Comments Thread For: Arum: Pacquiao Ready To Fight, We're Looking For April Date

[thack]

Watch for meerkat Khan stalk for a payday......just retire Manny!

[mvooom]

he's not gonna put pac in with loma or crawford right away.. that'll be a suicide move for top rank.

manny isnt completely done yet, if arum put pac in with loma or crawford now and pac some how comes out on top then that would decrease loma and crawford's chance of being a star.

pac will prolly be done fighting after 2018, crawford and loma still have years ahead of them. arum will make pac fight someone else first, then he'll make pac fight crawford after that.

I strongly doubt Manny wins against Loma or Crawford due to Arums's history with judges. The only way Manny wins is by knockout or clear round by round beat downs which he is not capable of against those guys.

[mvooom]

This is where Loma should make his mark! Catch-weight fight w/ Manny Pacquiao @ 140, on the very 1st ESPN PPV! Sure, they'll be haters, but who gives a ****? When Manny beat old azz, weight-drained Oscar De La Hoya, he was propelled into stardom! Loma should seriously think about that, and I'm sure Arum would not object to that fight at all!

October 27, 2016:

"What fight would I want to see Manny in? I would pay any amount of money to see Manny fight Lomachenko. That for me would be a great, great fight. They could fight anywhere from 135 to 140 pounds. Manny could make 135 easy. I never asked about fighting Lomachenko, but ask me about a fight that I would want to see - him against Crawford is also a good fight, but for me I love guys who are almost like ballet dancers in the ring, and Lomachenko is that and so is Manny," Arum said.

http://www.boxingscene.com/pacquiao-...t-arum--110154

You need more than beating a big name to be a superstar, you need character especially in the lower weight classes. Either that or you need to be the main threat to the current superstar.

Manny's stardom was mostly due to the fact he was a big threat to Floyd and fought everyone Floyd fought. People wanted to see how he fares against those guys and he crushed them.

The De La Hoya fight was the icing on the cake. Since Manny's loss to Floyd, his PPV numbers has taken a bad dive, so bad Arum is thinking of putting Manny in an undercard.

Loma beating Manny won't make him a superstar and automatically bring in the casuals.

[PAC-BOY]

*** you Arum. We see how all this is gonna play out. Manny get relevant again after fighting a named opponent.
Crawford beats Horne. The guy who Manny actually did beat. But takes Mannys WBO title from the guy who on paper beat Manny. Which attracts the casual fans who only pay attention to who wins and loses and not how or why. All they know is that Crawford has beat the guy who "beat" Manny.
All in all Arums plan was to make a fabricated super fight up with Manny and Crawford.

Which Manny at 39 and past his prime will still beat Crawford. But Crawford will dance and run a try to pot shot his way to a win by decision.

[kawilui]

Pacquiao is DONE

Since the Mayweather Fight Pacquiao is just another boxer who just want to make more money.. As long as he convincingly KO anyone.. he will never be the same Pacquiao

[TrueBox]

Bobby the pimp is treating Manny like he's a washed up hoe

[Bronx2245]

You need more than beating a big name to be a superstar, you need character especially in the lower weight classes. Either that or you need to be the main threat to the current superstar.

Manny's stardom was mostly due to the fact he was a big threat to Floyd and fought everyone Floyd fought. People wanted to see how he fares against those guys and he crushed them.

The De La Hoya fight was the icing on the cake. Since Manny's loss to Floyd, his PPV numbers has taken a bad dive, so bad Arum is thinking of putting Manny in an undercard.

Loma beating Manny won't make him a superstar and automatically bring in the casuals.

It's worth the risk! Now that Crawford is @ 147, there's only 2 people that Loma can face, where he would headline a mega-fight: Pacquiao and Garcia. No one @ 130 or below would give Loma as much exposure as Pacquiao. Oscar was the 1st of the Mayweather opponents, and Hatton was 2nd. Oscar helped Pacquiao go from star to Superstar (PPV)! Pac moved up 2 weight divisions to do it too!

[WesternChamp]

I strongly doubt Manny wins against Loma or Crawford due to Arums's history with judges. The only way Manny wins is by knockout or clear round by round beat downs which he is not capable of against those guys.

im saying you never know what might happen. all 3 guys is under arum so i dont see arum rushing to put them in against each other right now, that will ruin any future plans for these guys if they lose, take a beating, etc. arum has other options but eventually he'll make those 3 guys fight one another.

right now all 3 guys still have a good name, if arum rushes and put pac in with loma and pac beat loma then loma's status as a top contender will decrease.

arum will make these 3 guys fight other fighters then when arum decide out of the 3 who he's gonna fully promote, then that's when he'll make those 3 guys fight each other but he'll make it to where only the guy who he has picked as his next star will come out on top. so in the end, arum used all 3 guys.

[chrisJS]

Arum trying to fast track Bud to stardom since it looks like Loma is gathering mainstream appeal already. I'm conflicted in that I don't like Pacquaio and want Crawford to be a star but am not a fan of such match-up's. It's easier than getting PBC guys into the ring though and if Pac is willing then let's do it.

[HanzGruber]

Which Manny at 39 and past his prime will still beat Crawford. But Crawford will dance and run a try to pot shot his way to a win by decision.

delusional