Comments Thread For: Mark Johnson Rips Pacquiao, Talks Khan-Peterson, More

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Barely 24 hours after being told he’d be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, former 112- and 115-pound titleholder Mark “Too Sharp” Johnson stood in a city government building in his hometown of Washington, D.C.

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[komandante]

Nobody calls Mark Johnson because no money in fighting him and who is he. He should learn from Pacquiao and not rip Pacquiao cause Pacquiao is 1000 times more than him.

[Casual_Fan]

Bitter 40 year old man.

[wazaa.]

Johnson shouldn't have been inducted into the HOF. But then again Tszyu shouldn't have either.

[Cloud]

Mark was ducked by quite a few big names in his day IIRC. He's entitled to his opinion.

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Sergio Martinez: Pacquiao is picking guys close to retirement



By Chris Williams: Sergio Martinez had some searing comments about the type of opponents that WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has been facing. While many boxing fans see Pacquiao as one of the greatest fighters that ever breathed due to the many titles he’s won in different weight divisions, Martinez, who is arguably the best fighter in the junior middleweight and middleweight divisions right now, feels a little bit different about Pacquiao. Martinez sees Pacquiao as a fighter that is being selectively matched against old guys or ones that are beatable.

Speaking with John Martinez at boxscorenews.com, Martinez said “Manny Pacquiao is working his business by picking boxers he knows he can beat and are pretty close to retirement. He is picking guys that are easy to beat so when you do this, it isn’t hard to be pound-for-pound and, if we fought I would beat him by knock out.”

I agree that Martinez would knock Pacquiao out if they fought. That’s not really debatable as far as I’m concerned, but it’s one of those things that boxing fans will likely never get to see because Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum isn’t interested in putting Pacquiao in with Martinez because he sees him as too big for Pacquiao even though Martinez is smaller than a recent Pacquiao opponent Antonio Margarito. The difference between Margarito and Martinez is that Martinez is fast and powerful, while Margarito is incredibly slow and not nearly as powerful. Pacquiao beat Margarito at a 150 pound catchweight for the vacant WBC super welterweight title last year.

Pacquiao fought an old Oscar De La Hoya in 2008, beating him and sending him into retirement. De La Hoya was 36 at the time and clearly past his best. Pacquiao recently beat 39-year-old Shane Mosley, another fighter not quite at the top anymore. Pacquiao will be facing Juan Manuel Marquez in November. Marquez will be 38-year-old by the time they fight.

[jtcs1981]

Incredible how a HoF'er conducts himself. Arrogant.

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Sergio Martinez: Pacquiao is picking guys close to retirement

By Chris Williams: Sergio Martinez had some searing comments about the type of opponents that WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has been facing. While many boxing fans see Pacquiao as one of the greatest fighters that ever breathed due to the many titles he’s won in different weight divisions, Martinez, who is arguably the best fighter in the junior middleweight and middleweight divisions right now, feels a little bit different about Pacquiao. Martinez sees Pacquiao as a fighter that is being selectively matched against old guys or ones that are beatable.

Speaking with John Martinez at boxscorenews.com, Martinez said “Manny Pacquiao is working his business by picking boxers he knows he can beat and are pretty close to retirement. He is picking guys that are easy to beat so when you do this, it isn’t hard to be pound-for-pound and, if we fought I would beat him by knock out.”

I agree that Martinez would knock Pacquiao out if they fought. That’s not really debatable as far as I’m concerned, but it’s one of those things that boxing fans will likely never get to see because Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum isn’t interested in putting Pacquiao in with Martinez because he sees him as too big for Pacquiao even though Martinez is smaller than a recent Pacquiao opponent Antonio Margarito. The difference between Margarito and Martinez is that Martinez is fast and powerful, while Margarito is incredibly slow and not nearly as powerful. Pacquiao beat Margarito at a 150 pound catchweight for the vacant WBC super welterweight title last year.

Pacquiao fought an old Oscar De La Hoya in 2008, beating him and sending him into retirement. De La Hoya was 36 at the time and clearly past his best. Pacquiao recently beat 39-year-old Shane Mosley, another fighter not quite at the top anymore. Pacquiao will be facing Juan Manuel Marquez in November. Marquez will be 38-year-old by the time they fight.

Heaps of fighters have said it, Too Sharp is just the latest.

At one stage, 4 of the top 5 listed on the TheRing P4P list ALL stated the exact same thing, that Manny was feeding on old men, faded champions, and bums..... the only exception was Pac himself

That was Mayweather, Mosley, Marquez, and Martinez.

" I didn't pull the wool over the people who dont know boxing "
~ Too Sharp

[The Guillotine]

marquez 40 percent dead? wouldve been knocked out in round 1 if that were the case....fmj, this guy, 99 percent of "you" - so ignorant......

[Bushbaby]

Anybody with half a brain knows he told the truth on Pacman, how he's still pfp #1 on most rankings in what's really baffling.