Comments Thread For: Emanuel Steward on Pacquiao-Margarito, Fight Weight, More

[Sugar Q]

My comment had nothing to do with Pac not wanting to fight Mosley. It was about people saying he ONLY fights OLD, HANDPICKED boxers. I replied that Floyd could be guilty of the same thing. My point is they were all in their mid to late 30's when Floyd fought them. So who cares if Manny was scared to fight him, that has nothing to do with what I was talking about.....actually, it supports what I was saying if he did not want to fight an older Mosley, regardless if he was scared of him or not.

But this isn't about Floyd it's about Manny. Referencing Shane where Floyd and Manny are concerned only makes Floyd look good and Manny look bad because Floyd fought and soundly defeated the very same Shane Manny wouldnt fight. The same with Marquez regardless of the weight cause it would be the same result at any weight. Neither guy compares to Duran when referring to opponents cause Duran truly fought them all from 135-160 and he didn't just fight their names he fought them in or around their primes and when they were winning not after coming off very tough losses.

[boxtec]

Manny shows so many signals of being juiced but lots of fans cant see it because they are crazy about the guy. SSM denied so many times being in steroids because he did so well with the urine analysis. It was the unwilling confession what brought the fact to the public attention. So was the case in baseball with Clemens, Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, and so many others. Even Armstrong is under fire because of the same issue. The common denominator here is denying the steroid use for later having to admit the facts. Manny looks so build up, so strong in the later rounds and so energized that is totally compatible with steroid use. So if Margarito fights clean he is getting smashed by Manny the juice man.

[adp023]

De La Hoya was a hand picked opponent. It goes back to what I said with his face getting marked up by little Stevie Forbes. I don't hate Pacquiao at all. I'm just keeping it real.

De La Hoya was handpicked by Roach. But Pacquiao was still the underdog. So no one believed Roach! Moving up 2 weight classes and being a major underdog going into the fight is NOT cherrypicking LOL

[Old//Bones]

steward is bitter, he wanted cotto vs manny 2 , but there was no interest in that fight, so he is trying to justify it and it is not working..

[adp023]

I mean, how can Emmanuel Steward say no hand picked
opponents? Maybe it would have been true if Freddie Roach
himself would not have said how shot, slow and easier Pacs
last opponents have been in his eyes. I'm not the one saying
it either, so Manny fans don't get mad at me because I'm just
quoting what Roach has said in the past. No way I could have
made it up to hate on Manny. Comparing Duran and Manny and
saying Manny is the better of the two is stretching it a lil.

Freddie himself said on ESPN Fri Night Fights that Duran is the greater than Pac. I think he said that before the Cotto fight though lol. I dunno if u can classify Freddie's comments as proof of handpicking. He's really trash-talking the opponent to psych him out. And it obviously works!

[Laborer]

i respect steward but saying pac never cherry picked his opponents is nuthugging, really. and he conviently forgot that Pac was accused of PED use and never really tried hard to prove his critics wrong by taking the most reliable test which is what Floyd demanded. If I was Pac, with all the responsibility of a hero (in fact, he is a god in the Philippines), i would take every freakin test out there! well....

[adp023]

i respect steward but saying pac never cherry picked his opponents is nuthugging, really. and he conviently forgot that Pac was accused of PED use and never really tried hard to prove his critics wrong by taking the most reliable test which is what Floyd demanded. If I was Pac, with all the responsibility of a hero (in fact, he is a god in the Philippines), i would take every freakin test out there! well....

Ummm...Pac did agree to the tests and Floyd punked out!! Simple as that. Even rational Floyd fans had to agree that Floyd punked out coz all Floyd and his team could do was pretend that "no negotiations" ever took place. He made himself look really bad. No one in media could defend him for not taking the fight!! Which lead to this summer's meltdowns (excommunicating Golden Boy and Haymon, parading with Don King, the video rant and then beating the mother of his children and threatening his own son).

[Laborer]

oh name calling. thanks, very original. the question is: was there really a proper testing(zero cut off date) that Pac has taken to erase the doubts that ? Let me guess, NO... How am i being ignorant, you ****! Read my post again.

[Gratide]

I think all boxers " cherry pick " to a degree . It's about fighting styles. Steward should go on record about Floyd would love to hear what he has to say about PBF.

[Franco2012]

Emanuel Stewart is boxing genius!