Let's differentiate fights between cherrypicks gone wrong...

[daggum]

How was that a cherrypick??? Pacquiao was already a GREAT fighter when he fought Oscar so how is that a cherrypick??
Oscar has ALWAYS fought the best so fighting at welterweight was the ONLY way this fight would of happened. So how is it a cherrypick???

pac had zero fights at ww. zero figths at 140. 1 fight at 135. also we cant ignore the political implications that oscar had in that fight. pac was top ranks biggest star and he wanted to take him out. instead he ended up making him more popular.

[IronDanHamza]

How was that a cherrypick??? Pacquiao was already a GREAT fighter when he fought Oscar so how is that a cherrypick??
Oscar has ALWAYS fought the best so fighting at welterweight was the ONLY way this fight would of happened. So how is it a cherrypick???

Yeah so clearly you weren't watching Boxing in 2008 And you're displaying what is known as revisionist history.

The fight at the time was considered a total joke. Oscar claimed he was going to fight the Cotto-Margarito winner and he instead cherry picked Pacquaio who was campaigning 3 weight class lighter than him at the time and moved up 2 weight classes to fight him.

It was a clear as day attempted cherry pick where all boxing experts predicted Pacquaio to get massacred. Instead, it backfired in the most hilarious of ways.

That's how.

[Dreamer213]

Yeah so clearly you weren't watching Boxing in 2008 And you're displaying what is known as revisionist history.

The fight at the time was considered a total joke. Oscar claimed he was going to fight the Cotto-Margarito winner and he instead cherry picked Pacquaio who was campaigning 3 weight class lighter than him at the time and moved up 2 weight classes to fight him.

It was a clear as day attempted cherry pick where all boxing experts predicted Pacquaio to get massacred. Instead, it backfired in the most hilarious of ways.

That's how.

Is that why Pacquiao went on to when multiple titles at welterweight and even fought as high as 150??? It was no cherrypick! You keep thinking what you want

[Dreamer213]

pac had zero fights at ww. zero figths at 140. 1 fight at 135. also we cant ignore the political implications that oscar had in that fight. pac was top ranks biggest star and he wanted to take him out. instead he ended up making him more popular.

And??? Pacquiao went on to win multiple titles at welterweight and fought as high as 150 vs Margarito.
So it was no cherrypick. Pacquiao has been fighting at welterweight for the past ten years. Are all his opponents cherrypicking Pacquiao???

[IronDanHamza]

Is that why Pacquiao went on to when multiple titles at welterweight and even fought as high as 150??? It was no cherrypick! You keep thinking what you want

Yeah.....AFTER THE FACT.

That's literally by definition revisionist history. Literally.

At the time, which is what matters, Pacquaio had just moved to 135. Oscar was campaigning at 154.

It was a cherry pick. Everyone in boxing said it at the time and it backfired massively. That's just a fact and revising history won't change that.

Pull up any article pre Oscar-Pacquaio and see what was said about it. A cherry pick, so much so Pacquaio was expected to get badly hurt

[Larry the boss]

Lara cherry picked a fellow world champ?

[buddyr]

Hurd was a cherry pick? the first time I heard that lol

[buddyr]

Yeah so clearly you weren't watching Boxing in 2008 And you're displaying what is known as revisionist history.

The fight at the time was considered a total joke. Oscar claimed he was going to fight the Cotto-Margarito winner and he instead cherry picked Pacquaio who was campaigning 3 weight class lighter than him at the time and moved up 2 weight classes to fight him.

It was a clear as day attempted cherry pick where all boxing experts predicted Pacquaio to get massacred. Instead, it backfired in the most hilarious of ways.

That's how.

exactly. It was considered a joke because Pac was too small. I agree, you can tell by comments who just started watching boxing

[rickJen]

Lara cherry picked a fellow world champ?

Hurd was a cherry pick? the first time I heard that lol

Blah blah blah..
Explain why he didn't unify with the Charlo sisters.
Please don't give fans that silly they share the same trainer doe.
This is boxing, not a kumbaya family affair.
Andrade was also available, yet he cherry-picked Gausha.
Kills me with these fanatical fanboys.

[Larry the boss]

Blah blah blah..
Explain why he didn't unify with the Charlo sisters.
Please don't give fans that silly they share the same trainer doe.
This is boxing, not a kumbaya family affair.
Andrade was also available, yet he cherry-picked Gausha.
Kills me with these fanatical fanboys.

unifying with a fellow champ can never be a cherry pick