Comments Thread For: Arum: Pacquiao Will Pick His Next Opponent, Not Me

[jcpryor]

How many times does Pacquiao need to publicly admit that he doesn't pick his own fights before Arum stops lying to the people?

[Mr.Fantastic]

Don't forget. It was Oscar who called and cherry picked Pac. It was Oscar who called for the fight at 147. It was a cherry pick gone wrong. Freddy and Pac only accepted the challenge.

Oscar picked Pac instead of Margarito and he pid the price for it.

[BrometheusBob.]

didnt manny just say he doesnt pick his opponents

Yeah lol this was the first thing I thought as well.

Maybe Manny meant cherrypick? Idk lol. Team Pac is a mess as of late.

[BrometheusBob.]

Bob starting the damage control early. I hope he comes back and fights a true WW. My guess is whoever is the WBO WW or JWW champ will fight Manny when he returns.

WBO welter is Bradley, meh. I'm still thinking it will be Crawford.

[The Big Dunn]

WBO welter is Bradley, meh. I'm still thinking it will be Crawford.

Yes but isn't he defending against Rios in Nov?

[rocktx]

They want Marquez again. He's older and slower. Plus he'll have been out of the ring for almost 2 yrs by the time the fight comes around. Hopefully Marquez turns them down

[BrometheusBob.]

Yes but isn't he defending against Rios in Nov?

Haha not even Arum is capable of trying to sell a fight like Rios/Pac II.

[The Big Dunn]

Haha not even Arum is capable of trying to sell a fight like Rios/Pac II.

If he makes it Manny's return fight and puts it on HBO then he doesn't have to.

IMO its all about getting fans back on your side. Floyd didn't do this with Berto when he could've.

If Bob does, kudos to him because I think fans would appreciate not having to pay for a Manny fight.

[Pac=Duran]

Pac may not have cherry picked Oscar but he certainly cherry picked Shane among others.

Did he pick all the legends and prime All time greats he fought? The guys he was brought in to lose against and the guys who outweighed him by 25 pounds? What about the repeated rematches against guys who beat him like MOrales and guys who gave him extreme trouble like JMM? The undefeated prime lions like Timmy B?

You really can't pick holes in Pac's resume lol it's beyond reproach. He's a legend man, and All Time Great and a warrior. Will go down as one of the best ever when it's all said and done. Above Floyd in the ATG standings too, like Duran is above Leonard.

[hectari]

I have a hard time believing this, manny wanted to fight margarito and mosley but roach shot that down, pac doesnt care who he fights its arum and roach who advise him, arum told him to fight marquez a fourth time because it was more money, roach told arum he wanted random drug testing and arum shot that down real quick.

Just watch pacquiao in his early days, with murad muhammad as his promoter, murad would whisper in his ear and tell manny to call out marco antonio barrera, morales, and marquez, pac just fights whoever roach and arum advise him is the best option.

I think the most dangerous fights for pac are terence crawford and lucas mattysse. Amir khan is a bad style match up for pac because he will stick and move and use his long arm flurries to keep pac at bay, lucas and crawford will knock pac out. Bradley trilogy is the best bet, if teddy atlas revives bradley and beats rios with ease they got a story to tell, and pit trainer vs trainer in 247.

I want to see pacquiao vs andre ward at 164 pounds or pac vs triple ggg at 157, these fights will be true amazing feats if he can win.