Another interesting article.
The Aftermath
The fight itself played out as Malignaggi predicted, a dud. Mayweather controlling range by changing his looks consistently and never letting Manny come into range to let off combinations. Once Manny started to hesitate and give ground up Floyd would walk him down in spots. The Floyd that night was nowhere near the best Floyd I have seen and he still made it look easy. His footwork wasn’t the best, which was possibly his age catching up to him but still had that fantastic decision making.
Now after the fight, can I say if you thought the fight was close, the last time you probably watched a boxing bout was when Tyson was fighting. Bottom line is it wasn’t close. In the lead up to the fight there were many arguments in the negotiation and rumors that Arum and Pacquaio wanted as much money as possible in the one go as they knew the fight wasn’t going to be competitive and they would not receive a rematch. As they didn’t get what they wished being the B side, there had to be controversy made to get a rematch and a second payday.
After the fight Max Kellerman was shocked as well as the whole world was when Manny said in the ring he thought he won the fight. As Manny left the ring that night that argument was buried. In the post fight press conference at no point did he bring up the fact that he thought he won, but yet coming across convinced he did in the ring a couple hours before. Now he had said he had a tear in his shoulder instead as to reason why he didn’t win the fight. Coincidence??? In the pre fight health screening you state in the medical sheet to the commission whether you are carrying an injury or not. Manny chose to say no, with Floyd adding all the injuries he picked up over the years to his sheet. This can give you the option to get painkillers and shots before the fight. If not you can ask for a cortisone shot which is an anti-inflammatory for injuries. If Manny Pacquaio asked for this substance he would have received it. But for some reason asked for Toradol when he had also stated to the board he was not injured. Although I am not a doctor, there is not a huge difference in Toradol and Cortisone but yet he asked for the one he most likely knew he would not receive. Coincidence??
The Mystery MRI
The diagnosis claimed was a rotator cuff injury. Which aparently he fought with in the ring without any pain medication. I have met people who have torn their rotator cuff and even with pain killers can barely lift their arm up. But yet in the fight when Manny had Mayweather on the ropes he was throwing these wide punches and combinations with full power that is near impossible with a torn rotator cuff.
After the fight there was much publicity on the MRI scan he had and the visits to top doctors in the Phillipines for his surgery. But yet the question remains, where is this mystery MRI? If David Haye can post a picture of his torn calf during surgery 24 hours after a fight, why cant we see this MRI? Surely if you want to put right the biggest disappointment of your career right you should show the world so every physician can see it and tell the world that he was impaired in the fight. But yet it remains hidden.
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According to Greg Logan of Newsday, Aguilar also said that a questionnaire given to Pacquiao and Mayweather before the fight asked about preexisting injuries, and Pacquiao said he had none:
“On that questionnaire, one question is: ‘Do you have an injury in your shoulder?’ He checked ‘No.’ Had he checked ‘Yes,’ our doctors could have followed up with additional questions. He could have shared the MRI with those doctors, and we could have figured out an opportunity for him to have the medication he claimed he needs.”
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To me Manny Pacquiao has always been su****ious, because he could have made the Floyd Mayweather fight if he just agreed to take the test, but he refused and that is why the fight never happened in the first place. He put that question mark by his name when he rejected Olympic style drug testing.
In what other sport can a pro athlete refuse to take drug testing and get away with it? It is wrong that Manny Pacquiao gets a pass for some reason. I am not saying the Pacman is dirty, but if he wanted to clear up the issue he would have started doing drug testing for everyone of his fights before he got knocked out cold by Juan Manuel Marquez.
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The Aftermath
The fight itself played out as Malignaggi predicted, a dud. Mayweather controlling range by changing his looks consistently and never letting Manny come into range to let off combinations. Once Manny started to hesitate and give ground up Floyd would walk him down in spots. The Floyd that night was nowhere near the best Floyd I have seen and he still made it look easy. His footwork wasn’t the best, which was possibly his age catching up to him but still had that fantastic decision making.
Now after the fight, can I say if you thought the fight was close, the last time you probably watched a boxing bout was when Tyson was fighting. Bottom line is it wasn’t close. In the lead up to the fight there were many arguments in the negotiation and rumors that Arum and Pacquaio wanted as much money as possible in the one go as they knew the fight wasn’t going to be competitive and they would not receive a rematch. As they didn’t get what they wished being the B side, there had to be controversy made to get a rematch and a second payday.
After the fight Max Kellerman was shocked as well as the whole world was when Manny said in the ring he thought he won the fight. As Manny left the ring that night that argument was buried. In the post fight press conference at no point did he bring up the fact that he thought he won, but yet coming across convinced he did in the ring a couple hours before. Now he had said he had a tear in his shoulder instead as to reason why he didn’t win the fight. Coincidence??? In the pre fight health screening you state in the medical sheet to the commission whether you are carrying an injury or not. Manny chose to say no, with Floyd adding all the injuries he picked up over the years to his sheet. This can give you the option to get painkillers and shots before the fight. If not you can ask for a cortisone shot which is an anti-inflammatory for injuries. If Manny Pacquaio asked for this substance he would have received it. But for some reason asked for Toradol when he had also stated to the board he was not injured. Although I am not a doctor, there is not a huge difference in Toradol and Cortisone but yet he asked for the one he most likely knew he would not receive. Coincidence??
The Mystery MRI
The diagnosis claimed was a rotator cuff injury. Which aparently he fought with in the ring without any pain medication. I have met people who have torn their rotator cuff and even with pain killers can barely lift their arm up. But yet in the fight when Manny had Mayweather on the ropes he was throwing these wide punches and combinations with full power that is near impossible with a torn rotator cuff.
After the fight there was much publicity on the MRI scan he had and the visits to top doctors in the Phillipines for his surgery. But yet the question remains, where is this mystery MRI? If David Haye can post a picture of his torn calf during surgery 24 hours after a fight, why cant we see this MRI? Surely if you want to put right the biggest disappointment of your career right you should show the world so every physician can see it and tell the world that he was impaired in the fight. But yet it remains hidden.
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According to Greg Logan of Newsday, Aguilar also said that a questionnaire given to Pacquiao and Mayweather before the fight asked about preexisting injuries, and Pacquiao said he had none:
“On that questionnaire, one question is: ‘Do you have an injury in your shoulder?’ He checked ‘No.’ Had he checked ‘Yes,’ our doctors could have followed up with additional questions. He could have shared the MRI with those doctors, and we could have figured out an opportunity for him to have the medication he claimed he needs.”
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To me Manny Pacquiao has always been su****ious, because he could have made the Floyd Mayweather fight if he just agreed to take the test, but he refused and that is why the fight never happened in the first place. He put that question mark by his name when he rejected Olympic style drug testing.
In what other sport can a pro athlete refuse to take drug testing and get away with it? It is wrong that Manny Pacquiao gets a pass for some reason. I am not saying the Pacman is dirty, but if he wanted to clear up the issue he would have started doing drug testing for everyone of his fights before he got knocked out cold by Juan Manuel Marquez.
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