Manny Pacquiao: Pound for Pound!

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We’ve seen The Fight that made the world stand up and watch. Manny Pac­quiao has silenced doubters with a scary anni­hi­la­tion of Ricky Hat­ton inside Two Lop­sided Rounds that made the Eight Lop­sided Rounds last Decem­ber against Dela Hoya no longer a fluke (if it ever was con­sid­ered one).

And who­ever laughed at Fred­die Roach’s com­ments before the fight that he would be dis­ap­pointed if it goes more than 3 rounds, is eat­ing shit now. I’m talk­ing about you Floyd May­weather Sr.!

With respect to Ricky and all Britons, what Bob Arum calls the great­est team in box­ing his­tory (Pac­quiao, and Fred­die Roach’s team), had seen and stud­ied the tapes, come up with a flaw­less game plan, and exe­cuted it to per­fec­tion. Floyd May­weather Sr. was just too busy mak­ing his poetry and just did not have a counter game plan to speak of. Bob Arum encap­su­lated it after the fight, “Manny Pac­quiao is the pound for pound king because he has not stopped learning.”

In typ­i­cal arro­gant May­weather fash­ion, Floyd Jr. has announced his lat­est “unre­tire­ment” and his fight with Juan Manuel Mar­quez, ON THE EVE of the Pacquiao-Hatton fight, try­ing to grab media mileage.

Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather’s adviser has announced the fight. He added some fight­ing words, “He (May­wheather) left the sport as the best fighter in the world, he comes back as the best fighter in the world,” Ellerbe said. “(Manny) Pac­quiao was never con­sid­ered the best fighter while Floyd was active, so why should any­thing change?” He also added that the Road to the Pound for Pound title goes through Money Mayweather.

The Road to the Pound for Pound title goes through Floyd May­weather Jr.? After watch­ing last Saturday’s fight, I say NO, it goes through Manny Pac­quiao. Have a bor­ing fight Floyd against Juan Manuel Mar­quez and you wouldn’t even be con­sid­ered in the run­ning for Pacman’s last three fights. Oh, maybe Baby Floyd has watched the tapes (is it on YouTube now?) and is now shak­ing his head and ask­ing him­self, “Why did I ever come out of retire­ment??!! Now, I have to fight the guy.”