Re: Freddie Roach proposed idea for fight
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caleoh12
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WelshDevilRob
How about instead of this circus of a fight we have De La Hoya vs Margarito and Pacquiao vs Khan - I don't do PPV but I would for that bill.
De La Hoya vs Margarito would never happen. Oscar doesn't want to have his farewell fight be a massacre. Khan is not ready for Pac.
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Again I will state my opinion of this fight and say it is complete and utter BS! Manny has a division full of good fighters and Oscar is being a bully. I would rather watch Manny fight Valero or Soto than De La Hoya.
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I would also rather see a Valero or Soto fight, than a DLH fight.
Just want to add my 2 cents: Pac would man-handle Valero. Valero's been a monster inside the ring but he is way too green and amateurish for the Pacman. Still, I would love to see Pac destroy him. He should do back-to-back fights this year against Valero and then Soto, and then hopefully there will be some mega-fights next year.
I predict, as long as Pac wins his next fight and Hatton beats Malignaggi, it will be Pacquiao vs Hatton in a superfight to kick off 2009.
Ah the bill I proposed was a personal wish - watch Hoya getting Ko'd by someone his own size and Khan getting taught a lesson.;D
Re: Freddie Roach proposed idea for fight
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narsman
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I really don't see this as that much of a mismatch to be honest.
Pacquiao is no smaller than Steve Forbes and he handled himself fine against Oscar, Floyd is only a little fella and had no problems.
Manny has great speed, relentless aggression and ever improving footwork.
If he fights Oscar he'll surely have a plan to box and move like he did in the second Barrera fight, he's hardly going to go toe to toe like he did with Marquez.
If this fight happens I say Manny comfortably goes the distance and could even win on points.
I really don't see it as a one sided beating at all, especially seeing as Oscar will have a vested future interest in Manny looking good as for practically certain if they did fight, Manny would sign a contract with Goldenboy afterwards.
Forbes might not be that much bigger than Pac. But he's use to fighting bigger fighters. His fights in the contender were all against bigger fighters. Pac has never fought a much bigger fighter. And he doesn't posses the boxing skills of a Forbes or Mayweather. Pac will get stretchered in this fight.
And he doesn't posses the boxing skills of a Forbes???
VD, you've been drinking too much carrot juice.
Lol, Pacquiao clearly doesn't have better skills. MUCH better athlete, but he doesn't have better boxing skills than Forbes, which is pretty much all Stevie has going at anywhere near WW.
Re: Freddie Roach proposed idea for fight
Every fight should reward the winner with an extra sum of money.
That's how it works in every other sport - they play for a winner's share.
I've been advocating this for years - but people in the industry think it would lead to problems with judges, referees, fight doctors, etc.
