Honestly... All of us who paid attention and weren't blind Mayweather devotee's knew this. Hauser's article was published THREE YEARS before mayweather and pac fought. Then referenced again prior to their fight. Missed these facts twice.
Pac had the perfect opponent in there tonight. But I see no reason for him to keep fighting. He’s get whooped by the elite guys at 147, with the exception of maybe Shawn Porter, who’s just a scrub.
I still think Pac can give a good match or even beat some of the top guys. Unfortunately, he doesn't seems interested in fighting top opposition
REED Finds it MUCH More User Friendly via Phone, than Smart TV. That Being Said, Watching a LIVE Fight on a Fucking Phone is an ADJUSTMENT for Sure. REED Certainly Doesn’t “Like” It, Yet He Watched the Pac Fight w/Out a Hitch. REED
Porter's PHYSICALITY Would Trouble Pacquiao as Jeff Horn's Did... agREED on Pac Not Matching Up Well w/Elite '47 Pounders of Today...REED Thinks he's 50-50 (@ Worst) w/Just About Anybody '40 or Lower Though... REED
I missed this fight by the way...completely forgot it was on. Seems Pac looked good from what I'm reading. I was never impressed with Matthyssee anyway and never understood the hype. Pacquiao is too old to deal with guys like Spence or Crawford (or Lomachenko).
To me, this fight almost seemed fix, with mathysse taking an obvious dive. But i guess the other possibility he is just totally shot. But the thing is, he never actually lost his legs or wobbled the way a guy does when he's shot and his punch resistence is gone. Rather, each time he was knocked down he fell immediately in what seemed to me to be deliberate efforts to go down.
You talk about loaded gloves as if they were some conspiracy theory. Multiple fighters are known to have had loaded gloves. For some reason, you are reluctant to acknowledge it.
this board is filled with too many naive nancys like "xplosive". it was pretty obvious that louganis matthysse wasnt legitimately hurt by pacquaio.
Prime Pacquiao would have slaughtered Garcia and Porter. He'd have beaten Thurman too. Spence is Special as well as being BIG so no and Crawford is a problem for anyone. Edited... But if we're talking about today...then Pacquiao can't beat any of the elites.
Matthysse was considered equal to or better than Maidana by a lot of people. I think more than half, at least prior to the Broner fight.