Comments Thread For: Canelo on Pacquiao's Injury: I Would Have Pulled Out

[alexander28]

I agreed with Canelo's argument but Pacquiao was after his pay day other than his reputation as champion.

[chargerhemi06]

you are supposed to pull out before, not after...

I did do it before. I guess I wasn't fast enough.

[icha]

I did do it before. I guess I wasn't fast enough.

or maybe too fast

[Fetta]

No you wouldnt have cause you also wouldnt have been hurt

[ADP02]

pac did the right thing where he went wrong was blaming it on the injury and doing a complete pr campaign after the fight. if they would of just let the news come out people would not be so mad at him but fact he went on an epic excuse making wont admit he lost press conference hell never live that down

People were booing the Castillo scores and when asked about his poor performance, Floyd blamed it on the rotator cuff injury. Then every thread on that fight, Floyd fans blamed it on the injury .....

[ADP02]

It all depends on how you look at it. Manny really wanted that fight and there was a lot of pressure on him to fight then and there. If he didn't, there may not be another opportunity. Who knows. The injury can put him into retirement or Floyd may go into retirement.

Canelo was put in similar situation but for different reason, he fought Floyd. He was told 152 CW or no fight. Canelo fought drained .... Canelo was inexperienced but wanted the opportunity to face Floyd. Inexperienced Canelo fought Floyd. Canelo still needed to fix some issues he had too.

[Mr. Punch-Out!!]

I agreed with Canelo's argument but Pacquiao was after his pay day other than his reputation as champion.

Pacquiao was there to win, not for just a payday.

[DoubleLeftH00k]

heck floyd postponed his staged fight with ortiz due to rib injury they say

come on pac ur as greedy as most pilipino politicians are

[g-wane]

Or, he would have sat an exchanged more thus increasing his chances of getting hit and/or possibly stopped himself.

And, if my aunt had a mustache, she'd be my uncle....

Nope !! Floyd has had solid D his whole career. What made him hard to beat earlier in his career is that not only did he make you mis but he made sure you paid for it harshly with hard combos .. Thus you see the late corallaes and Gattie.
Even though Gottie was the really last time we saw floyd hist with force and combos.

[g-wane]

Just saying man, if you're going to throw in the 'what if' in regards to Floyds hands not being brittle. Than you have to throw in the possibility that if his hands weren't so brittle that it may have led to him standing around longer and being at risk of being hit with a few more punches, and one of the punches could have hurt him, stopped him. Etc.

Im pretty sure you can, just look at floyd earlier fights ! Floyd prides himself as being old school, and he earn his name pretty boy not because he was overly handsome but his ability not to get hit.
And like most old school fighter getting hit was not a good sign of a lasting career . Think about it, do you think fighter with over 80 fights made it to that point by taking punishment?