Race to 147: The smaller man still has the advantage

[XaduBoxer]

It's (almost) official: Golden Boy�will take on Pac-Man - Chris Mannix - SI.com

Winning is out of the question for me, I just pray that PAC does not end up getting a TBI(Traumatic Brain Injury) or any other life threatening conditions after this fight.

This sounds like a traumatic year for me, first Cotto lost to Margarito, then Pavlik takes his chance against Hopkins, and PAC faces Goliath in ODLH

I'm not that high on Cotto... I believe Pavlik can handle the tough B-Hop and PAC can survive the giant Hoya... Hope I'm right...

[Taeth]

Pacquaio has good enough defense. He is also very, very fast. Maybe not quite Mayweather fast, but he is faster then Whitaker and he hits harder than either. I think if he can maintain his movement that he will be able to throw Oscar off. The biggest question is can Pacquaio take Oscar's punch? Pacquaio will have a better chin at 147 because he will weight lift, his neck will get thicker as will his back, and he will spar with bigger guys. Oscar does have a good right hand, but its not as good as Marquez's which found Pacquaio plenty in that fight. That being said Roach has recently trained both Pacquaio and Oscar, and he has a reason to believe that Manny can win this.

As for the Margarito thing. I can't see MArgarito beating Oscar. He doesn't hit hard enough, he isn't a good enough boxer, and Oscar doesn't crumble unless its against Bernard Hopkins who is far better than Tony.

[Panadzzz]

Pac has the speed as his advantage. He also is more younger and has a trainer who trained both hoya and pac, so he knows both strengths and weaknesses of both fighters. However i still don't know if pac can take the punch of a light middleweight guy in hoya. That said, pac's only ace for me is to take hoya from the outside imo. I think hoya is very dangerous in the inside... i'm rooting of course for pac to win this one.