Comments Thread For: Roach is Concerned: Pacquiao Looks Tired, Sluggish in Sparring

[WesternChamp]

you seem to think that people nbeed consistency to sell boxing matches. you don't need a soul to sell a boxing match. you're actually better off without one .

they're basically functioning as salespeople. they can tell one reporter that pacquiao is distracted, looks bad, etc, to sell a mismatch, and to another reporter they'll say pacquiao is in the best shape of his life. it all depends on the questions being asked. you take the temperature of the room, and respond accordingly. calling it a mismatch? manny looks old. calling manny old? manny's in the best shape of his life.

the point is that pac will be the one that people is paying to watch. so im not sure how saying that will help sell anything. the fight can be a mismatch but if roach is bragging that manny is looking faster and quicker and stronger than he's ever been then that right there will sell the fight period. everyone knows this is a mismatch already so by down playing pac, its not gonna help sell anything, just my opinion.

[New England]

the point is that pac will be the one that people is paying to watch. so im not sure how saying that will help sell anything. the fight can be a mismatch but if roach is bragging that manny is looking faster and quicker and stronger than he's ever been then that right there will sell the fight period. everyone knows this is a mismatch already so by down playing pac, its not gonna help sell anything, just my opinion.

casual fans drive ppv sales. they don't know much other than what the promotors tell them, what they hear from stephen a smith and others who pretend to know about boxing.


casuals fans have zero idea who jesse vargas is. theyt'll probably imply that he's mexican american from the name and how he looks.

[WesternChamp]

casual fans drive ppv sales. they don't know much other than what the promotors tell them, what they hear from stephen a smith and others who pretend to know about boxing.


casuals fans have zero idea who jesse vargas is. theyt'll probably imply that he's mexican american from the name and how he looks.

thats exactly what i mean by people will be paying more so to watch manny, not vargas. so if they're hearing that pac doesnt look good, their not gonna buy it. they dont care about a mismatch or not. causals pay to see knockouts, etc.

[JASON SHAW]

man you are reaching, rios was never knocked out by alvarado, pacquiao was coming off a vicious ko loss to marquez and a year lay off to recover. So how is pac cherry picking wouldnt it be the younger fresher rios?

what? Rios got tko's by alvarado the crackhead before manny cherrypicked him! Then manny crackquiao cherry picked algieri after he got his face broken by provodinikov! Even hbo said algieri lost that fight and manny cherry picked him to look good hahahahaha

[Madison Boxing]

all that crack is catching up with him

[Catrin]

but of course he does!!! JV is no Challenge for him! ( no disrespect to vargas ) I mean that was Crawford's fight! even a Crawford/vargas fight would have been an awesome build up with winner getting pakiao!

[elfag]

uh oh, tired old champion, looking sluggish. Up and coming young buck in the fight of his life looking for the upset.


better buy this chitty PPV guys.

[Boxfan83]

Roach trying to ensure a rematch. Im sure Vargas wont mind kicking Pacquiaos ass twice...

[Boxfan83]

Roach trying to ensure a rematch. Im sure Vargas wont mind kicking Pacquiaos ass twice...

[Beercules]

Sell that **** Freddie