The Manny Pacquiao Wars Part III: The Perez Menace
November 28th, 2009
By Steve Lewis: This final part of this trilogy will be a “compare & contrast,” involving the predictions of a group previously mentioned in the 1st and 2nd installments of this trilogy: those who like to stir the pot up just to get a reaction from the Pacquiao fan base.
To reiterate, there are Monday Morning Quarterbacks who “player hate,” and player haters who “Monday morning quarterback,” but there are those who do both for the sake of getting a reaction, and consequently, to garner attention for themselves. There are lots of them out there, especially on the internet. So for purposes of brevity, I will be referring to these types, generically speaking, as the “Perez Menace,” in honor of a particular Pacman Nation favorite, known for his adept writing and Nostradamus-like prognosticating skills.
Prior to Pacquiao vs. Oscar De La Hoya:
“You know what’s going to happen, you just know it; Pacquiao is going to be too small, too over his head in trying to deal with the much bigger De La Hoya and is going to get taken apart by the surgeon-like shots from De La Hoya.”
“I go to say that I don’t see Pacquiao having much, if any, chance at beating De La Hoya. The added weight that Pacquiao has put on his small frame, some 12 pounds, has had the effect of making him slower, less mobile than he was at the lighter weight classes. At the same time, he remains what he was before – namely a small, 5′6″ fighter, trying to mix it up with a much bigger 5′11″ De La Hoya.”
“As a Mexican, I always wanted to see Pacquiao get his backside handed to him, but not like this. This fight is a joke and I personally feel ashamed to see De La Hoya, 35, resorting to taking a fight with a fighter so much smaller than him like Pacquiao. I could excuse De La Hoya for taking a fighter one level above or below his junior middleweight class, but for him to take a fighter three divisions below him at lightweight is just wrong.”
After the De la Hoya fight:
Oscar quits on his stool – Pacquiao wins TKO8!
Prior to Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton:
“If people think that Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) is going to be the next “Golden Boy,” then I say they’re going to be sadly disappointed when Pacquiao is knocked out by Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) on May 2nd, at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.”
“Pacquiao won’t have that same luck tomorrow night and will be facing a fighter in Hatton that is fighting at his normal weight and who will be much bigger, stronger and aggressive than any fighter that Pacquiao has ever faced before in his career.”
“This is why I agree with De La Hoya’s prediction. Hatton will be knocking Pacquiao out tomorrow night and he’s going to shock the world in the process. Right now, not too many people are picking Hatton to win against Pacquiao, but boy are they going to be wrong.”
“Hatton isn’t just going to win, I see him destroying Pacquiao with power shots and making him look like a fighter that doesn’t belong at light welterweight. In fact, Pacquiao doesn’t belong at this weight, but after tomorrow night it will be academic.”
“I got to call like I like I see, he’s going to beat Pacquiao black and blue come May 2nd.”
After the Hatton fight:
Pacquiao knocks Hatton out cold in the 2nd Round!
Prior to Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto:
“I see Manny Pacquiao getting the living daylights beaten out of him on November 14th by WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto in their fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas. What we have here is a good old fashioned case of overreach on the part of Pacquiao…Okay, so Pacquiao is facing Cotto instead of a shot fighter….Well, Cotto is a little diminished from his beating at the hands of the tough Mexican Antonio Margarito last year, but he’s still fighting at around 80% of what he was in the past. That should be enough for Cotto to easily get by Pacquiao. What we have here is a case of fools gold, with Pacquiao looking better than he actually is because of his wins over Hatton and De La Hoya.”
“He’s fast but he’s no power at welterweight. Pacquiao is only strong at the smaller weights. De La Hoya said himself that Pacquiao doesn’t punch hard. I have to believe an old champion like De La Hoya. He’s a great warrior and he’s telling it like it is. Pacquiao is fast, De La Hoya says, but he doesn’t hit hard.”
“Cotto is going to take Pacquiao to the wood shed and give him a terrible beating.”
“Pacquiao is going to be physical wreck by the time Cotto’s gets through with him. You ever seen someone that was in a bad car wreck? You know, with the bloody face, sideways nose, lips all busted up and teeth littering the car. This is how I see Pacquiao ending up by the time that Cotto gets through with him next month. Oh, it will be sad to see Pacquiao beaten so badly, but it will be good for boxing. I think it will make smaller fighters like Pacquiao think twice before moving up in weight.”
After the Cotto fight:
Cotto floored twice – Pacquiao wins TKO12!
So now, this obviously knowledgable and insightful “Jimmy the Greek” of the new era has this to say about the possible megafight between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather:
“Manny will be slaughtered by Floyd.”
Among other things.
So those from Pacman Nation, time to turn in your wagers. Just look at Mr. Nostradumus here and follow his recent trends (i.e., pick the opposite!). And if he happens to be right this time, that gives him a 25% accuracy rate in the last 4 fights. Man, the handicappers and head honchos in Vegas must be beating down his door to have him work for them!
So for those who get aggravated in Pacman Nation, as you can see, the track record speaks for itself. No need to get the proverbial panties up in a bunch. So in closing, some wise tidbits previously shared by Pacman Nation’s favorite prognosticator:
“I really hope that Pacquiao takes his loss like a man and doesn’t come up with the excuses after the fact but I just don’t see it happening that way.”
“There’s one thing that fighters need to accept is responsibility for their losses. The worse thing they can do is start coming up with the excuses after the fact.”
Hmmm…maybe somebody needs to heed their own advice and follow through accordingly.
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i dont even bother to read his article.he is not right in the head,deep within miss manuela perez would love to lick pacs knob
OMG—HERE WE GO AGAIN—IF YOU GIVE TOO MUCH ATTENTION WITH THIS SO CALLED INTELLIGENT WRITER MR MANULE PEREZ –YOU PEOPLE ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS.MR MANUEL PEREZ IS JUST A MORON AND A RACIST PERIOD.HE JUST HATES PEOPLE COMING FROM THE 3RD WORLD COUNTRIES.IM JUST WISHING HE WOULD COME AND VISIT A COUNTRY IN THE 3RD WORLD SEE FOR HIMESELF LIFE THERE.HE MIGHT BE EATEN ALIVE.BUT UNFORTUNATELY, HE STINKS HE MIGHT NOT BE EATEN… STOP PATRONIZING THIS MR MANUEL PEREZ. THANK YOU
Just watched PBF at Joe Buck Live. He states that people in the US should be rooting for him because he is American, and Manny well……Filipino. He just doesn’t get it. It is not about US vs Philippines. The reason why people don’t support PBF and support Manny is the battle between Arrogance vs Humility. PBF is what people should not be, an arrogant, self righteous, self promoting, disrespectful, and conceited. While Manny is respectful (to his opponents), doesn’t engage in trash talking, grateful, humble, and most important, he is inspired to give his countrymen honor and pride. Here is an example of Manny’s giving respect to PBF.
PEREZ has no shame…and no “PALABRA DE HONOR”
Steve Lewis, if not for you I vowed not to go to this website anymore because of unethical contributors (take note, not “writers”!) like Perez and Co.
Readers owe it to themselves due respect to ignore articles with Perez’ name (warning: he can also have another name/s) on them. Why waste time on a so-called writer whose habitual blacklisting of readers with educated question/s, undeniably tells a lot – he cannot answer them objectively!
Perez is merely a drop of water in a sea of boxing authoritites, legends, worldwide opinion leaders who give the highest praises for Pacquiao’s amazing feats. This droplet of Perez (who picks up tiny bits and pieces from other writers, then weaves them into a new piece of article to bring out one particular inconceivable negative idea on Pacquiao) is so ridiculous that he simply exposes his boxing knowledge – none! He doesn’t even know social responsibility that comes in journalism!
Perez is a shame that tries to make a noise to no avail!
Hail, Mr. Steve Lewis! Your series of article merits due respect and worthy of readers’ intelligence. May your tribe increase.
Perez is one of the saddest people around the world who needs immediate mental rehabilitation. There are other sports that he can take his attention to e.g horseracing, ice skating to name but a few. YOU SUCK BIG TIME.
diglsy2443 and eric56499,sorry i got both of you worked up, but how well do you know about the sport of boxing asides from pacman?? tell me about the super 6 super middleweight tournament, or next weekends fight between paul williams vs. sergio martinez…talk to me about boxing as a whole!! talk to me baby! what do you know?? who do you favor in fight between roy jones and danny williams or bernard hopkins vs orlenius??? i’d like to hear your inputs…
Yeah, luzonvisayasmindanao, if you don’t want to read these articles by Steve Lewis. Then simply just quit coming back here to read and complaining then tellling him to write something else. Well for sure, he’s also good about writing other stuff too. But I agree, these topic about Pac wars should need to written,addressed, and exposed. Someone has to do it. And I happen to agree that Lewis does a really good job.
@luzonvisayasmindanao: What are you talking about letting Mr. Lewis stop writing about this. For me, he’s been the only telling it as it really is. And putting those who deserves to be put in their place where they should be. Thank you, to Mr. Lewis for this. It’s all well and good…
@luzonvisayasmindanao again: For pete’s sake, it should be Mr. Perez and Mr. Santiago that you should tell to stop already. Thanks God, we have Mr. Lewis to finally respond to their numerous hater articles bordering on fantasy and to others like them. And look he (Lewis) even managed to do it in 3 articles as his is eloquent and based more on facts.
Thank you Steve Lewis atleast it is very clear to Mr.Manuel Perez now that he’s a loser and ate his own words….. no further comments to see is to believe peace!
I like your article keep up the good work!
don’t crucify perez & santiago…let them continue writing, otherwise there won’t be funny guys…just read their articles but don’t make a comment so there won’t be any hits in their articles…they would look funnier if nobody is patronizing their articles by way of boycotting the comment or reply sections of both clowns…
The reason Mr. Perez writes about Pacquiao is because he is well aware of the size of Pacquiao’s fan base. He knows that when he writes negatively about Manny he will ge a large response. Its like shooting fish in a barrel. IT’S MONEY IN THE BANK. So to all you Pacman fans, if you really feel Pacman is an all time great, then he needs no defense. Especially the kind of rude and ignorant comments alot of Pacman fans leave here. Just sit back and enjoy how Pacquiao is making history.
enough already steve lewis!! please talk about someone else!
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I love the first 2 articles.
Manuel Perez and Liam Santiago both just want attention.
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he is intoxicated on marquez pee
I wouldn’t doubt it if Manuel Perez celebrated Manny Pacquiao victory over Cotto. The more I read his stuff, the more I am convinced he is just trying to get some attention and stirring the pot. But deep inside, he knows how great Manny Pacquiao really is. And I wouldn’t doubt it if Manny Perez isn’t actually a Mexican but probably another nationality. Think about it, Manuel Perez….same initials as Manny Pacquao, coincidence?? I think not. I’m just awaiting his next article when PBF gets slaughtered by Manny. He is gonna say something ludicrous like PBF lost due to his 2 year layoff and Manny was well tuned due to his fights with weight drained DLH, overrated Hatton, and damaged Cotto. I”ll just laugh at the article.
deep down in his heart, Mr. Perez loves the pacman
Mr. Lewis,
I think you should just write about whatever Mr.Perez would write so that I/we will just read your piece instead of us reading whatever he writes. This way the hit will be on your article and not his. Plus it’s more fun this way.
Liam Santiago and Manny Perez needed help please try to understand those idiots.
Liam Santiago and Manny Perez has no business right now cause there is ni Pacman fight. Wonder what their doing now and where they are? Steve you are such a great guy with or without Pacman’s fight. keep up
JCMoney Floyd snr was’nt ever in the same league as his son.
It’s true guys this time that a hole Perez will be right!!! Mayweather will destroy Pacman very easily.
Hey guys,, got some words for you here, Wanna know how the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight unfolds on fight night if it ever happens? check the Mayweather Sr-Sugar Ray Leonard fight. I think this is a good preview of how the fight will happen.
One thing you can’t deny — Nobody captivates the minds of the Pac-crazies like Manuel Perez. LoL. Think about it, here’s an article written by a contributor about a fellow contributor. Ya think there’s someone out there who’ll someday write something about you, Stevie?
stop picking on my lover
lol!…”Perez the Menace” good one…although not as accurate as “Perez the Stupid One”…lol!
Manuel Perez and Liam Santiago promised that if Pacman wins against Cotto, they’re gonna resign as boxing writers. How come their names are still included on the list? Be man enough, Pacman haters. Or did they just eat their words? You never learn.
Manuel Perez is a RETARD lol
sob…why you pick me. No one pick before. No one bully me before. I’m a big guy and it’s shameful that a small guy bully..me.
learned my lesson after reading bias verging on the stupid articles from perez and santiago. i don’t waste my time with these two haters anymore. they’re not worth it
A kitten dies every time Perez writes an article.
MP (Pinhead) is no different from Jerry Springer, but MP is not skillful enough to make it look legit so he went overboard. Shame on the editors of this website for trying to dupe its readers
If he really cared about what he writes about or the readers then MP would man up to his bet of leaving this site. But does he? Nope, because MP was just told by management to write and bring some controversy that all. If he wanted to be taken seriously he would have man up with his bet and leave this site, understand. Instead he went on with his old diatribe about Pacman, like a broken record.
Oh I see a writer (Steve Lewis)from boxing news24. I say MP (Miguel Pinhead) is ringers for this website, allowed maybe even encourage to write to get hits or cultivate some segment of Pacman haters. None of MP’s comments are coherent and I do not really believe MP believes in what he writes about.
I was also blacklisted in Perez list many times before, but on his defence, he is simply a patriotic mexican. It looks like he has a big “ego” exactly the same as Mayweather, jr. He is bias for the fact that Pacquiao beat most of all the top mexican boxers. For Pacquiao boxing is a job but for majority of mexican, boxing is their “pride”. For this reason alone Perez is blinded by hate whenever Pacquiao is concerned. But at the end of the day he needs to work and article about Pacquiao seems helping him a lot. But on the other hand he motivates Pacquiao and his fans to prove him and people like him wrong.
Yeh, love Perez article because I use them to know in advance what will happen to Pacquiao fights. I just reverse the prediction and then use that as the result. Amazing it never fails his predictions are always accurate but just remember to reverse it. Ha ha ha.
Yeh Perez is really a joke. He just writes just to keep getting web hits.
IM also pinoy from Toronto, here,, and have been reading Perez and Santiago’s write ups for some time,,,Actually I like them guys doing that and dont want them to change from Pacman haters to fans, They might jinx the whole thing. These 2 guys I just call the Anti Nostradamus of boxing cuz whatever they predict for Pacman,,always happens the opposite thing and quite accurately. I would be most alarmed if suddenly Perez and Santiago presicts a Pacman victory over Mayweather.
Bute looked very good tonight , how about an article on him.
I love perez article it’s a comedy analysis so let him continue writing just to be fair and give him the benefit of the doubt and for the sake, just to keep his job and not be a part of homeless community…
manuel perez is just a 10 year-old boxing fan who writes from his heart. be merciful. he’s just a kid.
`Its funny cause the majority of this artice is from Manuel Perez. Yet this is still a better read. Funny.
worth the read, unlike the articles of the gag show writers Liam Santiago and Manuel Perez
Steve . . you are the best!
Maybe this guy really is the real Manuel Perez… whoever he really is?
Wouldn’t it be funny if Perez has been actually playing this bad guy, anti-Pacman writer so that many Pac-followers would hate and always look for his works and then later on when he becomes infamous, as he already is now, make a different pen name and be a pro-Pacman writer(which is the real one) so that many will find him credible and follow suit on his future articles?
After all, Manuel Perez is nothing anymore after Pacman when he retires. He might as well start investing on followers by playing the “good guy” and gaining followers for his other future subjects.
manuel perez got owned on this article,BIGTIME.
This is it perez. U have been so miserable sinced the last time he lost to morales. Pink floyd is ur last hope. Pac might retire soon.
sympathy for perez coz he’s crazy. no sympathy if he’s an IDIOT!
Hello Steve. Really good article. Nowadays internet has changed so much in everything the way information is available to everyone. So many garbage going on which unfortunately also so many believes. Please continue to publish your truthful insights. We know one when we see one.
finally an article worth posting on…
Thank You so much for this article, Mr. Lewis!!!!You’re an unbiased and realistic writer.
lol hahahhahahha excellent mate!!!
fanclub? fanbase? lol at noobs get a life loosers its a the pacmaniac trolls thats the real name for those lamers…
I do the same as others have been doing, when I see that it was written by Manuel Perez, I never bother to read. I go straigh to the comments and reead few. I just want to read some of the reaction of the irritated Pacman fans.
I can’t believe they are paying so much attention to Manuel Perez. I am practically 99.5% sure Manuel Perez is just trying to get under the skin of the Pacquiao fans. I am even willing to go out on a limb that he placed bets in favor of Manny Pacquiao winning all 3 fights. He is probably not a Pacquiao hater because afterall, Manny doesn’t attract negative attention to himself. He doesn’t talk trash. He heavily respects his opponents inspite if they talk $hit about him. He still regards DLH as his idol even though DLH now talks crap about Manny and his less than powerful punch. Of course DLH is probably trying to get under Roach’s skin. Also Hatton, saying that Cotto will beat Manny and Manny will have no chance against Mayweather. After it took Mayweather 10 hard fought rounds to finally KO Hatton. While it took Manny on 2 rounds to completely make Hatton totally unconscious. And then Hatton saying in the second round he was leading “country mile”…which we all know was total BS. DLH and Hatton are bunch of sour grapes. But you don’t hear Manny making statements regarding DLH and Hatton’s comments. No matter how much his former opponents disrespects him, Manny rises above the crap and doesn’t say anything but give his opponents respect.
this is the best article of all time!
your speculations about Perez’s motives are pretty much spot on Mr Lewis. I myself really enjoy watching pacman fight, what i dont like is when people lump themselves in with a group ( Pacman Nation ?)its kinda pathetic i mean we all know that typhoon Pacquiao is achieving great things but why oh why do you guys even bother trying to defend your opinions against the like of perez i mean he knows nothing. If you are so smart try writing about boxing and not wasting your time discussing the motives of someone who knows nothing about boxing.
Sir,
That was hilarious! You ran a riot!
Thank you very much. Happy Holidays.
thank you, kind sir… Finally an article on this subject which has now become an unfortunate part of my boxing news diet. I agree that his ‘predictions’ are merely inflammatory and intended to gain him views and comments. I do like the comments on his articles though. usually very amusing and usually very good at giving me a bitesize account of the preceding drivel that I now neglect to read.
mr. perez, should jump the bandwagon? c’mon manny still need a few, the proud, the pacfans. if he like to bet, he can put alot of money on manny so that i’ll make him smile and very happy once manny wins, then maybe he’ll think that he should’ve done it longtime ago. remember, manny doesn’t like to talk, he shows it in the ring. next stop….mayweather jr. all aboard !!!
Liam Santiago and Manuel Perez are prolly the same person. They both have the same style of writing.
That Perez blacklisted me on his comment box. Bwahahahhahahaha. Hey Steve man, you did it again! Keep up the great work! Always bet on Manny people!!! You can’t go wrong!
This is a test.
Why they gotta keep putting the pics of Cotto getting beat up? I know Pacquiao is great but damn it hurts too see him like that! Lol!!! Seriously it hurts!
Perez will be right for the first time against Pacquiao.
The reason of why he was wrong all those times were because Hatton, De la Hoya, and Cotto all tried to overwhelm Pacquiao with their size, strength, and power, but that’s Pacquiao’s game.
When you put a slick boxer, Pacquiao doesn’t know what to do. Floyd Mayweather Jr will outbox Pacquiao very easy.
This time, Manuel Perez will finally get what he wants
I’m not sure if Perez purposely tries to be ridiculous or funny. He does not have a credibility as a writer if you can call him a writer, because he’s definitely a disgrace. Some writers do admit when they’re wrong but he’s so arrogant and can’t seem to man up to admit when he’s wrong. I guess the little boy who can’t do wrong prevails in his persona. He hates Pacquiao so badly that he reached a point of being shameless. And his bias is so obvious that he purposely ignore Margarito’s offense. I would take your advice though, I’ll bet on Pacquiao’s opponent. Perez has been 0-fer against Manny and I don’t see the odds changing anytime soon.
Steve Lewis–What you say about some of these writers is indeed the truth. There is a very interesting bout taking place tonight. Bute vs Andrade . I would have much rather read your take on this contest. IMO you are too good of a writer to waste your talent on people like Perez. I don’t even read his BS and I’m sure others realize that the best way to rid this site of him and people like him is to ignore them. Good day to you.
You nailed it again Steve! Let me buy you a drink! Kampai!!!
perez vs. santiago for president of the pacman’s fans club! … LET’S GO PACMAN !!!
Steve, thanks for balancing the bias on this website.
Perez is a SH_T HEAD plain and simple!
Personally, I don’t read their stupid articles at all. I go straight to comments and read all the bashings. He he
Bravo. I only read Perez’ articles for comedy value. I think he gets pleasure out of reading the hate posts. He seriously needs medical attention.
steve lewis, is there anything else in boxing you can talk about? let me hear you how talk about tonights fight between andrade vs. bute or next weeks fight between paul williams vs. sergio marthinez…how well do you know about boxing anyway??or is manny pacquaio the only thing you know about in boxing????
perez articles are not even worth reading
Bravo, Bravo! You just keep on getting better, Mr. Lewis. And finally, somebody (and an amazing writer at that)says something.
Cleverly written!… Great read thats speaks volumes in terms of all naysayers against the little big man, that is Manny Pacquiao.
Perez hates Pacquiao because he just hates Pacquiao. Period. Perez: Beware of heart diseases and other chronic ailments brought about by consuming hate. Not good in this day and age.
Perez said he is going to stop writing if Cotto losses? He is still writing.
How about Santiago?
how about The Manny Pacquiao Wars Part IV: The Santiago Menace?
Perez is a sad little man who insists on writing about a subject he knows nothing about. If one chooses to refute his baseless “predictions” or day after excuses with facts he simply blacklists you. It is a shame that this website affords him a venue to air his ignorance.
stop picking on perez.
he came in on the short bus.
bless his heart.