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watch the mayweather fight free
Petey:
crazy how NO ONE mentions mayweather vs paquio these days
Sccit:
pacquiao took himself out the game by losing the way he did.
DeeezNuuuts83:
--- Quote from: NIKCC on May 07, 2013, 02:55:09 PM ---pacquiao took himself out the game by losing the way he did.
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If by "out of the game" you mean out of the running for a Mayweather fight, then yes, you are correct.
But frankly, it's not needed, and they both have enough fights left in them for it to build back up (but not quite up to what it would've been in 2010-2011) and happen. Floyd's Showtime contract is for a few more fights, and Manny has said he still wants to fight a few more times. So it could happen, but there are a lot of interesting fights out there for both of them.
Manny's got Rios next and will probably beat him. I'm surprised Rios got it so quickly (and after a loss), but Manny needed an opponent ASAP and it's easy to make. But reports are popping up of Mayweather-Guerrero having done well under a million PPV buys (which is expected since Guerrero is a nobody but it's still not good for business), and I'd bet that Pacquiao-Rios would still be an attractive PPV buy (more so than May Day was), especially since they know Manny has a lot to prove now and Rios fought his heart out in his last fight. Even Manny's last fight was far from a snoozer on both of their parts... yes, Manny got KTFO but it was very back-and-forth before that deadly moment he dropped his guard and walked into a freight train of a punch.
But even after that, you'll likely see Manny wanting to go at the winner of Marquez-Bradley, avenging whichever one of his losses. But Marquez wants the fucking moon to agree to a rematch, even though he swears up and down that he doesn't care to fight Manny. But I personally think he owes it to Manny, plus you know he's still fighting just to get a fat retirement check... and it's not going to be what he's getting for fighting Bradley. It's in his plans.
Obviously Mayweather-Canelo is 95% going to happen next, but after that, I'd rather see him fight Sergio Martinez, who should be able to come down to 154. But I'd rather not see him fight Amir Khan. It's going to be even more one-sided, plus I don't get why people say that Manny is out of the running because he lost some (and got knocked out), yet Amir Khan also had two back-to-back losses (ironically a SD loss and a TKO loss, kind of like Manny) but he's supposed to be a good opponent? Amir Khan has never really been a threat. Quick hands, not much power behind them. And he's not really all that marketable, but I'll lose even more respect for Floyd if he bothers to go after Khan. Even Devon Alexander needs some higher-profile wins before I'd want to see him lace up against Floyd.
Sccit:
--- Quote from: DeeezNuuuts83 on May 07, 2013, 04:13:06 PM ---
--- Quote from: NIKCC on May 07, 2013, 02:55:09 PM ---pacquiao took himself out the game by losing the way he did.
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If by "out of the game" you mean out of the running for a Mayweather fight, then yes, you are correct.
But frankly, it's not needed, and they both have enough fights left in them for it to build back up (but not quite up to what it would've been in 2010-2011) and happen. Floyd's Showtime contract is for a few more fights, and Manny has said he still wants to fight a few more times. So it could happen, but there are a lot of interesting fights out there for both of them.
Manny's got Rios next and will probably beat him. I'm surprised Rios got it so quickly (and after a loss), but Manny needed an opponent ASAP and it's easy to make. But reports are popping up of Mayweather-Guerrero having done well under a million PPV buys (which is expected since Guerrero is a nobody but it's still not good for business), and I'd bet that Pacquiao-Rios would still be an attractive PPV buy (more so than May Day was), especially since they know Manny has a lot to prove now and Rios fought his heart out in his last fight. Even Manny's last fight was far from a snoozer on both of their parts... yes, Manny got KTFO but it was very back-and-forth before that deadly moment he dropped his guard and walked into a freight train of a punch.
But even after that, you'll likely see Manny wanting to go at the winner of Marquez-Bradley, avenging whichever one of his losses. But Marquez wants the fucking moon to agree to a rematch, even though he swears up and down that he doesn't care to fight Manny. But I personally think he owes it to Manny, plus you know he's still fighting just to get a fat retirement check... and it's not going to be what he's getting for fighting Bradley. It's in his plans.
Obviously Mayweather-Canelo is 95% going to happen next, but after that, I'd rather see him fight Sergio Martinez, who should be able to come down to 154. But I'd rather not see him fight Amir Khan. It's going to be even more one-sided, plus I don't get why people say that Manny is out of the running because he lost some (and got knocked out), yet Amir Khan also had two back-to-back losses (ironically a SD loss and a TKO loss, kind of like Manny) but he's supposed to be a good opponent? Amir Khan has never really been a threat. Quick hands, not much power behind them. And he's not really all that marketable, but I'll lose even more respect for Floyd if he bothers to go after Khan. Even Devon Alexander needs some higher-profile wins before I'd want to see him lace up against Floyd.
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even if it happens, the interest has really died down drastically. both fighters were on a winning streak a couple year back...now that pac-man lost to some1 floyd was able to beat easily, peeps have mayweather as the heavy favorite.
DeeezNuuuts83:
But Floyd has ALWAYS been the favorite. If Manny fought Floyd last weekend instead, even after getting put to sleep by Marquez, at the very least it still would've done better than Mayweather-Cotto did (1.5 million), which was his second-best selling fight. People might not be as excited for it as before, but the interest is always there. They can say that no one gives a shit about it, but those same people will still order it. All Manny needs is a good win to get back on the upswing for people to be really pumped up for his matches. That's what happened with all of Mayweather's other opponents that were big draws.
Mayweather vs. Cotto - 1.5 million PPV buys. This is after Cotto got the shit beat out of him by Manny, then he beat a nobody (Foreman), a sort of nobody (Mayorga) and then someone legitimate but with a handicap from a previously broken orbital bone that played a role in the fight being stopped (Margarito).
Mayweather vs. Ortiz - 1.25 million PPV buys. This is after Ortiz quit against Maidana, then beat four nobodies and then ended the winning streak of a then-undefeated fighter who was expected to be the winner (Berto).
Mayweather vs. Mosley - 1.4 million PPV buys. This is after he lost to Cotto, then he knocked out a nobody (Mayorga) and then a somebody whose head wasn't in the right place that day for obvious reasons (Margarito).
I'm not saying that they weren't legitimate wins or anything, but prior to Guerrero, Floyd's three prior fights were all very successful and against guys who were counted out not more than a few fights prior to whenever they laced up against Floyd. And none of them had avenged their most recent losses (all of which were pretty difficult for all of them) either before going against Mayweather. So to say that no one gives a shit anymore won't be the case.
But don't get me wrong, if Manny somehow loses to Rios, then he should definitely hang up his gloves, and Freddie Roach said that in an interview released today that he would tell Manny to retire if they don't come out victorious.
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