Manny Pacquiao is a good fighter but as a businessman he's all wet. He came out and said Floyd Mayweather Jr. is afraid to fight him. He also said Mayweather doesn't like boxing. Mayweather is just in it for the money.
Let's talk about these things. Mayweather isn't afraid of Pacquiao. Mayweather would eat Pacquiao's lunch. When they fight -- and they will -- Mayweather will knock out Pacquiao.
As far as Mayweather only fighting for money -- of course he fights for money. He's a professional. It's his business. He's not fighting for macho. He's fighting for a fortune, and that's as it should be.
So I honestly don't know what Manny is talking about. Anyway, he soon will be fighting Miguel Cotto, a tough guy. Before he even thinks about Mayweather, Manny better make sure he gets by Cotto..
Lowell, do you know the history betw floyd and top rank? Manny responded to a question abt Floyd. he wasn't calling out floyd out of nowhere. and even if he did, he's just building up more hype for a potential fight. that's what good business man do. hype up the product. if fmm was so sure he could ko pacman, why did he feign staying in retirement forcing manny to go up against cotto? why after the cotto-pacman fight was signed, did floyd come out of retirement to fight juan manuel marquez (the guy pacman beat albeit disputed twice). floyd has always made excuse to keep the undefeated record avoiding real welterweights -- mosely/cotto/margacheato. if floyd wants the money this is the fight to make, but his animosity with bob arum, his fear of pacman (who carried his power and speed with him to jr welterweight unlike jmm) will prob hold pacman words true. of course while floyd beatt the smaller man, pacman has to fight and beat the naturally bigger man. maybe you should actually follow boxing instead of just read highlights.
Lowell- Floyd Mayweather has been a business man more than a fighter to a degree that fighters like Ali, Leonard, and De La hoya, all of whom also made fortunes in the ring, never would have. He cares more about his unblemished record than establishing a legacy of true greatness in the ring. With the sole exception of Ricky Hatton, since fighting Jose Luis Castillo twice in 2002 during his prime as an athlete he's fought an unimpressive group of smaller fighters and fighters past their own primes. Moving up in weight past 130 he's routinely avoided the best fighters in these divisions. You don't have to read the opinions of too many boxing writers to realize he has tarnished his legacy. As his career stands right now Floyd is recognized more for his natural talent than his ring accomplishments against other great fighters. He takes too few risks in making his fights and fighting his fights to be truly great. Even against a completely overmatched and much smaller Juan Manuel Marquez he didn't go for the KO. And unlike a prime Roy Jones Jr, who also dominated opponents, Floyd stinks the joint out when he fights cautiously. 2002 was the last time he was in a fight that was actually fun to watch. true greatness doesn't bore.
Reading such heated debates about boxing almost made me think it was a relevant sport . . .
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I love boxing, I just wish it were more popular.
the PBF-JMM had over a million ppv buys on the same night UFC 103. Showtime has the super six tournament featuring the top 6 super middle weights in the world. Pacman and Cotto representing two nations as well as the Filipino American and Puerto Rican Americans. Boxing selling out in Germany, England, South Africa, Poland, etc. Get it right, boxing isn't relevant in YOUR life.