Photos and Quotes: Manny Pacquiao, Shane Mosley, Jorge Arce, Kelly Pavlik Discuss Saturday's Event
by Bad Left Hook on May 8, 2011 6:30 AM EDT
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MANNY PACQUIAO
"We tried our best. We both gave it our best effort. My legs tightened up during the fight. I couldn't move. It's the same thing that happened to me against (Juan Manuel) Marquez. It's been happening to me more lately."
"Mosley is not slow. He's fast and I had to be cautious of his counter-punch.''
SHANE MOSLEY
"You can't blame age. Manny is an exceptional fighter. He truly is the pound-for-pound king. He has speed and power that I have never felt before."
"It's amazing. He's cut from my cloth so I had to box tonight."
"He surprised me with that power, with that knockdown. That's the most legitimate knockdown on me in a long time."
Photo by Tom Casino/SHOWTIME PPV
After the jump: More quotes from the rest of the card's fighters, including Jorge Arce and Kelly Pavlik, and photos from the event.
JORGE ARCE
"I knew I could knock him out and I did. My heart is too big. He's a good, young champion with a big punch but my experience and my heart was too much for him."
"There was no other way than to bring the fight to him. I fought like a true Mexican warrior. I won it for Mexico. Now my name will forever be mentioned when you speak of Mexican fighters.''
WILFREDO VAZQUEZ JR.
"I was fine. They should have never stopped this fight. I feel that I would rather get knocked out and end up on the canvas than having it stopped the way it did. My father stopped it. He never should have.''
KELLY PAVLIK
"I had ring rust, but I did win the fight. I don't know what happened on that one scorecard but I did win the fight.''
JACK LOEW (Pavlik's trainer)
"We had two wins tonight. The first win was going up the steps, walking in the ring and competing after all the rehabs and everything he had been through. The second win was getting the win itself."
"There was definitely ring rust. That was obvious.''
ALFONSO LOPEZ
"At the worst I definitely think I deserved at least a draw. I think I connected with a lot more shots than he did. I knew the rounds were going to be hard to score but low blows affected me and I got tired at the end.''
RAY NARH
"I was sick all night and throwing up. I think I got sick after eating something after the weigh-in. I tried to get through it because I didn't want to cancel the fight, but I had no legs and no snap on my punches.''
MIKE ALVARADO
"I was just getting started. I think he took the easy way out. After the first round I told my trainer ‘he doesn't want to fight.' He knew he didn't belong in the ring with me.''
All photos by Tom Casino/SHOWTIME PPV
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WV2 is in denial. He may have “been fine”, but others can’t only go by what they see and he barely through one or two punches throughout that entire Arce assault. I was thinking the ref was going to stop the fight… If he was fine, as he said, he should’ve moved, run around the ring and tried to do something differently.
Bob Arum would promote Lucifer himself if he could put asses in the seats.
Sorry, *Others CAN ONLY go by what they see…
Bob Arum would promote Lucifer himself if he could put asses in the seats.
And I didn't need Bernstein and company to remind me of the old "Father should never be in the coirner crap." UGH!
Meanwhile, SSM looked tired just stepping into the ring. And his face doubled up in size in about round 6. Man, talk about shot. But now he can go off and have fun with his new and wonderfuly looking chick. But IMO, he got a nice payday for doing nothing and that seemed to be his only game plan. Survive.
Meanwhile, the touching of gloves before each round was getting to be a bit much. What was that, a love fest of a boxing match? I want to see aggression, not affection. I actually thought at one point that Manny might be carrying him.
"Luck is when preparation meets opportunity." - Mike Quarry
According to my boxrec scouring, he’s been full champion at Light Flyweight, Super Flyweight and Super Bantamweight.
He was also interim champ at flyweight and defended it several times but moved up in weight without winning the full title.
and interim titles should most definitely not be counted.
Interim titles are supposed to be for when the title holder is injured but these corrupt sanctioning body slime have just turned them into money making opportunities.
How the hell can you continuously defend an interim title without facing the actual real belt holder.
No offence to Arce,a great little warrior,but that interim title meant jack and he has held titles in 3 divisions in reality.
Yes. It’s three. Interim titles don’t count for nothin’.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 8, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
And real 'titles do'?
Come on its all made up crap anyways. I feel like I can safely and accurately declare myself world champion in 17 weight classes.
by journeyintosound on May 8, 2011 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
You’ve been here long enough that you should know very well I have zero regard for the title belts in boxing, but they do matter to the fighters. But even the fighters know the interim titles don’t matter for counting purposes.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
I think they might be counting it since he defended it 4 times. Okay, so that’s probably the disparity. Thanks!
Bob Arum would promote Lucifer himself if he could put asses in the seats.
Shane is done done done
He and RJJ are afraid to pull the trigger and engage.
Some men, as we have discussed, simply don’t have longevity in them.
Some have styles which diminish it.
Either way, Shane is finished.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Some men, as we have discussed, simply don’t have longevity in them.
He’s 39. He made it pretty damn far. He was rated the #1 welterweight in the world at 37. I’d say he had longevity.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 8, 2011 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
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