Comments Thread For: Manny Pacquiao Gives Naoya Inoue His Flowers: "He's a Special Fighter!"

[FairPlay]

"Manny Pacquiao Gives Naoya Inoue His Flowers"
Is this some kind of *** slang?

[_Rexy_]

By frustrated I don't mean in the sense of difficulty. He was just visibly annoyed and bored out there until the KO shot. Prime Rigo could do the same, but in a more track-meet and less earmuffs-up way.

Ohh, gotcha. Yeah he was showboating trying to get Butler to do…anything lol

thought you meant Butler was giving him trouble

[Oregonian]

nah, if it was that easy floyd woulda been an 8 division champ.

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Why bring Floyd into this conversation? But fyi, unlike Inoue, Floyd started his career at 130 so for him to win 8 titles, he’d have to fight all t the way to 175.
Inoeu just has to fight up until 140.

And he can use Manny’s very easy blueprint of fighting the weakest guys (like David Diaz, Hatton etc) AND weakening catchweights (Margarito, Cotto etc) to claim those titles.

SO YEAH! IT IS THAT EASY!

[ELPacman]

We hear these comparisons to Pacquiao, most likely because Inoue is Asian. To be honest, he has a better style than Pacquiao ever had. He's a better boxer and puncher. Pacquiao was fast, but made a lot of mistakes. Inoue seems to be more of complete fighter/boxer - one without many flaws.

Sorry man, you need to rewatch the Fulton fight. Inoue had his head snapped more times than Fulton was given credit for. If Fulton had even let's say 55% KO power, I think he would of hurt or dropped Inoue.

I know Pac was rather raw at the lighter weights, but you can't say Inoue is some untouchable messiah either.

[hugh grant]

Yes, Inoue is special he is literally becoming champ in his 1st fight stepping up. How long has bud been a WW and not fought, let alone best spence yet?

[IceTrayDaGang]

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Why bring Floyd into this conversation? But fyi, unlike Inoue, Floyd started his career at 130 so for him to win 8 titles, he’d have to fight all t the way to 175.
Inoeu just has to fight up until 140.

And he can use Manny’s very easy blueprint of fighting the weakest guys (like David Diaz, Hatton etc) AND weakening catchweights (Margarito, Cotto etc) to claim those titles.

SO YEAH! IT IS THAT EASY!

arent we talking about boxing???

[Bronx23]

Pac was raw talent. Straight speed and power but a lot of fundamental mistakes, lunging, sloppy offense at times & bad defense. I found myself watching some vintage Pac and the first thought was damn he used to get hit A LOT. He tightened up as he went up in weight & Freddie also helped him become a better overall fighter.

Part of me does wonder though, if Pac could have been even better with a more technical trainer. Don’t get me wrong, he benefited from Freddie but I also believe there came a point in his career where Freddie’s health & ****iness hurt Manny more than it helped. Manny didn’t need Freddie in his corner the last 10 years of his career, Freddie needed Manny

[Roadblock]

nah, if it was that easy floyd woulda been an 8 division champ.

If he started at fly he may have been, the divisions up to LW rarely have more than one great at the same time as in Inoues case and Mannys so the first bunch of titles are freebies for great fighters, then there is the catchweights take them out of it and Manny doesn't get 147 and up. So the run is not as pure as the hype likes to make out.

[bullydean]

I think of a younger Pac when I watch Inoue. I feel like Pac was a faster and more talented version of Inoue. Inoue is great, absolutely. But I feel like Pac in his prime at the weight would have beaten him, and pretty badly.

Kind of goes to show the weakness of the era we are in with boxing. Fulton is good, but looks mediocre if you go back ten or fifteen years to the previous generation of guys. Inoue is by far the best at these small weights now, and he would have competed in the previous era. But in some ways I feel like he is just standing out because the sport is declining.

I see Loma, Crawford, Inoue, these guys are throwbacks. But overall, the great fighters of now would have been just really good in past eras, and the really good fighters of now would have been trounced in past eras.

The reason so many of these fighters are blasting out their opponents is because they're that good. I guarantee you many of the slick boxers of today would be able to outbox the champs of the past.
The emphasis on boxing smart instead of slugging it out shows the improvement boxing has achieved. The only negative side to this is boxing smart has eliminated the constant slugfest that made boxing popular resulting in a loss of interest for the sport.

[RuleOfTheSpear]

I think of a younger Pac when I watch Inoue. I feel like Pac was a faster and more talented version of Inoue. Inoue is great, absolutely. But I feel like Pac in his prime at the weight would have beaten him, and pretty badly.

Kind of goes to show the weakness of the era we are in with boxing. Fulton is good, but looks mediocre if you go back ten or fifteen years to the previous generation of guys. Inoue is by far the best at these small weights now, and he would have competed in the previous era. But in some ways I feel like he is just standing out because the sport is declining.

I see Loma, Crawford, Inoue, these guys are throwbacks. But overall, the great fighters of now would have been just really good in past eras, and the really good fighters of now would have been trounced in past eras.

Even with just skill and technique, Fulton ain't a Morales or Barrera. It truly is a weak generation.