Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: Pacquiao Has More Respect Than Mayweather

[Zhang Yong Jun]

When their careers are all said and done it will be Mayweather with no doubt that will go down greater. After all of the hype and fan media and people go back to their careers. There is no doubt Mayweather's career will be respected more than Pacquiao's. As far as a personal perspective then it goes to Pacquiao because he isn't as brash and smiles all the time. But Pacquiao ducked the biggest fight of his career when they were primed over random blood testing too close to the fight. What true champion ducks random blood tests because they are too close to a fight? All of this stuff will come to light and called for what it is. Do I consider Manny a good fighter? Yes but great no.

If Pacquiao was a black American you'd suck his d*ck just like you suck Floyd's.

[therealpugilist]

floydfans will make sure of that lol



Castillo beat floyd



add Paulie, Atlas, crackheads and all pac haters, they all die in jelousy rofl



whats the risk fighting slow figthers wher u can throw pot shots all night... #fightpacquiao

Unlike PAC when Floyd gives rematches he wins without little doubt. Castillo v Floyd l was a toss up. Gave an immediate rematch and won... Move on. Fight 3 of the 4 fight series was a clearer win for marquez than Castillo over Floyd. We all know what happened in fight 4.


No amount of criticism can change what has happened or his accomplishments


Prook is in the pudding. 47 wins 22 were title fights and 19 were over current or past champions/titlist


You must just started watching boxing this year cause he has faced every style

[GRUSTLER]

If Pacquiao was a black American you'd suck his d*ck just like you suck Floyd's.

and if you were in my face talking reckless like that I would punch you in your face and stick it in some cow s#!t. What does race have to do with it? You just mad because the truth hurts sucker.

[feroth]

At the time that Manny came up to WW and was fighting big name guys, who lets be real were definitely good but also more of a sell for their name than anything people were going crazy

in the last few years Manny has been fighting far far weaker opposition than Floyd while Floyd has been taking higher risk lower reward and more dangerous fights than Manny and of course Floyd doesn't get the same respect

Manny is by no means an overwhelming favourite as far who's the better fighter or fought the better competition and its funny to hear Arum and Oscar saying this many years it would have been Manny as the fav without a question because even 5-3 years ago Floyd was a 2-1 favourite. Floyd was and always will be the better boxer, the smarter athlete and the favoured one over Manny. And they can try and discredit that and his record all they want but real boxing fans know better

[hitking]

Pacquiao definitely has a lot more respect at this point, mainly because he's a nice guy and he treats others with respect.

Respect is earned, and he definitely earned it with his career. If anyone thinks the knockout loss or PED accusations have tainted his image, thats just wishful thinking on your part, IMHO.

The losses endear him to the fans and add to his warrior image and the fact the American media, which is basically obsessed with the crusade against PED use offer little to no criticism of Pacquiao regarding PEDs shows that they give Manny the benefit of the doubt unlike baseball players and football players.

It shows that being a good guy reaps a lot benefits in life. You get respect, admiration and the benefit of the doubt. Nice guys do not always finish last.

A life lesson for bitter and butthurt Mayweather fans IMHO.

You do realize that Manny has a pretty extensive criminal history that stems from a ******** addiction. Before many of you knew he existed, it was well known in the Philippines that he liked hustling in pool halls and oftens got in bar fights injuring people. Its also well known that he he's a womanizer and has cheated on Jinkee throughout their marriage. He and Floyd are that much different. Manny just portrays the good guy image in public.

[ADP02]

When their careers are all said and done it will be Mayweather with no doubt that will go down greater. After all of the hype and fan media and people go back to their careers. There is no doubt Mayweather's career will be respected more than Pacquiao's. As far as a personal perspective then it goes to Pacquiao because he isn't as brash and smiles all the time. But Pacquiao ducked the biggest fight of his career when they were primed over random blood testing too close to the fight. What true champion ducks random blood tests because they are too close to a fight? All of this stuff will come to light and called for what it is. Do I consider Manny a good fighter? Yes but great no.

Manny agreed to extra testing from DAY 1. What happened when Manny agreed to Floyd's rules?


As for fighting 100% natural as Floyd claims, we all know that that is not true. Once people bring up this and the rumors that Floyd tested positive 3 times, then Floyd's fans talk about this subject entirely different. Shooting drugs into your hands so you can smash in your opponents face harder than otherwise possible becomes acceptable to Floyd fans because that day, the standards were low. Only for Manny do they want high standards!

[GRUSTLER]

Manny agreed to extra testing from DAY 1. What happened when Manny agreed to Floyd's rules?


As for fighting 100% natural as Floyd claims, we all know that that is not true. Once people bring up this and the rumors that Floyd tested positive 3 times, then Floyd's fans talk about this subject entirely different. Shooting drugs into your hands so you can smash in your opponents face harder than otherwise possible becomes acceptable to Floyd fans because that day, the standards were low. Only for Manny do they want high standards!

Soooo Manny didn't go and fight Joshua Clottey then huh? Where did that happen on Earth 2 or 3?

[MELLY-MEL...]

Odlh knows whats up

[GRUSTLER]

Odlh knows whats up

Yeah, De La Hoya knows what's up his @ss.

[ADP02]

Soooo Manny didn't go and fight Joshua Clottey then huh? Where did that happen on Earth 2 or 3?

We are talking about a span of 5 years.

You Floyd fans make it sound like Manny wanted no part of doing more than the standard rules. Manny and Floyd had accepted on everything except for the cutoff dates by 10 days the first time.

After that, Manny accepted Floyd's rules and what happened? Now name the fighters Floyd did fight after Manny accepted ...... GO!


I see you skipped over the part about Floyd not being 100% natural. You just want them higher standards for Manny. For Floyd, its all OK ......