Freddie Roach proposed idea for fight

[Violent Demise]

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.

[Kev]

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.

You're completely overlooking the business side of things here VD. Mark my words if the fight was made then Oscar and Pac would do more business than just the fight. Oscar wouldn't want Manny to look bad as he'd be by far his biggest money maker afterwards.

It honestly wouldn't suprise me if Oscar even threw the fight in order to have the rights to a Pacquaio Mayweather megafight the following year.

If it happens, it's going 12 rounds for certain imo.

[XaduBoxer]

I already mentioned on another thread that GBP's possible contract options on PAC's future fights make Hoya decide to go after this PAC fight...

[The Fightfan]

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.

You're completely overlooking the business side of things here VD. Mark my words if the fight was made then Oscar and Pac would do more business than just the fight. Oscar wouldn't want Manny to look bad as he'd be by far his biggest money maker afterwards.

It honestly wouldn't suprise me if Oscar even threw the fight in order to have the rights to a Pacquaio Mayweather megafight the following year.

If it happens, it's going 12 rounds for certain imo.

Come on now Oscar would not throw the fight. Sure you may not like him as a man or a fighter but you must respect the fact that in only 1 outing I can think of Oscar did not show up to fight and he sure as hell didn't throw that fight. As for the bullying how could it be called that when the other party agree's.Last time I checked bullying is just someone picking on someone who doesn't fight back. IMO Oscar is very smart for this fight.What is the biggest possible MONEY fight out there and with out a doubt it's Pacquiao. Especially the weight differential. It will have people talking.

[narsman]

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.

You're completely overlooking the business side of things here VD. Mark my words if the fight was made then Oscar and Pac would do more business than just the fight. Oscar wouldn't want Manny to look bad as he'd be by far his biggest money maker afterwards.

It honestly wouldn't suprise me if Oscar even threw the fight in order to have the rights to a Pacquaio Mayweather megafight the following year.

If it happens, it's going 12 rounds for certain imo.

Come on now Oscar would not throw the fight. Sure you may not like him as a man or a fighter but you must respect the fact that in only 1 outing I can think of Oscar did not show up to fight and he sure as hell didn't throw that fight. As for the bullying how could it be called that when the other party agree's.Last time I checked bullying is just someone picking on someone who doesn't fight back. IMO Oscar is very smart for this fight.What is the biggest possible MONEY fight out there and with out a doubt it's Pacquiao. Especially the weight differential. It will have people talking.

Well, I would say that the biggest possible MONEY fight would be with Margarito. It's sad that this will not happen.

[narsman]

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.

[Violent Demise]

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.

Forbes is a slickster. He has better boxing skills than Pac. He's a better boxer than Pac. That doesn't mean he's a better fighter. Cuz he's not.

[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.

[p4pking]

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.