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

[Nightfall]

as much as i liked to watch oscar's fights. we know exactly how the jealous De la hoya will be remembered. everytime this guy gets up there to speak at any conference or promotional event. they think drug head,fishnet,quitter,and loser of the big fights. enough said.

[ADP02]

My thing is.... why would it be an issue for Manny to agree to the testing at all? He said because he would be weak but now he is all for the testing so back then he was lying. And in regards to Floyd not being 100% natural. I've read it on BS numerous times but no one has EVER provided a link or had solid proof to it. As far as I know, Floyd has taken random blood tests since he asked Pacquiao to while it took Pacquiao 4 years to do it so if you want to speculate on Floyd being not 100% natural then to me Manny is guilty as hell because he left on that $ on the table for some blood tests a 9 year girl would do. Talking about "It will make me weak". Only b!tc#es talk like that when they get their periods.

Not hard to understand:
Timeline:
- Manny took blood test just before Morales I fight.
- Manny said that it made him weak.
- Morales said that Manny doesn't punch hard.
- Manny then beats Morales twice by KO after that with no blood testing just before the fight.
- Manny brought up the blood making him feel weak BEFORE Floyd asked for testing.
- Manny said OK to testing but not close to the fight and he gave the Morales example.


You may not agree to what Manny did but what Manny said is not su****ious IF YOU ARE BEING OBJECTIVE!

Floyd is NOT 100% natural like he constantly claims. Its on Youtube. Floyd admitted right after a fight when Merchant asked him if they injected drugs in one hand or both, Floyd said BOTH! Like I said, you Floyd fans are OK with lower standards for Floyd. For Manny, it's different.

I can't believe a Floyd fan can talk about Manny the way you just did. You know that your hero said that he is a "rich coward" and "health comes first"?

[tiliheels]

being in wars doesnt get u respect from me..it says u was in a war with a guy and ko'd by him..but floyd destroyed him..its says u have flaws..but i enjoyed..but i also enjoy seeing a guy be dominant as well..FLOYD CAREER IS LEGIT..everyone has a bump in the road..even if he was to lose to pac he is no doubt one of the greatest..arent more than 5 ppl who have fought the amount of champs or hallers that he has and still being mentioned with Marciano's record..BY THE WAY ITS NOT A MEDIA POPULARITY CONTEST...

[Lou Cipher]

OscTurd and Jocaine Calzaghe can sit back and predict fights all day while eating their own coke boogers, but Floyd is a caoward and he will never beat Pacquaio regardless of current skill levels because Manny has heart, Floyd has duck balls

[jri9d0]

as much as i liked to watch oscar's fights. we know exactly how the jealous De la hoya will be remembered. everytime this guy gets up there to speak at any conference or promotional event. they think drug head,fishnet,quitter,and loser of the big fights. enough said.

Drug head, quitter, and loser to all big fights but FOUGHT EVERYONE no questions asked.

And by the way, I'm not even a DLH fan so go back to gargling your endless supply of Floyd ***** while sitting on Siemens furniture.

I swear do half you clowns even know your boxing history?

SMH.

[texasboi15]

Says the guy who lied about wearing fishnet stockings.

LmaO!!!!!!!!!!

[Bronx2245]

I think this article explains it all perfectly. Floyd has lost the "PR" war to Bob Arum, as this author skillfully illustrates:

December 16, 2014:

At first I thought Pacquiao beating Algieri didn't fool anybody, but I think I was wrong. You'd think that the lousy PPV numbers would suggest that the public knew it wasn't much of a fight. And that winning a decision, when he really needed a knockout, and didn't get it over a novice wouldn't restore the public's sense that Pacquiao is now a killer again. But apparently it has?

I tried to explain before the bout how Pacquiao-Algieri was specifically made to create the illusion that Manny is back now and is as good as and smarter than ever. And you know what? Based on what's scoured in the sports section of many newspapers and on the Internet, they were more successful than I thought they'd be. Because it seems Manny went from being the prohibitive underdog when matched up with Mayweather after being knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez two years ago, to now being almost even money based on him taking Chris Algieri to boxing school last month.

Based on the consensus, Pacquiao gets some breaks that Mayweather would never get in the eyes of the boxing public. And since 2009 I've maintained and have been consistent that Mayweather-Pacquiao hasn't happened because of Mayweather's reluctance more so than Pacquiao's. Ever since the talk of them fighting each other became a hot topic, it's been mostly because of Floyd why it didn't happen. And I still stand by that.

But what's fair is fair… I wonder how well Mayweather would've been received if he signed to fight Algieri and beat him as handily as Pacquiao did?

For starters, Floyd would've been excoriated by both boxing fans and the media for fighting a no hope opponent like Chris Algieri. Leading up to the fight we would've read about how Algieri barely beat Ruslan Provodnikov and the fight is just another hoax by Mayweather to pocket $30 million and avoid fighting Pacquiao.

Let us suppose that it was Mayweather who peppered Algieri for 36 uninterrupted minutes on November 23rd instead of Pacquiao, which of course isn't much of reach. What would the post-fight chatter be? I can only speculate, but I'd be willing to bet that the loudest voices wouldn't be declaring that Floyd is back and is as sharp as ever. Nor would the talk be centered on how quick and accurate he is and how impossible it is to lay a glove on, and you know I'm right. I think it would be more on the lines of, "Mayweather fought Algieri because he knew he couldn't lose and how it says nothing as to how great he still is because he handled a beginner like Algieri." And then every name fighter campaigning between 140-147 who was more deserving and dangerous than Algieri would be named and suggested as that's who Floyd should've fought instead. And if that were the case, they'd be correct.

So why does Pacquiao get a pass?

For more than a decade critics and fans have ripped Mayweather up and down, and rightfully so, for being too judicious and fighting no hope opponents who resembled Algieri. Or to put it another way, for fighting and defending his titles against opponents who didn't have tool-one to beat him with. The opponents he fought were either too old or too green (like Algieri), or they just didn't have the skill or power (like Algieri) to concern Mayweather in the least.

I can't envision a case being made on Mayweather's behalf suggesting or reinforcing that he could beat Pacquiao based on how Floyd performed against Algieri had they fought. All that would be repeated over and over to rebuke that is, Algieri is inexperienced and Mayweather only did what he should've done against a limited opponent at the most elite level in professional boxing. And that's all that Pacquiao did! And actually, Manny underperformed because he didn't get the stoppage or come close to the first round kayo that his trainer Freddie Roach predicted he would score.

The overreaction to Pacquiao's showing against Algieri is ridiculous.

http://www.thesweetscience.com/news/...e-pacquiao-did

[GRUSTLER]

Not hard to understand:
Timeline:
- Manny took blood test just before Morales I fight.
- Manny said that it made him weak.
- Morales said that Manny doesn't punch hard.
- Manny then beats Morales twice by KO after that with no blood testing just before the fight.
- Manny brought up the blood making him feel weak BEFORE Floyd asked for testing.
- Manny said OK to testing but not close to the fight and he gave the Morales example.


You may not agree to what Manny did but what Manny said is not su****ious IF YOU ARE BEING OBJECTIVE!

Floyd is NOT 100% natural like he constantly claims. Its on Youtube. Floyd admitted right after a fight when Merchant asked him if they injected drugs in one hand or both, Floyd said BOTH! Like I said, you Floyd fans are OK with lower standards for Floyd. For Manny, it's different.

I can't believe a Floyd fan can talk about Manny the way you just did. You know that your hero said that he is a "rich coward" and "health comes first"?

Manny also said after the Morales fight that he had on the wrong pair of socks and his gloves wasn't the ones he is used to wearing so should I believe all of them excuses as well?

[Nightfall]

Drug head, quitter, and loser to all big fights but FOUGHT EVERYONE no questions asked.

And by the way, I'm not even a DLH fan so go back to gargling your endless supply of Floyd ***** while sitting on Siemens furniture.

I swear do half you clowns even know your boxing history?

SMH.

and you can go gargle your endless supply of pacquiao *****. jealous coward

[HookequalsKO]

Manny also said after the Morales fight that he had on the wrong pair of socks and his gloves wasn't the ones he is used to wearing so should I believe all of them excuses as well?

Mane you hit him with the Death Blow lmaooooo