Top Rank's most exciting boxers losing 1 by 1, is PAC next?

**awdleyfuturehalloffamer** · 10-20-2008 03:49 AM

Pacquiao is expected to lose because he is the smaller guy. The other guys were favorites going into their fight losses, i think.

XaduBoxer · 10-20-2008 03:59 AM

Originally Posted by awdleyfuturehalloffamer

Pacquiao is expected to lose because he is the smaller guy. The other guys were favorites going into their fight losses, i think.

Very true, Cotto and Pavlik were the favorites in their respective fights plus they're undefeated coming to those fights... So it's really a big deal when they lost...

PAC tasted defeats before and expected to lose his next fight, so it's not really a big deal for PAC losing in his next fight...

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**SweetPea** · 10-20-2008 10:59 AM

Ya, it has been a tough couple months for Top Rank.

While Margarito is a TR fighter, Cotto was obviously the guy that Arum had put more time/effort into building up. I'm sure if you hooked Arum up to a lie detector, he'd admit that he wanted Cotto to win.

The losses by Cotto and Pavlik could be eased a little bit by the rise of Juan Manuel Lopez. And Cotto and Pavlik can still come back and remain top fighters. It's up to Arum and his matchmakers to put them in the ring with opponents who can help them get their confidence back.