Comments Thread For: Ellerbe on Pacquiao-Thurman: I Think They Need To Do Rematch

[Bronx23]

3rd and 4th jmm fights was ok

$$$$ and rivalry

Bradley 2 and 3 was unnecessary if Bradley 1 was just judged correctly

Vargas, algieri, rios, horn, etc. was whatever

Arum just ran out of 147 fighters

Which is funny because arum had 4 of the top 5 guys in the division

Ppl forget how pac took out all of arums top 147 guys early on

True Pac cleared out every one who mattered from his era at 47 & then eventually we got the Floyd fight.

Everyone at 47 now was either in a different weight class or too green to even be discussed seriously

[Bronx23]

So it wasn't "clear." Rematch should happen.

No it was clear. Idk how youre confused ?

He won it clear. There was absolutely no controversy. No one had it for Thurman not even Thurman felt he won.

My comment about him looking 40 had nothing to with the outcome of the fight, it had to do with him slowing down, getting tired, reduced output, & lack of ability to move his legs to get outta harm's way - characteristics of a 40year old fighter .

By that point in the fight he already had enough rounds in the bag plus the kd to get the W.

Thurman had all the advantages in this fight: youth, power, size, movement, & wayyyyyy less mileage. He just wasn't good enough

[j.razor]

How do i do that here? Im hating on the PBC cuz i think a PBC fighter lost? But then that means im saying a PBC fighter won, and you say he didnt, so are you hating on the PBC too? Weird or what.

It was a good fight and i would watch it again, but do you really think Pacquiao wants that next?

You kind of got me there but I have that feeling cuz Manny is not an original PBC Fighter & new on the scene.

If Manny continues to fight & not rematch Keith then I would like to see Manny fight DSG. I don't think Manny is young enough to fight Errol but if that's what he wants then so be it.

[j.razor]

Sounds like they wanted Keith to get the win over Pacquiao to boost the Spence fight.. Why else say they should rematch??

Cuz it was exciting & did good numbers.

[RuleOfTheSpear]

Why does it sound like Ellerbe is protecting Spence?

[paulf]

Definitely do the rematch. Why? Because it was an exciting, competitive fight that did very good business. Fans will buy it again.... rematch probably does a bit better numbers than the first.

Spence meanwhile is a much harder fight and I don’t know if it does any better business. I think the Pacquiao hype train is back chugging along and the fans will buy either one, so it makes sense to fight Thurman again and then go try your luck against Spence.

[FlatLine]

Pac probably gonna duck Khan yet again.. to fight Once upon a Time. It's an expectation at this point

[KayDub]

Not only did Keith say that he didn't do enough to win over Manny, but he knew that he only won the middle rounds because Pacquiao stopped being active offensively for the most part and conserved his energy.

That is what an older veteran will do for you. Knowing that he couldn't maintain the pace he had during his younger years throughout the bout, Pacquaio deliberately set the offensive pace and dominated in the early and late rounds while using the middle rounds to rest.

What is this "dominated" bull****? Did you watch the fight? There weren't any dominant rounds from Pacquiao. He won the 1st because of the KD and the 10th because of 1 body shot and those were his most "dominant" rounds. If he didn't land those punches he would've lost those rounds.

[SplitSecond]

Definitely do the rematch. Why? Because it was an exciting, competitive fight that did very good business. Fans will buy it again.... rematch probably does a bit better numbers than the first.

Spence meanwhile is a much harder fight and I don’t know if it does any better business. I think the Pacquiao hype train is back chugging along and the fans will buy either one, so it makes sense to fight Thurman again and then go try your luck against Spence.

Confusing post. Spence is such a danger, we should wait till Pacquiao is 42 before making that fight. No one cares about Pacquiao-Thurman II, it’s simply why? Like Thurman said when he took the fight, Porter will be around, Crawford will be around, Spence will be around, Pacquiao won’t be around much longer.

[LastQuark]

Smart move by Floyd and Ellerbe. Now the attention is away from Floyd. If Pac will not fight Thurman, guess what Floyd will say, Pac is avoiding Thurman!