Are Pacquiao’s fans hoping Mayweather will lose to Ortiz?

By Boxing News - 08/20/2011 - Comments

By Chris Williams: It seems like every time I read a post from one of Manny Pacquiao’s fans related to the upcoming September 17th fight between Victor Ortiz and Floyd Mayweather Jr. I see a lot of these fans hoping that Mayweather will lose to Ortiz. That really makes me wonder whether Pacquiao’s fans believe that he can beat Mayweather.

Why else would these fans want someone else to do the job for Pacquiao? I don’t understand it myself. If I’m a big fan of Pacquiao the last thing I want to see is Ortiz beat Mayweather, because if that happens than there won’t be any chance of Mayweather-Pacquiao taking place. I suppose they could still fight since Pacquiao has faced a number of guys coming off of a loss recently.

However, I don’t think boxing fans will care too much about the fight once Mayweather is beaten. But what I don’t understand is why many of Pacquiao’s fans want to see Mayweather lose to someone else before he faces Manny. Why is that? It just makes me really doubt the belief that some of these fans have in Pacquiao. I mean, if they did believe that he could beat Mayweather wouldn’t they not want Mayweather getting beaten by someone else before he gets to Pacquiao?

Where’s the accomplishment if Pacquiao is simply beating one guy after another who’s already been recently beaten. Pacquiao beat Ricky Hatton, Oscar De La Hoya, Joshua Clottey, Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto in the last three years. All of them had been recently beaten when Pacquiao. Isn’t it more interesting if Pacquiao faces someone that is on a long winning streak like Mayweather? Why do these fans want someone else to do Pacquiao’s job of beating Mayweather? Do they want Mayweather softened up first before he faces Pacquiao? Is that it? It’s so sad.



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