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Pacquiao-Rios... thoughts?
DeeezNuuuts83:
I'm intrigued by this... it's shaping up to be an interesting fight, even if Manny is favored to win. But Rios generally has to kill himself to make weight (particularly at 135), so he might feel quite comfortable at 147 and can focus more on training rather than shedding weight. So it could be surprising. It has the potential of being like De La Hoya-Pacquiao, but with the tables turning on Manny (since now he is the older guy in his mid-30s coming off of some losses), though I hope that's not the case.
I think it'll be kind of like Pacquiao-Margarito again... two fighters whose specialty is throwing punches (and not so much being able to dodge them). I don't see it going to the cards though, but I think we'll see a lot of fists flying. But if Manny loses legitimately... then it's time to retire. But if he wins, then we'll probably see Pacquiao-Bradley II (fuck Marquez, he passed and in a really disrespectful way).
Chamillitary Click:
Vegas is calling for a Pacquiao knockout.
DeeezNuuuts83:
--- Quote from: Chamillitary Click on November 18, 2013, 12:41:33 PM ---Vegas is calling for a Pacquiao knockout.
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His career is calling for it too, unless it's a lopsided brutal UD (i.e. Pacquiao-Margarito).
Petey:
i still cant shake the image of his ass knocked out stone cold from that last one. is this his first fight since then?
DeeezNuuuts83:
--- Quote from: Sir Petey on November 18, 2013, 05:23:47 PM ---i still cant shake the image of his ass knocked out stone cold from that last one. is this his first fight since then?
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Yeah. Harsh KO, one that I never really wanted to re-watch. Marquez certainly did his thing (but he got lucky with the timing of that punch since he was losing on the scorecards and was in trouble with a broken nose) and had the most significant win out of their four fights, but even if the saga ends with that as their last fight if they never face off again, Manny gets the last laugh. He took a much smaller purse (I think it was $3-4 million to fight Bradley, rather than the $12-13 million guarantee that Top Rank was offering him to fight Manny again) and then ended up losing. It was close, and the SD outcome made sense, but I feel like everyone (aside from the Mexican fans who were in the arena that night) felt Bradley was the winner, and he was definitely landing more significant punches. But for the millionth time, you have Marquez claiming that he got robbed of a victory... which he already cried about regarding his first three fights against Manny, and it just really makes him look like more of a poor sport to the boxing world. Meanwhile, Manny (coming off of two straight losses) is getting an $18 million guarantee to fight another guy also coming off of a loss.
So assuming Manny gets past Rios (which he should), then it's likely that Pacquiao-Bradley II would be next, and they'll likely give Bradley a $10 million nut for that one (which matches what he'd have been guaranteed in the event that Pacquiao chose to pursue the immediate rematch). Bradley likely won't care to fight Marquez again since he wants to pursue bigger names, especially since he's earned his respect back with two good fights where he emerged victorious. While he's already fought Manny, he knows that Manny is a much bigger name, plus he probably knows that he didn't win that fight and likely won't move past it until doing it again. If Manny beats Bradley this time, he could fight Marquez if he wanted to, but he could easily avoid him (or decrease his stock) by either claiming to have just beat the guy (arguably twice) who just beat Marquez, or point out that while Marquez won their most recent fight, the official scorecards have them at 2-1-1 in Manny's favor. He could do a rubbermatch with Bradley or go back to chasing Mayweather... which actually could happen in 2014, since Manny's Top Rank contract should be expiring at the end of this year, and Manny being independent (or at least not with Top Rank) could make it happen, just like how Cotto got it done.
I've only watched a couple of Rios fights (Rios-Alvarado 1 comes to mind, along with his fight on the undercard of Pacquiao-Margarito) and he's good, but I just don't see him adding another L to Manny's record.
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