Manny Pacquiao: The Mr. Money in The Bank of Boxing?

[keehlnate]

The Pound for Pound King, Manny Pacquiao is indeed the #1 best boxer in the world today. He is the cash cow. A future hall of famer. A modern-day hero in his country. A cinderella story, from being a poor kid to a multi-millionaire man.

His legacy is solidified with his jump from featherweight to the welterweight division. Fighting biggest names including Oscar de la Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley. He beat them all in a spectacular fashion.

One of the WWE's biggest career changer is the Money in the Bank. When you won that briefcase, you can cash it in anytime. All those who held that Money in the Bank became a champion. Why? Because they cashed it at the right time, when the champion is down, beaten badly and absolutely no chance of winning.

Prior to the Pacquiao fight, all 5 of the above mentioned boxers have been KO'd before, or beaten badly. Oscar de la Hoya has lost a couple of times before and he has been KO'd by Bernard Hopkins. Ricky Hatton has been KO'd by Mayweather. Miguel Cotto has been KO'd by Antonio Margarito. Antonio Margarito has been KO'd by Shane Mosley. Shane Mosley has lost a couple of times before, dominated by Mayweather, and earned a draw to a no-name boxer Sergio Mora.

Enter Manny Pacquiao.

Manny Pacquiao cashed in his briefcase to earn a shot to these former champions. Not only he beat them badly, he demolished them. As a result, he is on the headlines. He became a modern-day hero. He became a legend.

It seems like this whole Manny Pacquiao legacy a.k.a. Mr. Money in the Bank is a product of perfectly set-up fights to a already beaten champion. True?

 

[King Patrick Star]

I completely understand the point you are trying to make and to a certain extent agree with you. However, you also have to take into consideration where Boxing is as a sport in this day and age. It’s kind of like the WWE and how it is today. The popularity is just not what it once was and the Boxers are household names like they were back in the day. Either way, Floyd should change his nickname to “Small Face Money” cause he’s yesterday’s dollar and Manny is Money In The Bank…Manny In The Bank…yeah, I didn’t think so either.

 

[Larry]

Prior to the Pacquiao fight, all 5 of the above mentioned boxers have been KO'd before, or beaten badly. Oscar de la Hoya has lost a couple of times before and he has been KO'd by Bernard Hopkins. Ricky Hatton has been KO'd by Mayweather. Miguel Cotto has been KO'd by Antonio Margarito. Antonio Margarito has been KO'd by Shane Mosley. Shane Mosley has lost a couple of times before, dominated by Mayweather, and earned a draw to a no-name boxer Sergio Mora.
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I just wanted to address this part first by looking at those references.

De La Hoya, was KO's for the first time in his career by a perfectly placed body shot from B-Hop after moving up to middleweight where he was horribly over matched, and had got a shitty decision against Mayweather who many believe he beat for 8 or 9 of the 12 rounds.

Hatton, had also suffered his first defeat at the hands of Mayweather, only after being lured up in weight where he had no business. Prior to that he had cleaned out he junior welterweight/super lightweight division taking out former lightweight dominator Kostya Tszyu.

Cotto, had also been undefeated until fighting Margarito who was suspected of having loaded gloves for that fight after being caught with them for another. Cotto was also resurgent after that loss winning two fights in a row in impressive fashion.

Margarito, is the best laid case here, but was still renowned for his toughness and power. The loss to Mosley came from one of Mosley's best performances in his career, and Margarito's only significant loss prior to that was to Paul Williams who was a natural middleweight fighting at welterweght.

Mosley, was a shadow of his former self, but had still come off a string of impressive fights with questionable losses by decision. He had beaten all the top guys with exception to Mayweather if you account for those questionable decisions in fights which many felt he won. The Mora fight was a split decision that should have went his way as he dominated through the late rounds.

Point being, there were all top fighters and they weren't easy set-ups for him to knock down, he was just so good that he disposed of them easily. It's also worth noting that while those fighters had suffered defeats prior to fighting Pacquiao, almost all of them with exception to De La Hoya were also coming off of wins going into the Pacquiao fight. I wouldn't say that Pacquiao just cashed in at opportune moments, he was truly just that much better than his opponents and made them look that way. It wasn't that it was their opportune time to be fought, it was that it was his opportune time to be fighting.

 

[ty2i69]

When will PACMAN cash-in? He doesn't need any titles, belts, labels, briefcases etc. In 8 years he'll be the news of yesterday. Unless Pacquiao/Mayweather happens. It will. In my thoughts and dreams.

 

[Big Papa Santo]

When will PACMAN cash-in? He doesn't need any titles, belts, labels, briefcases etc. In 8 years he'll be the news of yesterday. Unless Pacquiao/Mayweather happens. It will. In my thoughts and dreams.

Thats the only fight that can really "save" mainstream televised boxing, because even a non-boxing fan most likely knows Floyd Mayweather, and Manny Pacquiao, i mean no other boxers get their type of mainstream attention in this day and age.