The Fighters Manny Pacquiao Ducked On His Way Up

[thesmokingman]

147 was agreed upon weight by both sides with no real problem. The only major problem they had was the purse split. Oscar wanted 70-30 but Manny didn’t accept. Their negotiations actually failed to work out in the first attempt. Soto and Mora would have been the back-up fights for both.

And yes, Pacquaio was a cherry pick for Oscar. That’s as honest as it gets

Hmm, I think you're missing my point that the OP is lying thru his keyboard, and is not a buffoon.

[MusaWorld]

DUCK DUCK. A lot of cognitive dissonance among Manny Pacroid fans here

[Longhaul]

???? Wtf .......

[rudy]

It is true that Manny “Pacroid” Pacquiao has ducked a lot of boxers on his move up in weight. This is something that many casual fans of The Pacman have no idea about because they only started following Manny when he first appeared on HBO 24/7 against Oscar De La Hoya a handpicked, big name, opponent who was weight drained.

When Manny Pacquiao was at super featherweight (130 pounds) he only fought a washed up Erik Morales(coming off of a loss to Zahir Raheem), Past it Marco Antonio Barrera, and Juan Manuel Marquez hoping he aged overnight. Manny also fought Oscar Larios who was coming up from 122 pounds to 130 pounds and Larios almost knocked Pacroid out. Manny couldn’t even knock out a former super bantamweight, and people are insulting Floyd Mayweather Jr. for fighting Juan Manuel Marquez, Errol Spence Jr. fighting Mikey Garcia? But Manny cherry picked a smaller guy and almost got his ass kicked and gets a pass? c’mon what a joke.

The main fighters that Pacquiao ducked and avoided at super featherweight were undefeated slick Dominican boxer Joan Guzman and a very tough Mexican Humberto Soto, both of those guys ended up fighting each other and Guzman won the fight by out slicking Soto. At the time Guzman was trained by one of the greatest boxing minds around Floyd Mayweather Sr. and Floyd and Guzman were calling Manny Pacquiao out but Manny never accepted the challenge, this was in 2007. Guzman in his prime was a very slick black fighter, so similar to Floyd Mayweather with his slick hit and not get hit style. Watch the 2007 interview, Floyd Sr. discusses Guzman’s chances against Pacquiao

In 2008, when Manny was set to go up in weight to the lightweight (135 pounds) division to try and capture another world title in a different weight class he chose the paper champion David Diaz. The fight that all the boxing fans wanted to see was Manny Pacquiao versus the newly crowned unified lightweight champion Nate Campbell who beat up Juan Diaz for the belts giving him his first loss. A real old school boxer who is concerned with his legacy would have fought Nate Campbell because he was the real champion at lightweight. Pacquiao again avoided a slick black fighter. After Manny defeated David Diaz to capture the WBC title, he fought Oscar De La Hoya and forced Oscar to drain himself to 147 instead of fighting him at a more reasonable 150 pounds catchweight. The win versus Oscar was a hollow victory, all it was is another name to pad Pacquiao’s record.

Shane Mosley beat up Antonio Margarito and called out Manny Pacquiao but Freddie Roach and Manny wanted no part of a guy like Mosley coming off a vicious knockout win over the most feared fighter at the time Antonio Margarito. Instead, they waited for Mosley to turn 40 years old to give him a shot.

Here is the exact quote from Freddie Roach:
“Shane came to the gym twice to ask me to let him fight Manny,” Roach says. “I told him no both times, and both times for the same two reasons: First, there isn’t enough money there, and second, you’re too good a fighter.” (Source: LA Times)

[ruedboy]

Easiest thing in the world to say Pac ducked this guy or Floyd ducked that guy. The hard thing is to back it up with evidence other than your opinion.
Your comment goes to the Opinion section of the part, maybe if you come back with some evidence we'll move it to the News section.

[hmc87]

Manny is a good fighter, but he had ATG matchmaking his entire career. Always fighting marquee guys at the end of their careers or coming off devastating losses (Mosley, Hatton, Cotto, DLH, JMM 3/4, Morales, MAB, Margarito, etc.).

[Granath]

It is true...

No, it isn't. Thanks for playing, please try again.

[Jsmooth9876]

You tried so hard and failed right out the gate. Barrera was only coming off wins over undefeated Hamed and Morales, 2 loss Tapia and Kelly and Manny destroyed him.

When someone accuses a guy of ducking while fighting 3 or 4 hall of fame fighters at said weight, they are just plain stupid.

You fit in perfectly here my friend, keep up the good work!!

[Dean_Razorback]

Join Date: Aug 2019

an alt? who'd thought that

[strykr619]

DUCK DUCK. A lot of cognitive dissonance among Manny Pacroid fans here

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