Comments Thread For: Roy Jones Jr: Pacquiao's Mistake Was Blaming Injury

[Dachozen1]

Roy Jones was bought. His closing summary on what took place on May 2nd was beyond preposterous: Floyd came to fight, met Manny in the middle of the ring, Pacquiao had no answer etc. etc. If it were any other fighter, the entire commentary would have berated that running and holding style. Imagine if it was Amir Khan fighting Pacquiao like that. What would the commentary be like? Not the British commentary of course!

So, Roy, take a seat. You're in somebody's pocket! Pacquiao did have to provide an answer why he wasn't swinging more! And he still won the fight!

Every broadcast I watched had Mayweather winning the fight. I was rooting for Pacquiao and had it 8-4 Mayweather. Mayweather landed 64 more punches and threw more. Pacquiao couldn't cut off the ring, and he was swinging at air.

[b00g13man]

I find it hilarious these pac fans like spoon and two sweet hooks typing up entire paragraphs like anyone is gonna read that garbage. Still hanging on like some japanese world war 2 veteran on an island not realizing the war ended in defeat years ago.

Oh man, funniest thing I've read today. Looooooooooool.

I don't get why people avoid the "racial" element to all this. Obviously Roy Jones is backing his "brother" Mayweather. But beyond that I really think Jones was a) backing another black fighter and b) the bias was so blatant that Haymon paid Jones off to be biased. It is clear that Jones has had financial problems in the past and that is why he continues to fight. I think it is a good possibility that Haymon paid some of those debts off. But the funny thing is that all the Showtime guys (Paulie, Bernstein etc.) were backing their guy and Jones and even Lampley switched sides and were biased for Mayweather. HBO should really re-think if they should re-hire Jones in all honesty. Look at Paulie who is obviously getting a crap load of money under the table from Haymon to go after Pac at all costs and to make Floyd look like a God. The funny thing is when you look at the foreign feeds of the fight (as national broadcasts paid for rights to show the fight) the fight was scored quite differently. Three examples: the Peru broadcast had the fight 114-114, the Colombian had it 115 - 114 Mayweather and the Dominican feed had it 114-114. Also their compubox feeds were much closer. Obviously, these national contexts do not have any biases. I just feel Pacquiao got screwed. He did not get a fair shake. It was a close fight that is all that I am saying. The HBO and Showtime crew made Pacquiao out to seem as though he was some kind of scrub which obviously he wasn't. To be clear I think the fight could have been scored 6-6, 7-5, or 7-5. the 10-2 or even 8-4 cards were greatly biased. Were we expecting Pacquiao to get in the ring and mop the floor with Floyd? I think the sad thing is that before the bell rang the commentators did not perceive the combatants as equals. This was the travesty of the fight of the century in my opinion.

Scratch that, this is the funniest thing I've read today. Loooooooooool.

[ThatDude44]

Legendary post, great job!!!!!!

All the truth. Manny would have been fine had he just been able to use the numbing shot as planned. NSAC messed up and they admit it with the chairmen already stepping down.

Anyone on here would have went through with the fight in a no-win situation just like Pacquiao did. If you say different then you are a liar.

So now Pac is ok with getting shots before a fight..... He doesn't need to be getting any last minute shots before a fight with his checkered past.

[danktrees]

Hey Jones I know you been hit in the head to many times do you recall ? Floyd said he was going to come out strong his dad said they were going to stop Manny. This means they knew of the injury but Floyd failed to deliver an action fight and fought a bore as usual

how does any of that prove they knew manny was injured? floyd's dad saying that jr. was gonna ko manny means nothing. roach says that about pacquiao in every fight yet pacquiao hasn't ko'ed anyone recently.

floyd did come out pretty strong compared to his usual standard. it's all relative. floyd didnt say he was gonna come out and ko manny in the first 3 rounds. he just said he would come out strong which when you compare to his usual fights...he did just that.

[matt22]

Don't worry Roy after your biased commentary you can now safely walk into any barbershop you want.

[matt22]

No. The compubox man/men were on Floyd's payroll alongside Roy Jones Jr.

[The Big Dunn]

Don't worry Roy after your biased commentary you can now safely walk into any barbershop you want.

More bigotry/racism. why does a loss to Floyd trigger this in so many postres?

[Boxing Goat]

Yeah, 10-2 and 8-4 were outright ridiculous. 9-3 was more like it.

So in idiot land, a one round swing in either direction is ridiculous? Tell us more , please.

[The Champions]

No. The compubox man/men were on Floyd's payroll alongside Roy Jones Jr.

Pac should get Arum out of his pocket so he can afford to put compubox man/men on his payroll alongside judges and commentators.

[Merciless1]

roy jones was another bias commentator that night, praising floyd while pacquiao kept on landing punches as revealed by replay.. floyd only won 3 rounds, 1,5 and 11..

I hope this was an attempt to be funny.