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DeeezNuuuts83:
Let's get the obvious stuff out of the way... Canelo-GGG 2 is the fight we're all looking for this year.  Pacquiao is getting old and hasn't had a fantastic record in his last ten fights since 2012 (6 wins and 4 losses), even though two of those losses were highly controversial and almost universally believed to have been Pacquiao victories.

Granted Matthysse wasn't necessarily an elite fighter, the reality is that he's won damn near all of his fights by KO/TKO and is no slouch.  His previous defeats were to pretty legit fighters (Viktor Postol, Danny Garcia, Devon Alexander and Zab Judah).  Not a bad choice for Pacquiao to fight after a loss.  But he looked pretty good regardless of who was in front of him, and I'd say he looked better in this fight than he did in a while.    Sure, his previous three wins (Vargas, Bradley and Algieri) all had knockdowns too, but he wasn't finishing them off, when he could have.  (Maybe he was still apprehensive about doing that because of the Marquez fight.)  Horn should've been a stoppage, but he didn't get put down once, and Pacquiao looked slow in that one.  He didn't in this one.

So who do you think?  He still has gas in the tank, and for once he didn't go a full twelve rounds (well, aside from when he lost to Marquez) and hardly took any punishment, so he can probably fight again this year if he wanted to, compared to previous years where his body took some damage over 24 rounds over the course of a calendar year.

A chance to erase his loss to Horn with a rematch would be nice, but I don't think people care much for that one, especially since Horn lost to Crawford anyway.  Plus chasing that is more to clear it from his record than making a good fight.

So Crawford?  Danny Garcia?  Spence?  Thurman?

This one is a long shot... but Pacquiao-Marquez V would intrigue me, far more so than any of the other guys, since they're all so much younger and fresher.  It would be a nice swan song rather than a stepping stone for the next up-and-coming boxer.

Chamillitary Click:
Pac would get absolutely trashed by any of the younger guys. Marquez would make way more sense just for his health.

Crawford rumors were floated around if he beat Horn. But Crawdaddy would put Manny in the ground.

DeeezNuuuts83:
I think he would still beat Danny Garcia though.

Chamillitary Click:

--- Quote from: DeeezNuuuts83 on July 16, 2018, 08:37:04 AM ---I think he would still beat Danny Garcia though.

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Danny is too good of a counter puncher. I mean, I'd take any of those fights as a fan. I just think if Manny wants to see his grandchildren grow up, he should be careful before he gets in the ring with one of the young guns.

I like Marquez V or get a rematch against Horn.

DeeezNuuuts83:
Garcia is good but I think you’re giving him too much credit. It won’t be a walk in the park for either of them, but Garcia isnt really known for having knockout power. He has some of them under his belt, but a lot of the recent ones were against guys who had other losses via KO/TKO as well and not necessarily granite chins.

Marquez would be cool and with retirement he’s obviously had a lot of rest but I think he could get into shape without too much difficulty. I doubt he’d want to do it, but the way to do it would be to offer him like $10 million guaranteed and a 65/35 split. He’ll say no and want 50/50, then give him that and force his hand. Pac is still the bigger star but his popularity isn’t what it used to be, and 50% or that would still be good money for him.

I’m curious about Roach. I know they said a while back they weren’t going with him, but I wonder if that’s just a cover up if it’s a scenario where his Parkinson’s is a lot worse and maybe keeping him from training. Is he still training anyone who is still active?

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