Well the fight looks like it can still happen.
Manny Pacquiao’s Challenge To Floyd Mayweather Jr.: Let’s Get It On!
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Date: 09-Aug-2010*******
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Manny Pacquiao seems to have grown tired of Floyd Mayweather’s games and antics.
So much that Pacquiao has just issued an open challenge to Mayweather.
“Bring it on!”
From his Philboxing website, these are the words of Manny Pacquiao:
“I hope Mayweather is serious enough in doing business with Don King and is not doing this only to save face. I hope Don King does the same in return, that he can make miracles happen. I say this to both these men: Let’s Get It On. Fight like warriors and brave men.”
“I am the champion, I have the belts and I should not be the one challenging you. I should not even be the one trying to make this fight happen. But Pacquiao vs Mayweather is what everyone wants, that’s why I am calling out your names. My promoter Bob Arum will be waiting for your call and will be very glad to hear what you have to say. The sooner, the better…”
In the past, when Floyd was interviewed asking him some of the reasons why he is not facing Manny Pacquiao, he always has this to say: “Pacquiao never called me out. When they ask him, he says talk to his promoters. I say be your own man. Guess what, Marquez called me out, Mosley called me out, but Pacquiao never called me out.”
Everybody knows by now that the PED accusations and drug testing demands by Floyd were just a tactic. His so-called “crusade” was not serious, otherwise why didn’t he stand up to the NSAC? As for PED use, so many have been misinformed about the accuracy of these drugs on combat sports.So much have been written about them but no one has ever confirmed the positive effects of these drugs to practitioners of a combat sports like boxing.
Now these drugs fundamentally do three things:
1. Increase lean muscle mass.
2. Increase “short duration” strength and power burst.
3. Increase blood cell production which in turn carry oxygen to the muscles.
Item number one – Boxing is not Body Building. Sometimes superfluous muscles are actually are a hindrance to performance.
Power punches are not generate by muscles but by laws of physics called leverage and momentum. From the feet to the waist to the shoulders, the body of a boxer is one perfectly synchronized machine when it delivers that blow. And like a whiplash that creates momentum, the force end up with the fists. JuanMa looked so skinny compared to Concepcion when they fought. Donaire looked malnourished when seeing him beside Darchinyan. And we all know what happened in those fights.
Item number two – Short term power burst mostly benefit power lifters and baseball players. Where in a short span of time, the muscles are strained to exert a tremendous amount of power. This will not work in combat sports.
Item number three – These drugs will help in the increased production of red blood cells. These cells carry oxygen to the muscles. These effects manifest themselves better in sports like cycling, not boxing.
So the bottom line is, these drugs may help you develop a sculpted physique, lift a heavier barbell for a couple of seconds, hit that ball harder with
the bat, or pedal that bike harder and faster, but it will not make you a better fighter. They will not prevent you from being hit. From having cuts or from having your face busted up. These drugs will not prevent you from getting KO’d when the brain slams against the cranial walls ensuing in a short circuit of the organ. What they will do is just let you stand on your feet the whole fight to absorb more punishment, which is way more dangerous for a fighter. No documented fact exists extolling the virtues of these drugs on fighters and boxers. And most of all, these drugs will not make you a better fighter, ever.
Not having the skills and talent, these drugs will only prolong your agony inside that squared circle.
Anyway, Pacquiao went on to say:
“This is the only way for Mayweather to save face. Make the fight happen in November and stop using Mr. Don King for publicity stunts. He claims he is the best. He says he is No. 1. There is only one way to prove his greatness and that is to face me. I should be ready by November.”
Like Pacquiao said, he should not be the one calling out Floyd. But since Manny wants to give in to the fans, he’s trying his best to make this fight happen. He even went out of character by calling out his opponent which he has never done before.
Well Floyd, I guess it’s time to face the music. No more excuses.
You talked the talk, now it’s time to walk the walk.
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Has anyone publicly said floyd was P4P or the G.O.A.T besides himself? Even Roger mayweather said Ray Robinson. I wonder when the heavyweight division will come back 2 life I can't even imagine a heavyweight fight going 15rds now of dayz
The sad reality is, the Klitschko(sp) Brothers, while they aren't the easiest to watch, are the best out there and they aren't really in a hurry to let that go. Haye, I am really starting to wonder if he is the real deal, he's good, but I believe he is trying to stall to allow the K Brothers to get older, and then 'challenge' them. That being said, it's gonna be a LONG time before we can consider the HW division anything but below average... 
