Comments Thread For: Hopkins Feels Pacquiao's Big Power No Longer There

[thuggery]

Su****ious peak? According to who? There was no "su****ion" until the Floyds, Jr. and Sr. got spooked by the Hatton knockout and the Cotto stoppage. I guess only Black Americans are allowed to have impressive careers with speed and power and not be questioned. Oh yea, and when they're nearing 50.
FOH

Those are the same people who refuse to acknowledge that 70% of Floyd's entire stable have tested positive for all kinds of banned substances. But it always goes back to Pacquiao somehow.

[Snake4380]

Pacquiao vs. Hopkins at 165 limit on night of fight weigh-in...make it happen!

Hopkins is totally clueless. There was a reason that Brandon Rios was covering up all night against Pacquiao. There was a reason that Tim Bradley got on his bike in the rematch like he did in the first fight. Pac's power is still there he's just not as fast as he's gotten older. Pac also undergone VADA testing in one of the two fights, the only agency that catches fighters cheating.

Hopkins refused to be randomly-blood tested against Pascal. In fact, Hopkins threatened to sue Pascal, which is pretty ironic now.

I propose Pacquiao v. Hopkins at 165 on night of fight though meaning that Hopkins cannot rehydrate above 165 on night of fight. And let's have random-blood testing for the fight.

[Snake4380]

Those are the same people who refuse to acknowledge that 70% of Floyd's entire stable have tested positive for all kinds of banned substances. But it always goes back to Pacquiao somehow.

Very true. Not to mention, Floyd refuses to use any other blood-testing agency besides USADA.

BTW John Molina looks like fcking Don Flamingo from Punch Out wtf lol.

[Pacquiao'd]

I think its fair that since Pac entered the welterweight division he isnt sparking guys anymore. Obviously, the opponents are larger and can absorb more licks.

Funny how he's not beating them up the way he did from Margo back

[Bronx2245]

The blame for su****ion lies with Manny's camp. "Scared of needles, etc." Take this quote from Freddie Roach (regarding Alex Ariza) for example:

"I know he has a new strength coach and I don't get along with the guy, and one of the reasons why he doesn't work for me anymore is because I think he's a little shady, you know. He used to give Manny a drink every day before we worked out and I asked him, 'What's in that drink,' and he would never tell me. And I said, 'I need to know what's in that drink because, you know, you're giving it to my fighter and if something goes wrong, I'm gonna get the blame.' In my opinion, he's a little shady, so he's with that camp now and it doesn't surprise me that happened," stated world-class trainer Freddie Roach, who made explosive accussations about world-class Strength & Conditioning Coach Alex Ariza when recently asked about his opinion regarding the failed drug test of Brandon Rios following his unanimous decision loss to Manny Pacquiao. According to Roach, he wasn't surprised when he heard the news because, evidently, he also questioned some of the things Ariza did with his star pupil, 8-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, over the course of the 4-plus years they worked together.

[AddiX]

Agreed. Let's not forget that Jean Pascal was su****ious of Hopkins using PEDs. Hopkins refused to do blood testing. In fact, Hopkins threatened to sue Pascal for asking him to take a test not even directly accusing him like May did Pac.

Not to mention something is fishy about Golden Boy Fighters and USADA testing...I recall Floyd refused to negotiate with Pac and Arum over VADA vs USADA blood testing. Arum suggested to do half and half and Floyd said only USADA..nobody has mentioned that.

Golden boy and haymon have usada in there picket, we found that out when VADA caught Berto and Peterson in consecutive fights, and golden buy never used them again.

USADA on the other hand gives golden boy a heads up when they catch there fighters, that's what happened when Quillen fought Wright. They agreed to do testing, and hafway into it, golden boy out of no where told wright, testing was being called off, for no reason.

Quillen was dirty for sure. And so is Bhop, and so is Floyd most likely.

[Weebler I]

How long did it take for Pacquiao to finally take a test? And do you think that one time he did VADA is honestly going to erase all those years of running from random OST?

People aren't ******. At least not the ones who have a long memory and who have been following this since the beginning.

The fact remains Pacquiao did take the test, twice now. He has never failed a test in his career, unlike a certain other fighter who is rumored to have failed three times and whose camp has dirty test after dirty test.

Hopkins himself has never taken it. Silly stuff from B-Hop and it's all self-interest, he wants the Mayweather fight.

[Bronx2245]

Pacquiao has done random blood-testing in two straight fights, including VADA, the only agency that really catches anyone unlike USADA which is a joke, and Pac dominated in both of those fights.

Hopkins refused random blood-testing against Pascal, nobody even mentioned it. He's 49 and still winning and has never undergone random blood testing...

Something is fishy with B-Hops js.

I'm still glad Calzaghe kicked his ass btw js :P

B-Hop NOT taking blood tests, then raising su****ion is the pot calling the kettle black. B-Hop's next opponent should call for blood testing. Anyone who refuses blood testing is SUSPECT in my opinion.

[Tobi.G]

Pacquiao never had big power to begin with. Accumulative power is a more precise term.

I think he had both.

[charlieg]

The blame for su****ion lies with Manny's camp. "Scared of needles, etc." Take this quote from Freddie Roach (regarding Alex Ariza) for example:

"I know he has a new strength coach and I don't get along with the guy, and one of the reasons why he doesn't work for me anymore is because I think he's a little shady, you know. He used to give Manny a drink every day before we worked out and I asked him, 'What's in that drink,' and he would never tell me. And I said, 'I need to know what's in that drink because, you know, you're giving it to my fighter and if something goes wrong, I'm gonna get the blame.' In my opinion, he's a little shady, so he's with that camp now and it doesn't surprise me that happened," stated world-class trainer Freddie Roach, who made explosive accussations about world-class Strength & Conditioning Coach Alex Ariza when recently asked about his opinion regarding the failed drug test of Brandon Rios following his unanimous decision loss to Manny Pacquiao. According to Roach, he wasn't surprised when he heard the news because, evidently, he also questioned some of the things Ariza did with his star pupil, 8-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, over the course of the 4-plus years they worked together.

I wouldn't take this as gospel. Roach is not the smartest dude and he seems obsessed with making Ariza look bad (and vice versa). He's trying to pin the failed drug test blame on Ariza and ruin Ariza, but in doing so is implicating Pacquiao - but Roach is too dumb to realise this. I doubt what he's saying here is 100% true, he just desparate for Ariza to take the fall for Rios.