What was Pacquiao supposed to do?

[Robbie Barrett]

People letting their hate and (or) disappointment blind them. Manny stepped in the ring against his biggest rival and fought with an injured arm. That's some incredible **** no way you look at it.

And to top is off, Mayweather really couldn't do anything against him. Nothing he tried to seem to work, the overhead rights were far and in-between. He landed maybe two uppercuts, the jab the body was nonexistent, and he couldn't hurt Manny at all.

Mayweather didn't need to do anything. If you think that's the best Mayweather had to offer you don't know ****.

[GOD-FR33]

Keep watching.......

Sure he did, thats why he lost the first 3 rounds and didn't land at a higher rate than he did after round 4.

He didn't have to. Floyd wasn't do anything. He was busy but not effective outside of a few single potshots, here and there. Manny landed the more telling blows. He won the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rounds. As I've stated, go watch the fight again, know it all. He lost the first round, was losing the 2nd until the last 15-20 seconds, then his aggression won him the round.

[Robbie Barrett]

He didn't have to. Floyd wasn't do anything. He was busy but not effective outside of a few single potshots, here and there. Manny landed the more telling blows. He won the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rounds. As I've stated, go watch the fight again, know it all. He lost the first round, was losing the 2nd until the last 15-20 seconds, then his aggression won him the round.

[JHAVIS]

because the only way to repair a torn rotator cuff is through surgery

Not only does that means months of rehab, but they would need another training camp.

The fight would have died.

You can handle a rotator cuff injury without surgery. You can go through physical therapy, medication, rest or an injection. If he were really injured, all he had to do is postpone the fight. Now if there is a rematch and he loses again, the excuse will be that his shoulder wasn't %100, just like the excuse they're using now.

[jas]

Postpone the fight

Simple really

[KoolAidMan]

money talks and bull**** walks......i don't care if manny gets dr. dre, dr. doom, or dr. J to make up a fake injury story. even if he was injury so what? who cares? floyd was injured for jlc/hernadez, srl was injured for hearns, ward was injured for froch. there is no version of manny that beats floyd and if floyd beats him you pacf@ggots will come up another excuse.....majority of you pacf@ggots had your excuses ready as soon as the fight was signed, so cry me a river.

Again, a world renowned Doctor has confirmed a shoulder tear via MRI. I just answered your question like any educated poster would.



Do you not like tangible proof?

[ButtScratcher^^]

The right thing to do is to postpone the fight. But, we can say that very easily because we're just here in the background very free from the stress, pressure and the real gravity of the situation. My guess is pac's camp have thought about this a hundred times but the pressure had built already so much that they just fold and ask pacquiao if he really want to go ahead and fight or not. Of course, a fighter who had a warrior personality will most probably based his decision on his emotion, this is nothing new.

[Scipio2009]

If he had postponed the fight for the surgery, then he would have been out a few months and the fight would be cancelled. If you think the shitstorm surrounding this fight is bad now, what do you think would have happened if the "biggest fight of the century" was cancelled?

What were his options, really?

I'm gonna get banned for this thread but I don't care, It's an honest question.

Peace out if I don't see you guys for a while lol

Simple.

Disclose that he had a ****ed up shoulder to the NSAC, take the USADA-approved pain medicine, and make a go of it. The treatment, according to talk, was working and the shoulder was getting better.

Why risk your chance to win the fight over being coy about hiding something from your opponent?

[Xi_]

Again, a world renowned Doctor has confirmed a shoulder tear via MRI. I just answered your question like any educated poster would.



Do you not like tangible proof?

i'm telling you pacquiao paid him off.

[SilverMiles]

Mayweather didn't need to do anything. If you think that's the best Mayweather had to offer you don't know ****.

He didn't need to do anything? Honestly if Floyd went in there and finished Manny off there wouldn't be any of this.

His fans and the rest of the world know he didn't put on some master class boxing lesson. He every advantage imaginable and he still looked rather pedestrian and to had be honest his defense was complete trash, relying on clinching and back peddling to stay out of harms way instead of doing what everyone brags about and that's countering.

But there shouldn't be rematch, Floyd no long has the interest or energy to prove he's the better fighter and Manny no longer has the abilities required to bring it out of him. This fight was a big waste of time and proved absolutely nothing.