Larry Merchant isn’t a group of experts he is a sports commentator who has never trained as a fighter, trained fighters, or fought professionally; who often runs his mouth for the sake of running his mouth.

.2) [quote]you said what Pacman did has never been done before in boxing in your 1st post on this subject.[/quote]

Wrong, I said and I QUOTE:

[quote]No offense Jenn, but Pacquiao did go up 7 weight classes, with no real signs of it affecting his speed, power, or reaction time.[/quote]

Now out of the people you mentioned only Oscar De La Hoya managed to go up 7 classes but failed to maintain his speed, power and reaction time.

Henry Armstrong: Debuted at 120 pounds, won world titles at 126, 135, tanked@147

Alexis Arguello: Won titles at 126, 130, 135 and 140.

Oscar De La Hoya: Debuted at 133, won world titles at 130, 135, 140, 147, 154 tanked@160.

Roberto Duran: Debuted at 118, won titles at 135, 147, 154, tanked@160

Tommy Hearns: Debuted at 147, won titles at 147, 154, 160, 168 tanked@175.

Sugar Ray Leonard: Debuted at 141, won titles at 147, 154, 160 tanked@168

Sugar Ray Robinson: Debuted at 134, won titles at 147, 160, tanked@175

Their is a reason why professional fighters don’t rely on building muscles like body builders.

And Pacquiao struggled a little at 112 although I don’t really hold that against him

It’s Funny how you dismiss Mayweather as a fighter.

Mayweather didn’t go pro like Pacman did at 16 he was still in the amateurs. But they were at the same weight at the same age, but 1 had access to all the nutritious food in a 1st world country while Pacman was malnourished and fighting for survival in a 3rd world country. But both of them also gain weight throught the years.

What weight did Pacman struggle at when he went up? 122? 126? 130? BTW, you said what Pacman did has never been done before in boxing in your 1st post on this subject. Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Hank Armstrong did it. They kept their power and speed in the case of the latter 2. Were they on PEDs also? Just in their case there wasn’t 17 weight classes today. Of course if Pacman was fighting in their time, he wouldn’t be a 7 weight champ, but it has been done before.

Even Larry Merchant and boxing experts said what Pacman did has been done before, the mainstream media is acting like it’s never been done because of the modern standard of 7 weight classes and therefore it’s suspicious, but it’s not suspicious for all time great fighters have done it in the past. That’s the article. You’re saying you know more than boxing experts?

http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2010/01/03/hbos-larry-merchant-on-floyd-mayweather-manny-pacquiao/

Manny on the other hand fights Cotto, and now they are saying Cotto was damaged goods and weight drain. They said Hatton was shot, they said De La hoya was shot and weight drain. They then said Morales was shot when Manny beats him twice. They also said Barrera was shot when Manny beat him. Then you throw in the PED issue and all of his accomplishments are being erased. Gotta love the American media.

BTW, Manny was a 16 year old kid when he started boxing at 106. Your body changes as you get older, it’s not PEDs folks. Mayweather was 106 at the same age and fought at 154 but no one says anything about that. It’s funny when an Asian male does it, he’s on steroids and fights past their prime fighters.

So basically you’re saying that they’re hyping Pacquiao only because the media likens him to a White man and wants to get rid of a black guy? I hadn’t heard that theory before. I guess I’m happy that the American media, according to your theory, likens us to White people. Hopefully that’ll result in more of us getting acting jobs in Hollywood.

Mayweather is scared of Pacquiao. I don’t know who would win, but it’s clear that he’s trying to avoid the Pac-Man’s power. It looks like the fight is off again:

http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2010/01/07/Pacquiao-Mayweather-fight-off-again/UPI-43091262887258/

Consider: Floyd Mayweather ‘retires’ after beating de la Hoya and practically everyone else of note available, and only a few months go by before boxing decides that Manny Pacquiao can eliminate their Negro problem. Don’t agree? Well, boxing has a history of seeking out White champions to sell tickets to White fans who desire a great White hope. Pacquiao’s been a great fighter for a long, long time. Why sell him as the post-racial Rocky?

Because Black boxing champions have never made Americans comfortable, and every chance professional boxing has had to promote a non-Black champion, it’s made a lot of money (remember the Klitchscko brothers, anyone?). So send Manny Pacquiao up against Mayweather, why not? But amid all the Asian American pride, let’s hope people recognize that eliminating a Black champion from the ranks of boxing’s greats pays the bills for this fight.