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    Default More competitive than Canelo.... less so than Cotto and Maidana

    IMO, that's how Pac's performance against Floyd stacks up. It wasn't the total, embarrassing whitewash Canelo suffered at the hands of Floyd.... but it certainly was less competitive and not nearly as exciting as Floyd-Cotto or Floyd-Maidana. I'm not gonna mention Castillo, 'cause that was a looong time ago and it was a different Floyd.

    I love Pac and think he's a great human being. People who hate on him for his alleged PED use and his personal failings can keep right on hating. I prefer to see the good he does for other people and the love he has for the people of his country. If Floyd had half that moral character, he'd be a great human being too. I also admire what Pac has accomplished inside the ring, and will always thank him for several key fights which I enjoyed extremely (DLH, Hatton, Margarito).

    But reality is there for all to see. As others have said, it was on Pac to take the fight to Floyd. That is his style. Floyd's style has always been to defend and counterpunch. Why should Floyd, in the biggest fight of his career, change his style just to appease those who wanted a slugfest with Pac? It was Pac who needed to push and force that on Floyd. He tried, to his credit. But a combination of age, and Floyd's tremendous ability did not allow Pac to do that. So it turned out the fight that many of us thought... and predicted.... it would be.

    Rematch? No need. If anyone deserves a rematch, it's Cotto.
    Not Pac.... definitely not Canelo.... and Maidana already got his.

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    Default Re: More competitive than Canelo.... less so than Cotto and Maidana

    Definitely no need for a rematch of this fight. I wouldn't want to see a rematch with Canelo either, that fight was so bad it was laughable, but I do think Canelo would have a bit more success if the fight happened today, still would lose but might not be swinging at air as bad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
    IMO, that's how Pac's performance against Floyd stacks up. It wasn't the total, embarrassing whitewash Canelo suffered at the hands of Floyd.... but it certainly was less competitive and not nearly as exciting as Floyd-Cotto or Floyd-Maidana. I'm not gonna mention Castillo, 'cause that was a looong time ago and it was a different Floyd.

    I love Pac and think he's a great human being. People who hate on him for his alleged PED use and his personal failings can keep right on hating. I prefer to see the good he does for other people and the love he has for the people of his country. If Floyd had half that moral character, he'd be a great human being too. I also admire what Pac has accomplished inside the ring, and will always thank him for several key fights which I enjoyed extremely (DLH, Hatton, Margarito).

    But reality is there for all to see. As others have said, it was on Pac to take the fight to Floyd. That is his style. Floyd's style has always been to defend and counterpunch. Why should Floyd, in the biggest fight of his career, change his style just to appease those who wanted a slugfest with Pac? It was Pac who needed to push and force that on Floyd. He tried, to his credit. But a combination of age, and Floyd's tremendous ability did not allow Pac to do that. So it turned out the fight that many of us thought... and predicted.... it would be.

    Rematch? No need. If anyone deserves a rematch, it's Cotto.
    Not Pac.... definitely not Canelo.... and Maidana already got his.
    You're right about at Cotto rematch at 160 for the Middleweight Title.

    Even that pales in comparison to what this fight was supposed to be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by walrus View Post
    Definitely no need for a rematch of this fight. I wouldn't want to see a rematch with Canelo either, that fight was so bad it was laughable, but I do think Canelo would have a bit more success if the fight happened today, still would lose but might not be swinging at air as bad.
    I really rated Canelo before the Mayweather fight, he seems to have dropped off the radar in a big way since that defeat, he's got a fight coming up soon hasn't he?
    I suppose that's the way the media works over here, one defeat to the P4P champion and you are a bum

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    Default Re: More competitive than Canelo.... less so than Cotto and Maidana

    Remember when everyone was shitting on Floyd for choosing to fight Maidana? Imagine if someone told you that Maidana would give Floyd a tougher fight than Pacquaio? You'd think they were retarded.
    David Lemieux = Future MW Champ and P4P King

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    Quote Originally Posted by Batman View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by walrus View Post
    Definitely no need for a rematch of this fight. I wouldn't want to see a rematch with Canelo either, that fight was so bad it was laughable, but I do think Canelo would have a bit more success if the fight happened today, still would lose but might not be swinging at air as bad.
    I really rated Canelo before the Mayweather fight, he seems to have dropped off the radar in a big way since that defeat, he's got a fight coming up soon hasn't he?
    I suppose that's the way the media works over here, one defeat to the P4P champion and you are a bum

    You can lose to a p4p champion. Just don't get embarrassed and exposed.... otherwise you ARE a bum.

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