Arum doesn’t see Pacquiao as deteriorating
January 5th, 2012
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum reportedly doesn’t see his prize gravy train fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao as deteriorating at all. How Arum can see Pacquiao as not going downhill is beyond me because Pacquiao looks like the shadow of his former self from 2009.
If Arum wants to say the opposite of what everyone can plainly see with their own two eyes then that’s good for him, but he’s going to have a harder and harder time trying to sound believable if Pacquiao continues to look terrible in his future fights.
I have some thoughts as to what’s going on with Pacquiao and making him look so mediocre. First of all, Pacquiao is getting old at 33. That’s not old for a heavyweight but it is for a tiny 33-year-old guy like him. If you look around at guys like Jorge Arce, 32, Erik Morales, 35, and Marco Antonio Barrera, 36. These guys had their best years in the past and aren’t nearly the fighters they once were.
Small fighters seem to peek a lot faster than the bigger guys, and tend to wear down quicker. Pacquiao has also had some really hard fights in his career and taken big shots lately from guys that would wear anyone down if they beat on them. Look at the guys Pacquiao has fought: Antonio Margarito, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey, Shane Mosley, and Juan Manuel Marquez. Pacquiao got hit a lot by these guys and that can’t have been good for his health and his longevity. Then there’s the power feeling that’s been going on in order to keep Pacquiao’s weight up.
As you know, if you eat a lot, it ages you something fierce and Pacquiao has been eating like a horse just to artificially keep his weight up over 140. He’s eat as much as six meals a day and that kind of power feeding is going to speed everything up. Arum can say Pacquiao is the same fighter but his performances say differently. There’s some deterioration going on there.
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OH IM SORRY I ALREADAY TAKE 17POUNDS OF STEROID …
THE FLOMOS-boxing expert, PED’s and drug enhancement expert, criminals and laws expert….
PacHaters – will you all give it a rest .. illegal hand wraps, steroids, PEDs, when will it end? btw – the lawsuit? Mayweather to defend himself (from what)? Its like this is the first time you’ve seen/heard this? If there was any REAL evidence, you’d think something would have happened to Pacquiao by now? and did anything happen? why? BECAUSE? that’s right .. there is no truth!
What about the “alleged” incident that Pacquiao’s sparring partner “leaked” about PEDs to Teddy Atlas(?). anythign come from this? NADA … geez …
you guys can’t see how STUPID you all look?
get a life will you?
The only non-dominate fight Pacman has had recently is with Marquez.. But Pac has always had problems with him.. So as far as i’m concerned he’s still the same fighter.. His next fight will show me more, unless he fights Marquez again…
@ Pac Kill
you sir are a P4P Pactard.
What if a person was on ped,s an all of the suden that persn,legitimicy was being questend lets say that person changed his routine a lilbit out of the fear of being exposed if a person was cycling them performance enhancing drugs diferent then he was used to then his performance would change a lilbit
Purposely showing weaknesses to build floyd’s confidence to sign the contract so Manny can beat him in front of millions of people. NO signs of deterioration. Beware!
No signs of deterioration at all. He beat marquez twice, yes twice, and that was not an opinion but a fact.
There’s “secret to success” so the Pacman just used a strategy to motivate floyd and increase floyd’s confidence that, oh, Pac is beatable. “Now, we should fight him. He is showing wear ad tear now.” Beware or Be square and kiss the canvass!!!
Ortiz says floyd hit with his Elbows 16 times before Ortiz headbutted him. Yes, 16 times. floyd only wins by elbows and sucker punches.
Oh, floyd lost to Castillo, big time.
Absolutely agree with Arum. Pacquiao is still at the top of Mount Everest (highest mountain on earth), and will ever be until he decides to come home.
Last fight with marquez, Manny Pacquiao was trying to spare with marquez to get floyd come close and sign the contract. But, floyd knew that under the bait is the Hook and he will not eat it.
Pacquiao will keep beating fighters up, not beating women like floyd.
Lets all club together and get bad bob some jam pudin.
@ Ross
I was surprised when i watched the Pacquiao Cheating Strategy too but when u think in Pacmans situation he wanted all the power he could get while moving up but now he is exposed for illegal handwrapping.
Arum is correct. He just fought fighters who can move laterally.
For once I agree with the theory Chris is formulating on what may be happening with Pacquiao. Eating too much to keep your weight is hard on your metabolism and speeds it up, thereby speeding up aging. I agree with the theory and also agree that this may be what’s happening with Pacquiao, especially with his leg ramping and other problems he has. I said may be only and not really sure. Not like Chris who is so sure of himself and when he is wrong, he can not admit it, because he is still sure in his mind. Idiot.
Bob knob arum needs to hurry up and drop dead pcirks bad for boxing and boxing fans . Golden girls promotion are looking str8 up stupid going to the end of the earth for Amir khan . .. Lamont Peterson won the fight stop trying to get it overturned u sloppy prcikz.
@keep it 100…if you read the report,you would see that mayweather has every right to defen himself.meaning he can force pacquiao to turn over his medical records.pacquiao only turned in a half done test thats incomplete. look for pacquiao to drop the lawsuit because hes going to open a whole new can of worms…
@ white rice
The lawsuit isnt about pac taking peds. The defamation of character lawsuit is about mayeather accusing pac with no proof. Mayweather would have had to of had the records before he started running his mouth.
Come on guys…
To call PAC fake or that he looks like “a shell of his former self” is laughable at best. He dominated a running Mosley every round. Jmm is pacs nemesis and for those who follow the sport know clearly that styles make fights. Frazier took Ali to the limit 3 times and won once. Frazier gets destroyed by foreman. Ali rope a dope foreman and knocks him out.
Do I think PAC can beat may? I’d bet money he couldn’t. But to say he is a coward, fake, or done is for kids online talking trash.
This site should be called boxing news 24 inquirer. Cause it’s plain gossip…
well well well…. a must read interview by scott schaffer of boxingtalk.com…mayweather is now the aggressor in lawsuit vs pacquiao… mayweather lawyers are trying to get pacquiao medical records from the last 15yrs, to look for tell tell signs of peds use.but pacquiao is refusing to release them.dont be suprised if pacquiao drops the lawsuit. i wonder why!
Mayweather would tear that Pinoy fraud a new one
Do u really think mosley would have survived if he didnt RUN. I strongly doubt marquez would have made it out if he tried to go at pac either. And clottey was in his shell all night. Bottom line, pac is still beasty. Who has comp other than mayweather and bigger fighters? Imagine pac having height weight n reach advantage.
Pac should retire. He has not looked good in years or had a single knock out. This is fighting old and washed up fighters. What would happen if he had the courage to fight the best guys with out all the advantages like catch weights and fighting just Top Rank fighters? We will never know?
offcourse_positive thinking. anything negative is bad for business.
Two days ago, I thought its Pac/Bradly. Today, With the release of Pac/Marquez PPV #. I convince that that it gonna be Marquez again. I’ll take it!
for you to become the an all time great
you have to face a worthy opponent
you have to fight at weight limit not catch weight limit
boxing is a risky sport
you must be brave & fearless
you must not afraid of a single Nedle
for you to called a FAKE!!
it’s a FAKEquiao way
No steroids, no PEDs make Momer go something something…
Theres a video showing Pacman using illegal handwraps. A handwrapping technique that uses an excessive amount of tape including tape rolled into rope and placed on each knuckle which becomes hard as plaster. youtube Pacquiao Cheating Strategy