Re: Pacman vs JMM 11/5 2011 at.........145
There are just so many things that are wrong with this thread.
JMM fought Floyd at a catchweight of 144 and Floyd came in overweight. It will be a (more) fair fight against Pac who is a little guy.
If u think that Margarito is shot, or was for the Pacquiao fight you are a r-e-t-a-r-d.
SRR could go up to 160 because he was 5'10" tall. Sure, he could fight Marvin Hagler, who, at that point in his career was pretty much shot. I mean leagues better than any middleweight (SMW) we have today, but shot as far as his own skill was concerned.
I just don't see how everyone thinks the fight is going to lose momentum because both guys are fighting at a higher weight. JMM just plain could not catch Floyd. Floyd ran ran ran and pot shot all night. An excellent strategy against a small Mexican fighter. Manny cannot use this strategy, b/c he is a come forward fighter.
Pac has jumped up and down the scales, but look at his weight FIGHT NIGHT.. That is was matters. He only gains 1-4 pounds. If he cut weight he would be KILLing people in lower weight divisions. Realize what you have is a guy that his talent is so overwhelming he fights NAMES. If he fought Tim Bradley and Devon Alexander and KOed them, everybody would say he fought guys that didn't get a chance to develop yet. Do you really think Berto would have even been a challenge? Or even Ortiz? Pac can fight whoever he wants, and if you do not think that JMM has a snowballs chance you are just wrong. The guy is built like a brick-shithouse. Yeah he couldn't chance Floyd on his bicycle, but neither could DeLa Hoya at JMW.
Floyd came in fight night to fight DLH at 150 for a 154lb fight btw. I hardly consider his "moving up and back down the scales" for having done that then going back to WW. People are tuning a blind eye to the scales here. Pacquiao's resumee is so much better than Floyds it's ridiculous.
"Floyd needs to inject Xylocaine into his balls to gain the courage to fight Pacquiao."
- and I quote from some random guy on the internet
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