Pacquiao vs Vargas

[Maravilla2012]

Pacquiao Selects Jessie Vargas, Rules Out Crawford For 11/5 - Boxing News


Seems like Pacquiao is still looking to get a KO after so many years. Thoughts ? Pac by KO

[Gandalf]

That's a shame and a waste of Pacs time. Vargas is just a filler fight and maybe another year to fight Crawford. That's not wise. Good for his pocket, but it's a bit of a con job.

[erics44]

predictable

[Hulk]

Read that Mikey Garcia and Broner turned down a Pacquaio fight. Broner wanted too much money n my guess is Mikey did too. Also read Crawford wanted the fight at 140 only. This was all from Boxinghype on inatagram.

A Vargas fight beats another Bradley fight at least lol

[mikeeod]

I won't pay to watch it. What made Pac intriguing to me (and most fans) was the consistent level of opposition he was fighting. No one wants to pay money to watch him blow out Algieri, Vargas...etc. If/when he fights Mikey Garcia, Crawford, Thurman, Canelo...etc., I will gladly shell out some money to watch.

[Primo Carnera]

Well, it could be worse . at least it's for a World Title, albeit one that Pac held for years. I suppose if people thought Vargas was a good opponent for Brook, then he's a good opponent for Pac.
I don't blame people if they can't be bothered with the PPV.

[Ron Swanson]

I called this on the Crawford thread long ago. Manny built his name on good match ups. Why would he suddenly start taking challenging stylistic fights?

[p4pking]

Yea damn, I thought if Pac was retiring anyways Arum might make the Crawford thing happen, this is a nothing fight. Vargas is crap to watch and has no punch, I wouldn't have cared to see him fight Brook either.

[Master]

They should not make this PPV and try and win back the fans for the next one against Crawford.

[Primo Carnera]

They should not make this PPV and try and win back the fans for the next one against Crawford.

Manny won't fight Crawford.

[El Kabong]

predictable

Too right, Crawford would beat Pac's ass....I doubt Mayweather wants to mess with Crawford as well

[Master]

They should not make this PPV and try and win back the fans for the next one against Crawford.

Manny won't fight Crawford.

When Arum wants to cash in Manny and entice Crawford to a long term contract with him then the fight will happen some time next year.

[SlimTrae]

He needs to focus on his political career has been interrupted.
He needs to make Arum as much money as possible.

[mikeeod]

I called this on the Crawford thread long ago. Manny built his name on good match ups. Why would he suddenly start taking challenging stylistic fights?

Youre saying JMM was a hard stylistic match up for Manny Neither were Barrera, Morales or Cotto Bradley and Hatton were stylistic push overs? Don't think I could disagree more.

[Ron Swanson]

I called this on the Crawford thread long ago. Manny built his name on good match ups. Why would he suddenly start taking challenging stylistic fights?

Youre saying JMM was a hard stylistic match up for Manny Neither were Barrera, Morales or Cotto Bradley and Hatton were stylistic push overs? Don't think I could disagree more.

Which moves with any quickness and looks to counter a lunging fighter? It's fine if you disagree, you're simply wrong. It happens with everyone.

Those are great fighters you list. None do what Crawford does. They might ALL be better than Crawford. But it doesn't change the facts.

Koncz said straight up when asked why they didn't choose Crawford. No hemming, no hawing "the style". The facts, the direct quotes support me. And looking at these is why I could read articles about how Manny was going to fight Crawford and say it wasn't going to happen. I didn't need to wait until things happened because history showed me what would happen.