Comments Thread For: Arum: Pacquiao Was Overconfident, His Corner Said ****** Things!

[kushking]

He would have been even better at 140 with more KO wins. I think he would have been damn near unbeatable at 135 because Pacquiao said a few weeks ago he could easily make 135 even at 38. He was a mature fully grown man when he crushed Diaz at 135 and looked great doing it.Who can forget what he did to Hatton. He weighed in at 138 for Hatton. Two pounds below the weight limit of 140 with no drying out or even skipping breakfast.

Thats what made him even more remarkable as a ATG that he clearly is. I remember when he destroyed my favorite Barrera whos an ATG also. He has moved up all the way to 147 off amazing skills alone & still did a lot of damage against guys way bigger. I cant stand pacquiao since he became a senator ****,but I would rank him as 1 of the best southpaws of all time right beside Hearns & Saldivar. Thats also the thing,once fighters have spent years campaigning at 147 it becomes pointless going backwards,they already won the most at that weight it makes no sense going back down vs smaller guys if your proven at 147.

[DannYankee]

Arum is aids but I agree on the way he saw the early rounds.

[Damn Wicked]

Did Pac's camp not watch Horn's fights on video before they chose to give him a shot at Manny???? WTF were they thinking? I watched Horn's previous 3 fights and I thought Manny was going to have a helluva time trying to beat him. In fact I wouldn't have been surprised if Horn KO'd Pacquaio. Maybe Roach and the rest of their camp are suffering from dementia. They were arrogant and foolish.

From the article, "Pacquiao admitted afterwards that he didn't realize how tough Horn was." WTF? Did he watch any video of Horn or did his whole team just assume Horn was a bum that they could cherry pick without any trouble? I'm a big Pacquaio fan but I'm disgusted with his and his team's attitude with this fight. No opponent should be taken lightly. That's the attitude of a loser. Justin Fortune was completely disrespectful of Horn before the fight. He said that Horn was a bum and would be KO'd early and easily. Maybe Manny is dumb enough to listen to his lackeys but Roach should have known better. Probably wouldn't have made any difference anyhow. I think Pac will lose the rematch. Horn is too strong, mentally and physically....and he's a smart fighter. Pac is way past his best at this point.

[Reloaded]

All that means nothing the score is the score manny won look at the stats and bob why aren't you mad manny got robbed and the ref you aren't saying anything ?

He is not mad because he set the loss up.

How did Horn know to bring gloves and a cane to call out Floyd as the very first thing to come out of Horns mouth, how did they know to bring those props in a fight they were going to lose, except they knew it was a sting.

[Dosumpthin]

He is not mad because he set the loss up.

How did Horn know to bring gloves and a cane to call out Floyd as the very first thing to come out of Horns mouth, how did they know to bring those props in a fight they were going to lose, except they knew it was a sting.

Come on. A little bit of confidence is all he needed. It goes a long way.

What Horn did was no different than preparing an acceptance speech for an award you may not win.


And Arum always negotiates a win win scenario - him not being upset doesn't prove anything.

[Dle]

PAC @ 135 & juiced. Unstoppable!

[NC Uppercut]

So Pacquiao and AB are on the same level on the business side of the sport. That's sad, because with all the work Manny has put in, he should be on the level with Mayweather and De La Hoya! However, he chose to keep listening to Arum, and now it is what it is!

i agree 100%. It's really sad to be honest

[Porter's Dad]

He would have been even better at 140 with more KO wins. I think he would have been damn near unbeatable at 135 because Pacquiao said a few weeks ago he could easily make 135 even at 38. He was a mature fully grown man when he crushed Diaz at 135 and looked great doing it.Who can forget what he did to Hatton. He weighed in at 138 for Hatton. Two pounds below the weight limit of 140 with no drying out or even skipping breakfast.

He would have been beastly at 135 or 140, a truly frightening fighter. The fact that he's still been so good as an under-sized WW shows that.

The 147 campaign was always a money campaign, all leading to the Mayweather fight. But even in that fight, he looked a weight class smaller (and Floyd was no big WW).

[Verus]

Arum is ticked off because he tried to get Pacquiao to fight Crawford several times and was turned down each time.

[Bronx2245]

i agree 100%. It's really sad to be honest

November 2013:

https://www.sbnation.com/longform/2013/11/20/5119180/manny-pacquiao-vs-brandon-rios-fight-2013-profile

https://longform.org/posts/requiem-for-a-welterweight