Can Manny Pacquiao break the "0 Curse"...?

[Combat Talk Radio]

I asked it before and got no sufficient answer.

'Desert Storm' Timothy Bradley - Was UNDEFEATED when Manny first fought him, and he LOST! ("No matter how...you...cut it, slice it or weigh it, he LOST to Timothy Bradley." -- Floyd Mayweather Jr.)

Floyd 'Money' Mayweather - Was UNDEFEATED when Manny first fought him, and he LOST!

Jeff 'The Hornet' Horn - Was UNDEFEATED when Manny first fought him, and he LOST!

The only undefeated that Manny got a win over during the first fight against them in the last 10 years was a tentative Chris Algieri - the same Algieri who under JDJ would have given Manny a run for his money. So a 25% rate recently against undefeated fighters. Not matches, FIGHTERS.

Now, we're talking about the CURRENT generation. In the CURRENT generation, Manny has struggled to take "0" away and could only do it with guys that didn't fight back or fought ******. It wasn't that he was skillwise better than them, he exploited bad gameplans. Which is fine.

Is that the reason he's favored guys coming off losses or terrible performances? Because he's looking for bad gameplans to exploit?

Can Manny break the curse? Or will he fall to Thurman - another UNDEFEATED - and the streak continues? Does Thurman walk in there with a bad gameplan like he did against Josesito? Or an excellent one like he did against Danny Garcia?

That's what we should be betting on - whether Manny can take the "0" from a guy who has kept it intact against two dangerous fighters. Can Manny do what Shawn Porter almost did? Because if he can't...

[TrueBox]

Bradley lost his “0” to Pacquiao in their second meeting. At least, he got the job done right the second time around but yeah... can he break the curse? We’ll find out.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Bradley lost his “0” to Pacquiao in their second meeting. At least, he got the job done right the second time around but yeah... can he break the curse? We’ll find out.

Of course, but he failed to convince judges the first time out. That's my point. I want to see if Manny can close the show decisively the FIRST time out. That's what makes this one exciting - because if Manny can't get it done here, he's certainly not doing it against Spence.

[Joe Beamish]

Of course, but he failed to convince judges the first time out. That's my point. I want to see if Manny can close the show decisively the FIRST time out. That's what makes this one exciting - because if Manny can't get it done here, he's certainly not doing it against Spence.

Manny should be kept away from Spence. Unlike Mikey Mouse Garcia, Pac won't keep his hands at home and fight just to survive. He'll mix it up, eat pain and get his self removed by a genuine welterweight who didn't recently drift up from 140 and who isn't drained down to a catchweight.

Which is probably what will happen against Thurman.

And there's no magic "O", because as you mention, it's already happened. He's already beaten guys with a zero.

[Combat Talk Radio]

And there's no magic "O", because as you mention, it's already happened. He's already beaten guys with a zero.

One out of four over the course of almost two decades is a terrible record. Especially when that one just had a crap trainer and damn near upset Amir Khan - which means under JDJ he might have upset Manny, too.