Comments Thread For: Roach: Arum 'Pushing For' Pacquiao-Crawford; Fight Concerns Me

[elfag]

He's almost 40... you really want to see him fight Crawford at this stage?

Damn, you must really hate Pac because Floyd was too scared to fight him until he was 36 and suffered a KO...

Floyd was 38 when he fought younger 36 year old pacquaio.

The idea of Floyd getting knocked out by little marquez is absurd because his skills are so superior and his chin is so great. But pacquaio getting put out cold by little marquez is reality.

[mrjoeblive]

Crawford will KO Pacquiao within 7! I don't know why Arum wants to subject Manny to that kind of punishment? Let Manny rematch Horn (or fight Amir Khan), and then retire!

Arum does not care about pac. He is trying to feed pacs carcass to crawford. If you look back a post yrs ago a lot of posters said arum would feed pac to someone when he was done with him

[mrjoeblive]

there's no double standard here

Hahahahahahahaha! Come on man be serious.

[WesternChamp]

Floyd was 38 when he fought younger 36 year old pacquaio.

The idea of Floyd getting knocked out by little marquez is absurd because his skills are so superior and his chin is so great. But pacquaio getting put out cold by little marquez is reality.

age wise yes floyd is older, but that's not the point. they're talking about damage wis

[MisanthropicNY]

Floyd is older than Manny....FACTS

Age doesn't matter in boxing, it's more about your skill set and how age impacts that. Manny's entire style is built on his speed - hand and foot.

[The Big Dunn]

A younger man in Jeff Horn already mauled Manny. After initially saying he wants Horn again, he's now no longer looking to rematch him. Why the hell should he face Crawford, except for the satisfaction of haters' desire to see him stretched out? I never saw you on here pushing for Floyd to fight someone who would actually have a real chance of beating him.

Horn is a schoolteacher and a bum. That was a cherry pick gone wrong. Not a pass the torch fight. He was expected to beat horn.

I was one of the few diehard fans that wanted Floyd’s last fight to be ggg, the threads will show this. I was not in favor of Berto or Conor. Tou may not have seen it but it’s still there to check.

That said, I do like to throw in the faces of the haters the financial success of the Conor fight because of the way it makes them so mad that more people paid $100 to watch that than did watch manny on espn for nothing.

Why should I care or factor in if he gets beaten badly?

I explained why he should fight Crawford next-it’s the logical TR fight given bob does in house fights and manny is the best ww on the roster and the biggest name.

[WesternChamp]

Horn is a schoolteacher and a bum. That was a cherry pick gone wrong. Not a pass the torch fight. He was expected to beat horn.

I was one of the few diehard fans that wanted Floyd’s last fight to be ggg, the threads will show this. I was not in favor of Berto or Conor. Tou may not have seen it but it’s still there to check.

That said, I do like to throw in the faces of the haters the financial success of the Conor fight because of the way it makes them so mad that more people paid $100 to watch that than did watch manny on espn for nothing.

Why should I care or factor in if he gets beaten badly?

I explained why he should fight Crawford next-it’s the logical TR fight given bob does in house fights and manny is the best ww on the roster and the biggest name.

horn is 29, crawford is 30. now honor that.

[The Big Dunn]

horn is 29, crawford is 30. now honor that.

what does this have to do with anything? Horn was the 1st part of the world tour. It went horribly wrong.

[The Big Dunn]

A younger man in Jeff Horn already mauled Manny. After initially saying he wants Horn again, he's now no longer looking to rematch him. Why the hell should he face Crawford, except for the satisfaction of haters' desire to see him stretched out? I never saw you on here pushing for Floyd to fight someone who would actually have a real chance of beating him.

This is untrue Subzeroed. Check the threads-I was one of the Floyd fans that wanted the last fight to be GGG, not Conor. The threads are all still here and will prove this.

He should face Crawford for the following reasons:

Manny is still fighting and not retired.
Floyd has retired.
JMM has said repeatedly he will not fight him again.
Both Crawford and Manny are TR fighters-promoter prefers in house fights rather than other promoters
Both are at WW
Manny is still the #7 ranked ww by the TRBR.


Now, a potential beating is just kind of "icing on the cake", for lack of a better term.

Now tell me what WW you think Manny should fight next?

[WesternChamp]

what does this have to do with anything? Horn was the 1st part of the world tour. It went horribly wrong.

Thank you.

Fighting the young guy on your way out is a time honored tradition in the sport. You wouldn't expect a narcissistic, selfish, greedy egomaniac like Floyd to honor it.

However, someone like Manny, a guy whose fans always tout how much he cares about the sport, he of course will honor one of the sport's great traditions like wlad and Ali and so many others.

I look forward to Manny being stretchered/carried out on his shield.

horn is 29, crawford is 30. now honor that!!