The Mexican Point Of View

[purtyboy]

The thing about all this is I actually like Pacquiao, I think he's an amazing fighter. It's his fan base that disgusts me. Who gave Pacquiao the Mexicutioner title? His fans, Who says Pacquiao can beat Ivan Drago at catchweight? His fans. Just calm down on all this stuff, please.

You are not getting paid as his agents so why act as if you are?

We have no say over his negotiations so why start 50 threads about it when 1 will do?

Why are you trying to be the voice of the hispanic community when you are not hispanic?

Why are you taking the words of one hispanic and stating that is the opinion of an entire nation?

You guys are ruining the Pacquiao experience for me, there are plenty of Pacquiao fan boards all over the web, go hang out there with all the yes men.

Very well said! It's his fans that make it hard to like him when they label him as such.

[Addicted to_boxing]

For me, Pac lost his "Mexicutioner" status after facing Marquez twice.

Cheers to that.

plus his loss to a washed up Morales

AMEN .... Pac lost his Mexicutioner" status after facing Marquez twice and eeking out a tie and a win that hardly be called executions.

[Addicted to_boxing]

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THE MEXICAN POINT OF VIEWFont Size Author: Hessiquio Balderas
Date: 8/19/2008
Pacquiao here in México is an icon. Despite he has beaten a large list of mexican fighters. i´ve gone to cover many fights here in mexico (all over the country) and its amazing to see how the ring is the dirt floor, no ropes, no real referi, just two guys beating each other without boxing trunks, without boxing shoes, just their daily outfit. Wether its boots and pants. But they want to be Pacquiao. You would hear the introducctions as Juan Antonio ``El Pacquiao`` Martinez. Or in other venues the crowd would scream to the fighter who is agressive ``lets go Pacquiao`` this gives you an idea of how big Pacquiao is here in Mexico.

For his fight against David Diaz, Paquiao was a big, or i should said a huge favorite to win. I conducted a poll in the street here in mexico and 90 % of the people wanted Pacman to win. They didnt know who Diaz was in the first place. Pacquiao brings that plus that Mike Tyson used to bring to his fights and that is exciment, he comes to fight and that is what people all over the World like, México is no exception

The other fighter that is as popular as Manny here in Mexico is Jorge ``Travieso`` Arce, obviously De La Hoya, and Julio Cesar Chavez jr.

You would mention the names of many other mexican fighters here in Mexico, such as Terra Garcia, Cochulito Montiel, Edgar Sosa, Christian Mijares, etc. And they are known to the hardcore boeing fans, but sadly the general public doesn´t know who they are, but they know who Manny Pacquiao is, its like asking who Bruce Lee was and everybody knows that. When you reach that level, its when you know you´re a superstar World wide and that is the result of one thing. Dedication and hard work.


De La Hoya vs Pacquiao: its a mismatch, everyone says that. i believe that to a certain point, but i also believe that Roach is right about oscar not pulling the trigger anymore. Look at his bout with Floyd jr. There were moments where Oscar would just stand in front of Floyd without punching, but recieving punches from all angles. When that happens and you stay in front of an oponent like that its not only that you are tired is that you cant pull the trigger. i think oscar is very strong for the first few rounds, but pacquiao its very strong for 12 rounds. And lets not forget that Steve Forbes can´t punch and is a small fighter and if he was able to do some damage to oscar, pacquiao should and will cause a lot of damage, speed is power and speed kills and pacquiao has that and a punch, he should take the fight get that huge payday and move on and probably begin to search for a few more fights and then retire.

The people in Mexico are still a bit angry with Oscar because he beat Julio Cesar Chavez twice.

I wouldn´t be surprise if Manny is the favorite here in Mexico over De La Hoya

hessiquio@yahoo.com


This is the best article I've read about Pacquiao. Thanks to the author. Just proves Manny Pacquiao is a hero for EVERYBODY.
Funny thing is when my wife and I had our wedding anniversary vacation in Cancun 3 weeks ago, almost everyone that I've spoken to has always brought up Manny saying great things about him

Let it be known ODLH is not considered a true Mexican figher in Mexico. He is a US born fighter residing in Puerto Rico. How do you expect the tri-color waving people of Mexico to root for ODLH. Get real this article is BS ..... No way a true Mexican is rooting for Pac no more than a Pinoy is rooting against Pac !!! Quit the nut hugging PR work already !

[rjj tszyu]

Well I'm a british boxing fan but it doesn't mean I only like british fighters. In fact I could not stand Hamed and I'm not the biggest fan of Calzaghe (more because of the way he has waited for the legends RJJ and B-HOP to get really old before pressing for the fights than anything). In fact I am a Hatton fan but when he fought Tszyu I wanted Kostya to win. So to me nationality shouldn't mean too much, in boxing people should be allowed to like who they want. I mean if a lets say good respectful Brazilian man came out to a nightclub in England and ended up fighting an absolute arsehole englishman I'd want the foreigner to win that fight so why should it be any different in boxing?

I think that its good that Mexicans like Pac and I can see why they would, he fights the way they like.

[XaduBoxer]

If Mexican prospects boxers starting to adopt the alias "El Pacquiao" then it says a lot of PAC's popularity in Mexico's boxing community...

That doesn't even make sense.

Well you can't stop new boxers from using nicknames related to popular boxers at the moment, for example "EL PACQUIAO"...
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[TitoFan]

The thing about all this is I actually like Pacquiao, I think he's an amazing fighter. It's his fan base that disgusts me. Who gave Pacquiao the Mexicutioner title? His fans, Who says Pacquiao can beat Ivan Drago at catchweight? His fans. Just calm down on all this stuff, please.

You are not getting paid as his agents so why act as if you are?

We have no say over his negotiations so why start 50 threads about it when 1 will do?

Why are you trying to be the voice of the hispanic community when you are not hispanic?

Why are you taking the words of one hispanic and stating that is the opinion of an entire nation?

You guys are ruining the Pacquiao experience for me, there are plenty of Pacquiao fan boards all over the web, go hang out there with all the yes men.

Great post! Sums it up nicely.

For the record, I'm a Pacquiao fan. He's an exciting fighter, has KO power, and maybe even more important.... I like him IN and OUT of the ring. He's humble, gracious, and a credit to his country. But some of his fans do tend to go overboard a little bit. (Well..... maybe a little more than a little bit).

Also for the record, I'm totally against a Pacquaio-DLH matchup. But if it were to happen (which I hope to hell not), you can be sure I'll be rooting for Pacquiao to KO Oscar. The sight of Oscar swaggering away from a victory over a MUCH smaller Pacquiao, and talking it up like it's such a huge accomplishment for him, would make me violently ill.