if he was completely shot. He did what he was supposed to do, and I'm glad.

[shade darkar]

it was a crap fight. rios didnt do fcuk all and that made it rather boring to watch.

[I Love Jesus!]

anyone that thought that this was anymore than a comeback fight don't know ***** about boxing .
manny was good but lets see him fight a legit contender at 147 b4 callin out Floyd .

like who Guerrero, Ortiz, or Kahn?

[jayblack]

Somebody get this boy against Floyd! That Pac in there tonight would give Floyd big problems. Credit to Rios, amazing chin and heart!

Seriously? Who didn't know this was going to happen last night? This was the first time I didn't at least stream a pac fought because this was the most obvious cherry pick of pacs career. Everyone knows this was a 135lber with no movement in the ring with pac. What surprised me most was hearing that pac didn't stop him. Pac better go after that 40mil that Mayweather offered him, take that loss and cash out.

[flat1985]

Sorry but Rios is not very good at all, If anything it proved Pac has lost his killer instinct.