Pacquiao Now Stands as Favorite vs Thurman — Sportsbooks

[Maslate]

Thurman may be younger but pacquiao already proved his reputation to the boxing community. He already defeated some world champions before and been undefeated for some years. It's obvious that pacquiao has greater odds on sportsbetting websites. Imo this is just like his previous fights, pacquiao will win and he'll earn more money again.

Even if he lose, he will still earn big money, but let's hope he will win so he will have more fight before he will retire.
Thurman did think he can beat Pacman and made him retire, that's mouth will be shut when they fight in the ring comes the scheduled fight, Manny will once again win and prove that he is not too old to retire in boxing.

Its not that simple. For sure he will earn a great deal of money even if he loses the fight. But in case he loses it, then his future prospects may be in jeopardy. Getting a good opponent is very important, and Manny will be getting a big boost if he upsets Thurman on July 20th. Also, in case he loses this one, then his fans may not turn out in great numbers for the upcoming fight against Khan. 

If whoever lose the fight and still can fight after, the effect of the lose is still temporary as one boxer can recover and get his reputation back again.
Manny lose to Mayweather and Horn but this man still has a lot of fans and supporters and I believe his fight this month will bring a lot of audience in the arena.

[Malsetid]

The way I see in their previous fights with different opponents. I don't find any reason why Thurman would win this match against Manny. Yes Thurman is undefeated but does he fought an opponent with the same caliber as Pacquiao's? None, so I favor Manny Pacquiao's for this fight.

We have almost the same speculation on this fight. Thurman struggle in his last fight while the Pacman cruise to a unanimous decision victory. The only factor that Thurman had in this fight is the disparity of the age but would it be a factor in the fight, let's just wait and see.

Pacquiao has fought and beaten quite a number of undefeated fighters already so i think thurman being undefeated has little bearing on the fight. And though manny has experience and probably skill advantage, you can't really disregard age when it comes to boxing or anty physical sport. If manny continues to fight, one young guy might just be able to take him out. I hope he follows mayweather's logic for his sake.

[Questat]

The way I see in their previous fights with different opponents. I don't find any reason why Thurman would win this match against Manny. Yes Thurman is undefeated but does he fought an opponent with the same caliber as Pacquiao's? None, so I favor Manny Pacquiao's for this fight.

We have almost the same speculation on this fight. Thurman struggle in his last fight while the Pacman cruise to a unanimous decision victory. The only factor that Thurman had in this fight is the disparity of the age but would it be a factor in the fight, let's just wait and see.

Pacquiao has fought and beaten quite a number of undefeated fighters already so i think thurman being undefeated has little bearing on the fight. And though manny has experience and probably skill advantage, you can't really disregard age when it comes to boxing or anty physical sport. If manny continues to fight, one young guy might just be able to take him out. I hope he follows mayweather's logic for his sake.

That could happen but as long as he can fight he will sure continue to do so.
No boxer will forever live based on his current standing, sure Manny as he aged his performance will not be the same but as he is still fighting, I can say he is still a very entertaining fighter as he never back down like other fighters in the ring, he is old, that's given but he is still strong and capable of fighting.

[ice18]

Thurman looks scarier on the fight but I sense he is quite nervous coming to this fight, he seems intimated and does things very awkward or he knows that Pacquiao is his biggest test, he's been saying that he is the one that will retire Pacquiao, but I don't think even Mayweather cannot do it.

Pacquiao is a legendary boxer while Thurman is still hoping to become one in the future if he surpassed the knockout punches of Manny Pacquiao but if he fails this will have a huge impact on his career and his future matches In this fight I dont think its the end of career of Manny he still a very dangerous boxer in the ring with power and speed.

[Botnake]

Thurman looks scarier on the fight but I sense he is quite nervous coming to this fight, he seems intimated and does things very awkward or he knows that Pacquiao is his biggest test, he's been saying that he is the one that will retire Pacquiao, but I don't think even Mayweather cannot do it.

Pacquiao is a legendary boxer while Thurman is still hoping to become one in the future if he surpassed the knockout punches of Manny Pacquiao but if he fails this will have a huge impact on his career and his future matches In this fight I dont think its the end of career of Manny he still a very dangerous boxer in the ring with power and speed.

Most like the end of Pacman's career if he loss, but not the end of Thurma's career for sure since it would only be his first loss if this fight is not in his favor.
Thurman here is building his name since he just came back from injury, he won his last fight but he did not dominate that fight although he won via unanimous decision.

[mindfly09]

i think the OP meant older not younger in this phrase - "10 years younger than his opponent".

we will see how far pacquiao is prepared for this yet another fight of his career. he has nothing to prove anymore. he is already a legend in boxing. what is there to gain for this fight anyway? more money? proof that he can still fight at his age?  in any case, still interesting to watch this coming july...

       Yes that's true Manny is 10 years older than his opponent and as far as I know that Pacquiao was trained according to their program and he loves boxing as his passion in life so I don't think Manny will be beaten easily  , and if we try to analyze his last fight is not convincing to stop fighting.

So we will wait for their coming fight, and lets see if who will be the champions even if they have a age gap. But Pacquiao is so much to do hard training for his becoming fight and confident that he will defeat Thurman.

[jossiel]

Anyone who have watched the 2nd face off of Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman? Keith has been telling same words with his past opponents as Manny Pacquiao pointed out that his opponents were telling the same thing.

But in the ring, they had all changed.

Vid: THE 2nd FACE OFF! PACQUIAO VS THURMAN

And looks like the odds are changing now.

[Cherylstar86]

   Many people would love to pick Manny Pacquiao as their bet of favorite boxer, and one thing made them have that desire was of his humbleness and low profile image. Even if he's a boxer politician, he didn't even said to his statements very agressive words towards his opponent. His spirit of being a Filipino and God fearing person attracts more followers who truly believed on his capability to beat Thurman. For me his challenger remained the underdog of this fight.

[chaser15]

Most like the end of Pacman's career if he loss, but not the end of Thurma's career for sure since it would only be his first loss if this fight is not in his favor.
Thurman here is building his name since he just came back from injury, he won his last fight but he did not dominate that fight although he won via unanimous decision.

Pacman, if will loss lose on that fight will still goes for a 1-2 more fights.

I'm 100% sure that he will asked for rematch if he will loss on this match. And Thurman, will gladly accept it again since it's money after all. But apparently, the way Pacquaio is showing at the practice, he still the Pacquiao the team knows that shows no signs of slowing down. Not that they are positive but what they see is real.

[joshy23]

   Many people would love to pick Manny Pacquiao as their bet of favorite boxer, and one thing made them have that desire was of his humbleness and low profile image. Even if he's a boxer politician, he didn't even said to his statements very agressive words towards his opponent. His spirit of being a Filipino and God fearing person attracts more followers who truly believed on his capability to beat Thurman. For me his challenger remained the underdog of this fight.

And since the numbers of fight Manny can do is already limited since he's aging now, fans really gamble with him not just because he's really good
but also being a good example, Manny is a humble type of a fighter he won't speak much but he will show his determination to beat you, less than two weeks and the fight will be watch by millions of fans around.

[Strongkored]

Many choose Pacman not only because he is a legend and experienced but also because his personality is very humble and respected in his country, but in a match sometimes it doesn't have much effect. Now Pacquiao 40 years old that will affect his appearance, He need to prepare his energy to win this fight.

[Kasabus]

Many choose Pacman not only because he is a legend and experienced but also because his personality is very humble and respected in his country, but in a match sometimes it doesn't have much effect. Now Pacquiao 40 years old that will affect his appearance, He need to prepare his energy to win this fight.

He has the energy and it seems he still has more energy than his younger opponents, we have seen that in his last two fights.
People are too concern about the age of Manny but he hasn't showed like he is aging, so I don't see it a weakness for him, his age is just a number.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Many choose Pacman not only because he is a legend and experienced but also because his personality is very humble and respected in his country, but in a match sometimes it doesn't have much effect. Now Pacquiao 40 years old that will affect his appearance, He need to prepare his energy to win this fight.

Who knows? There is a chance that Keith Thurman may be thinking along similar lines. He may be thinking that Manny will get tired after the initial 8-9 rounds and he can go for the kill after that. From his earlier trashtalk, it looked to me that Thurman is taking Manny a bit lightly. And that can be his undoing. If he loses this fight, then it can deliver a major setback to his professional career.

[jademaxsuy]

There is no wonder that pacman will stand as crowd favorite in any aspect from the experience and being a champ, thurman does not have. Aside from that speed and power still will be able to execute by a natural good player like pacman.

I am betting for a knock out in this match and I am in even numbers of round. So if thurman gets knock out on numbers 2,4,6,8,10 & 12 then I can have my win profit.

[jakoylantern]

Thurman may be younger but pacquiao already proved his reputation to the boxing community. He already defeated some world champions before and been undefeated for some years. It's obvious that pacquiao has greater odds on sportsbetting websites. Imo this is just like his previous fights, pacquiao will win and he'll earn more money again.

For me, yes, I agree with what you said, Pacquiao already proved his reputation to the boxing community and showed the respect of his opponent. Also, the skills and speed are still their even he is fighting against ten years older than him; I think we will win again, especially that Thurman is very hubristic. But yet, we will only know how will win after the fight.   

[Oceat]

There is no wonder that pacman will stand as crowd favorite in any aspect from the experience and being a champ, thurman does not have. Aside from that speed and power still will be able to execute by a natural good player like pacman.

I am betting for a knock out in this match and I am in even numbers of round. So if thurman gets knock out on numbers 2,4,6,8,10 & 12 then I can have my win profit.

This seems to turn the people's choice now and i don't know how did it happen but i guess it is because of Thurman's previous fight that gives the people a choice to look at the difference between their statistics of Pacman and Thurman.

There is a chance that Pacman would knock Thurman if he would fight face to face with Pacman and we all know how good Pacman at close fights but i also believe that Thurman has a strong defense against on a head to head fight. So that makes the fight gets more interesting during their bout.

[Jating]

Pacquiao also very hard on his training and also so much focus just on boxing. The fight is very soon. Therefore. Soon also we will know if who will win in that fight.

Manny is very ready to fight even right now. I just do hope that he won't overtrain as there are a lot of reports coming from Philippine media that Manny is already at the peak of his training already and as I have said can fight anytime, anywhere.

For me as the fight takes longer, I think it will favoured Pacquaio as he has the stamina and Thurman is not known for having a good gas tank.

[mirakal]

Pacquiao also very hard on his training and also so much focus just on boxing. The fight is very soon. Therefore. Soon also we will know if who will win in that fight.

Manny is very ready to fight even right now. I just do hope that he won't overtrain as there are a lot of reports coming from Philippine media that Manny is already at the peak of his training already and as I have said can fight anytime, anywhere.

For me as the fight takes longer, I think it will favoured Pacquaio as he has the stamina and Thurman is not known for having a good gas tank.

Usually younger fighter has a better stamina but Pacquaio is an exemption, he hasn't slowed down on its movement in the ring but maybe the power was reduced a bit.

[jakelyson]

I am betting for a knock out in this match and I am in even numbers of round. So if thurman gets knock out on numbers 2,4,6,8,10 & 12 then I can have my win profit.

At this point in the career of Manny Pacquiao, I am not expecting a KO anymore. The most I am expecting is a unanimous decision in favor of Pacquiao.

Manny is very ready to fight even right now. I just do hope that he won't overtrain as there are a lot of reports coming from Philippine media that Manny is already at the peak of his training already and as I have said can fight anytime, anywhere.

That is to be expected because we are just a few days away from the bout. He will be reducing his sparring matches in preparation for the fight night.

Usually younger fighter has a better stamina but Pacquaio is an exemption, he hasn't slowed down on its movement in the ring but maybe the power was reduced a bit.

That still needs to be proven. We will see on the fight night if he still has enough stamina to last fo12 rounds. I think Thurman's strategy is to move around a lot in the ring. That will require a lot of energy from Pacquiao to catch a younger fighter.

[Maslate]

I think Thurman's strategy is to move around a lot in the ring. That will require a lot of energy from Pacquiao to catch a younger fighter.

Definitely but if he can catch Thurman, it would Thurman who will loss some energy
Thurman publicly said that he will knock out Pacquiao, so he should be the aggressor in this fight, and that's what I want to see in the the fight night.