Thread: Has Pacquiao's Reputation been Damaged Forever?

I would say yes that Pacquiao's public image has been severely damaged. But only in the Western world, as in the US, Canada, UK, it more than likely has been irreparable harm to his image and that people think he's on something.

For the other side of the world as in the East, I don't think so. I went on vacation to Japan and Hong Kong a few weeks ago when this whole random blood fiasco was begining to be on full steam (I would post here now and then on vacation and check on boxing news). Although the Chinese and Japanese are different than Filipinos, they did respect Pacquiao a lot because he is Asian and considered to be 1 of the greatest fighters of all time. Boxing is somewhat starting to have a good outlook in CHina because a few of their athletes won Olympic gold in boxing, and boxing in Japan has always been massively popular.

Pacquiao is a massive international star and he is well known over there. A few of those people that I talked to feels that the West couldn't handle that an Asian fighter is on top of the boxing world, an machismo sport that is physically grueling, since there hasn't been 1 Asian fighter to reach these sort of heights. I should mention that they did know about stereotypes and view of them with regards to physicality/athletics. When I was in HK, I was surprised that a few Chinese that I talked to did defend when it was suspected that Pacman was accused of PED usage. They felt it was like when the west was accusing CHina of cheating in the Olympics because they have won the most gold medals.

I'm just trying to give a different view point of the situation that people has on the blood testing. In the west more than likely Pacs reputation is in tatters, in the east not so. Different people from different parts of the world will see it differently. I'm pretty sure the FLips and Asians don't see the damage in his reputation. Just my 2 cents.

I think if he takes the random tests, and still performs as well as he ever did then his reputation will damaged minimally. The trouble now is that if he akes the tests and looks lethargic and weak ppl will say its cos he wasnt on drugs and all along its been those making him look good. On the otherhand if he refuses the random tests and looks great or wins people will think it was all cos of drugs.

The only way to salvage his rep now is to pass the random tests and fight really well.

Yes it has, he will now not only take away the biggest payday of his life, he also takes away one of the biggest fights from us, the fan's.

Depends on how things go from here. If he agrees to the tests then gets in the ring and sparks Mayweather he'll be bigger than ever and this'll all be forgotten about. If he gets schooled by Mayweather and doesn't look so hot in further fights he'll be boxing's Barry Bonds.

Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

Depends on how things go from here. If he agrees to the tests then gets in the ring and sparks Mayweather he'll be bigger than ever and this'll all be forgotten about. If he gets schooled by Mayweather and doesn't look so hot in further fights he'll be boxing's Barry Bonds.

Agreed... but that's assuming he agrees to random blood tests, which I don't think he will. If he doesn't, his reputation deserves to be tarnished. There are too many suspicious occurrences in his career to simply sweep the drug allegations under the rug, if he wants to go down as a great fighter, he'll need to take the tests and perform as he normally does. Even if he loses, he would need to do so with a great show of will and athleticism, traits that a great fighter should be able to display (even in a loss), at the very least.

ei bulldog still havent stopped using the word flips e?!

a few of us already explained it already better visit the other thread. and no im not too sensitive lol!!!


quoted kkisser

"the term "Flip" was coined by young Filipinos who were born and raised abroad, mostly in the U.S. ( I guess they didn't know any better). But in the Philippines, the term "Flip" is considered derogatory, not because it is racist, but because in the Filipino colloquial vocabulary, the word "Flip" refers to a deranged or Psychotic person(i.e. he flipped out or he's flipped his wig). So in the Philippines, calling a Filipino "Flip" would be like calling someone a "Nutjob" or a "Psycho". If you want to refer to Filipinos in an abbreviated form, then "Pinoy" is the accepted term."

I don't think it's irreparably damaged, but it could be. If he takes the tests and is found clean, it's going to be Mayweather who comes out looking worse in this scenario. However, if Pacquiao continues to behave suspicious and continues to refuse the testing, then I don't see how it won't follow him around for the rest of his career.