Comments Thread For: Pacquiao: Thurman is One of Boxing's Best Pound-for-Pound

[Calibaloc]

Pac needs to be commended for taking this fight. However, Pacquiao has a history of taking on fighters who didnt look so great in their previous fight before he decides to fight them. Thurman is coming off lay offs, injuries, and a near loss to a fighter of Jososito lopez's caliber is what Pac is chosing to fight. Hey I get it but lets not act like we dont know why he chose Thurman over Spence.

[pugil1st]

I've seen this and known this for years....Thurman's style is tailor-made for Pac. The "veteran" will punish Thurman who will likely quit on his stool as oppose to go out on his shield.

He's not making dudes quit anymore. He may win but not in this kind of fashion. In fact, I believe Thuman is faster at this point. It's just a matter of how he handles Pac's shots.

[pugil1st]

I prefer pac to face spence. I want to see another pac-margarito type of fight.

So you think Spence's style is like Margarito's?? Even Pac doesn't think that otherwise he would have taken him up on that in-the-ring request.

[KillaMane26]

broner wasnt fighting to win. broner was fighting to survive. that's like saying spence cant even ko mikey. (mikey didnt fight to win).

and to be fair, pac would have stopped horn if the fight was in the US. crawford got the "ref stoppage" in the same round where horn was hurt in the pac fight and horn's team even admitted he was more hurt in that round against pac than he was with crawford.

and let me add, i dont think pac is gonna ko thurman. i was just replying to your post by saying style makes fight so never say never.

I aint sau that about Pac because he didn't stop Broner. He didnt open up. I said that from looking at how his body/ punches looked. If u re watch the fight his punches looked weaker than his last fights especially compared to fights with Bradley, Vargas, even Horn fight. His legs looked weaker too.

I think Atlas noticed and said the same thing

[KillaMane26]

Pac needs to be commended for taking this fight. However, Pacquiao has a history of taking on fighters who didnt look so great in their previous fight before he decides to fight them. Thurman is coming off lay offs, injuries, and a near loss to a fighter of Jososito lopez's caliber is what Pac is chosing to fight. Hey I get it but lets not act like we dont know why he chose Thurman over Spence.

Yep..Thurman looked weak vs a lesser opponent. But its gonna backfire! Thurman knows this is the most important/biggest fight of his career. And plus that fight was his first since a long layoff.

[IceTrayDaGang]

I aint sau that about Pac because he didn't stop Broner. He didnt open up. I said that from looking at how his body/ punches looked. If u re watch the fight his punches looked weaker than his last fights especially compared to fights with Bradley, Vargas, even Horn fight. His legs looked weaker too.

I think Atlas noticed and said the same thing

because he couldnt land a clean shot on broner!!! that's why i posted that broner didnt fight to win. look at how horn fought manny. horn came in agressive, all pac had to do was let his hands go, this wasnt the case with broner.

yes, manny is not the same, i never said he was???? i'm just letting you know that anyone can get ko'd at anytime against anyone!

[IceTrayDaGang]

Pac needs to be commended for taking this fight. However, Pacquiao has a history of taking on fighters who didnt look so great in their previous fight before he decides to fight them. Thurman is coming off lay offs, injuries, and a near loss to a fighter of Jososito lopez's caliber is what Pac is chosing to fight. Hey I get it but lets not act like we dont know why he chose Thurman over Spence.

the crying will never stop.

first it was manny only fight guys coming off loss.

then it's manny only fight past prime fighters.

then it's manny is avoiding punchers.

now it's manny only pick thurman because he didnt look that good.


HEEELLLOOOOOO!!! if that was the case then manny would have went and pick a guy like amir khan right????!!!

[IceTrayDaGang]

Yep..Thurman looked weak vs a lesser opponent. But its gonna backfire! Thurman knows this is the most important/biggest fight of his career. And plus that fight was his first since a long layoff.

the crying will never stop when it comes to manny!! what more do yall want? yall said pac is avoiding punchers and now yall saying pac is only fighting thurman because he didnt look good in his previous fight??? if manny was so scared, then he would have went a different route. you know manny doesnt have to fight thurman right????? you know this right???

[KillaMane26]

because he couldnt land a clean shot on broner!!! that's why i posted that broner didnt fight to win. look at how horn fought manny. horn came in agressive, all pac had to do was let his hands go, this wasnt the case with broner.

yes, manny is not the same, i never said he was???? i'm just letting you know that anyone can get ko'd at anytime against anyone!

I agreed with that. Im saying because of Broner looking like shyt people aint notice that Manny looked even weaker/older.

And if Manny hurts Thurman wont matter cuz he gat enough in the tank to actually stop Thurman. Who survives everytime he hurt.

[KillaMane26]

the crying will never stop when it comes to manny!! what more do yall want? yall said pac is avoiding punchers and now yall saying pac is only fighting thurman because he didnt look good in his previous fight??? if manny was so scared, then he would have went a different route. you know manny doesnt have to fight thurman right????? you know this right???

Now wtf u whining about?
Why did Manny avoid Spence and choose Thurman instead? After saying he would fight the winner of Spence/Garcia and getting called out in the ring???