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READERS REACT TO ROY JONES COMMENT ON PACQUIAO By Mortz Marcelo Ortigoza PhilBoxing.com Tue, 24 Jul 2007 Man, here’s what Roy Jones had got on his “blasphemy” against Pacman. In my column yesterday titled: “Will it be Barrera, not Marquez, who will Solve the Pacquaio Puzzle?”, the said prose received varied reactions from readers around the globe. Some of them I received from my e-mail, and some of them were posted from the other forums. In my write - up yesterday, I said that former pound for pound king Roy Jones had declared that Manny Pacquaio was not a thinking boxer. He opined that even the Filipino icon got all the speed that can even defeat his Super Featherweight rival Marco Antonio Barrera, the latter is still the best pound for pound for him because of his offensive and defensive prowess. Here’s an excerpt of one of his lines: “Manny is a real good fighter, but he’s more busy than skillful.. He’s the type of fighter that overwhelms other fighters with his heart and his conditioning, but even though he beat Marco Antonio Barrera, I don’t think he’s better than Barrera.” Jones’ idiotic statements provoked vitriol from those who admired Pacman. They couldn’t fathom why Roy had committed such “blasphemous” act at the Super Featherweight’s superman. The once enigmatic Roy had unruffled feathers, and they are now up in arms against him. How about Barrera? Jesus, he was not even spared by the venoms of these Pacs Fanatics. Hereunder are their unpalatable comments: From: Jerry Lynch I have tremendous respect for Barrera but in the past several years Pacquiao has developed a good defense and a terrific right to go with his power left. He is blazingly fast and I suspect he will deliver more of a beating the next time they fight. I look for an 8th round stoppage after winning 5 of the preceeding 7 rounds. Barrera MAY have won round one in their first meeting and I think he will master a couple of rounds due to his skills and the fact that he was caught unawares the first time. From: Reymond Garcia this is what I would like to say, I admire roy jones. I practically cheer for him when he is fighting. Probably the reason why he is saying that barrera is better than manny is because he is out of the P4P. he is jealous because an unknown person will come out of nowhere and compete in the P4P rating. He was even perceived as the #1 P4P (Manny). He probably doesn't like other races too because all the person he mentioned "that are better" are all black. he probably want hes race to be superior than others. welll he is WRONG From: Skell No Roy it's not about being popular its about beating the best guys out there and thats why Pac is number 2/3? What a stupid comment by RJJ, I suppose he thinks he still should be number 1. From: PGH angel eyes He didn't say Manny doesnt deserve to be there, he sayd he'd put Barerra above him pound for pond for offense AND defense. What he said abot Pacquiao is pretty accurate and not disrespectful at all. From: Julius I don't get what he said, even though pac beat mab. Mab is still better ooh yea thats right, even though roy got himself ktfo his still better then anyone skills don't always win, the best in offense the best in defense and the ultimate best boxer can still lose. Guess to who?...to heart condition and determination. pac is a living proft of heart condition and determination that overwhelms the greatest out there. To say pac has no skill is false though, this should be accepted. nobody can throw a left straight like pac. he has speed stamina and combine that with his power, his not just a busy fighter with heart condition and determination. Pac is a GREAT FIGHTER. pound for pound is about who beats who too, if someone proves to beat someone his clearly pound for pound better. how can someone be better then another from a lost??? i think roy said it wrong or got it twisted. Mab is a better boxer then pac; true, better defense; thats true too. but does it mean he'll beat pac? nope pac didn't just beat him, pac destroyed him. See the thing is, its stupid to think, since someone is better at a catagory(for example defense) he'd beat someone whos weak at that catagory. Prejudicial!!!!!!!!!! we've all heard it, floyd will easily beat pac because floyd is better at; defense, boxing.....uhh what else??? thats pretty much it. Prejudicial!!!!!!!!!!! I think anyone who gives pac no chance at beating floyd is delusional. anything can happen lets be fair. From: DarK Lord Al Yea Roy PACMAN isnt a thinking fighter he a tough -fast-bsuy - walkin slugger who is a great fighter , he may not have much of a plan B but plan A is usually more than he needs From: Park Staright Left RJJ is trying hard to justify his KO losses by using these little dudes. From his Pac-MAB comments, he's more emplying that he's still better than Tarver and Johnson eventhough he got KTFO fighting them. From: Global I thought P4P was about how good you are in comparison to all boxers, in and out of your weight class. Things factoring including who you've beat, your ability to move up or down in weight class to beat quality opposition, and not really anything to do with technique. Technique is just something to help you beat those opponents in and out of your weight class, relentless punching is a technique, it overwhelms opposition, just like sharp precise counter punching can offset an opponent. I still think Winky is has the second spot though. Pacquaio still is in the top three though. Roy was number one and wasn't nearly the complete package Toney was, Roy relied on reflexes and speed himself not pure boxing ability, and his opposition was questionable so he can't really use his argument. From: Majesty Seriously, would you say Glen Johnson and Tarver are better then Roy? Vernon Forrest is better then Shane Mosley, or Larry Donald and John Ruiz are better then Holyfield From: El Gamo Manny beat the heck out of MAB and I certainly think he will do it again but that does not mean he will have a greater legacy than MAB,those(beating a guy and having a better legacy) are 2 different things. As for RJJ's argument,P4P is just an opinion.I'm not saying I agree or disagree but RJJ is more qualified than most of us and it's an interesting opinion. I guess he prefers fighters with technique rather than a guy that goes to war all the time. Fair enough From: Josef 4334 man, i didnt expect that from rjj man. i cant imagine fighters think too much when they are fighting. i know boxers who have ring intellingence and fighters who have ring instinct. i think pac has more of ring instinct than ring intelligence. ring instinct is more important than ring intelligence coz instinct is reacting quickly in a certain situation. and i dont think you'll have enough time to think when you're getting pounded on your melon. and just like what Tyson used to say, you may have all the intelligence in the ring, you may have the best game plan but when i hit you and your hurt, your fight plan will just fly out of your head. roy thought he was smarter than tarver and johnson but when he got hit, his "smarts" went flying out of his head through his eyes. so, rjj, u think ull have time to think while getting hit in the head? Click here to view a list of other articles written by Mortz Marcelo Ortigoza.  |
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