Quote Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al View Post
I think you have to give credit to pac for going through the divisions , and still carrying power and speed , opinions will always differ , especially when some love him and some hate him. Those who love or hate him really cant give and unbiased view. I do know what I'm talking about , take my hero Tommy Hearns for example , i would make excuses for him , and defend him in any argument , now however when older and wiser although still my favorite boxer ever , i can see both the good and bad in him as a fighter.
Its also like my view of Joe Calzaghe , because i hated him , i can never really give a balanced view , I'm always going to dwell on the bad parts of his makeup , and give little credit for the good points.
I do find it hard to understand why people hate PACMAN , he is exciting and is not a loudmouth, boxing in my opinion will be a worse place when Manny hangs up his gloves.

Al I dont think any real fight fans hate Pacman personally ,they do hate alot of his fans.

So they try to pull them all down a peg every chance they can get.

I can see why; every Pac related thread for months on the main board was designed as an alter for Manny so that his fans could feel even better about him in his greatness or that they are the greatest boxing fans in the world or fight predictors and know more about the whole sport because one of their countrymen is on the top (then they must all know better than anyone else).

No disrespect to the Manny fans we have kept here who are all of a more balanced and humble point than some others that we have already got rid of.

You know who you are.