[Boxing] Mario Barrios vs Manny Pacquiao WBC Welterweight Title - July 19

[stadus]

For an older fighter, maybe he can still keep some of that speed, but the power? I kinda doubt it’s still like it was back in his prime. Not claiming to be an expert, that’s just how I see it.

We don’t really know what their game plan is, maybe Pacman still has the power but lost the speed, or maybe it’s the other way around. We’ll all see tomorrow. For now, the important thing is to make sure we’ve already placed our bets. With all the hype and excitement, some of us might forget to lock it in.

While checking the odds earlier, I saw some really interesting ones.

Anyone here thinking this fight could end in a draw? I saw it at x15 odds on my book. Pretty tempting.

[Mahanton]

We've seen this happen on some fighters and they didn't able to recover then not able to get back their 100% shape.

So hopefully everyone is safe after this fight, But still I'm still curious to watch how Pacquaio perform on his comeback match so lets just see how it ends up.

I can’t wait for this fight, it’s already happening tomorrow.

Have you guys placed your bets yet? I already locked in mine. I’ve got Pacman winning by decision at 5.10 odds.

I know he’s older now, but if he still has that sharpness, he can definitely win on points.
So there’s probably not going to be a KO, and if it goes to the scorecards, my bet’s got a good shot.

Pacman by Decision is 5.40 right now. It could mean that his chance of winning is declining. We'll never know the outcome you can only hope you win 5x though.

This is not the kind of fight I would participate to bet, anywhere I look at it I think I'd be losing my funds. Pac could win if he still has it just like Iron Mike still has it and Pac probably have it still but the age and Barrios is also a champ.

It's a title match so we can't expect Barrios to go easy on him. As much as I want Pacquiao to win since we are from the same country, I doubt he can still move swiftly at his age now and match his opponent.

He may be healthy compared to what a usual 46yrs. old guy but it doesn't mean his stamina is still there especially his opponent is 10 years younger than him.

I'm also not betting now even if I always bet on his previous matches. I'll just watch the game live on tv tomorrow. Let's see if Pacquiao still got the skills to be a title holder.

There's no going easy for Barrios for this one, there's no reason on doing so even if he would be having that respect but this is boxing and trying out to defend the title of course. Lets see if Pacquiao would be making out some good comeback or would be that losing up this match and would be saying that he should be that completely retire and never look back or simply he has nothing to prove out anymore. The odds are actually that tempting even with that 2x odds is that good to look at and with those people whom do still believe that there's still that firepower then betting on Pacquiao wouldnt be a bad choice either. Only a few hours before this fight would take place and im also bit excited for whats the outcome on this but I do already that anticipated that this wont be a walk in a park kind of fight for MP and same goes for Barrios as well. Lets hope that there would be no injuries or what specially on that old Pacquiao. Pacman by Decision for 5.40? Wow thats tempting but i would be looking for some knockout on here. For trying out to compare for Mike Tyson then i would say that old man is much better when it comes on maintaining his body but of course we do see Pacquiao do still remain that body build or physique but still you can be able to tell there there's that obvious deterioration and lets see of the speed would be still there and the fire power on which fans will be loving out to see. If he would incase lose this fight then it wont be that a shameful thing and just like been said that he should be that stopping completely before any problem that could possible happen. Lets see if he could be able to pull this out or not.

[hyudien]

We don’t really know what their game plan is, maybe Pacman still has the power but lost the speed, or maybe it’s the other way around. We’ll all see tomorrow. For now, the important thing is to make sure we’ve already placed our bets. With all the hype and excitement, some of us might forget to lock it in.

While checking the odds earlier, I saw some really interesting ones.

Anyone here thinking this fight could end in a draw? I saw it at x15 odds on my book. Pretty tempting.

Pacman has been preparing for this fight for quite some time so I think he'll show us something that might surprise us, even though he's certainly not as powerful as he once was. Interestingly the betting market has odds that aren't that different for these two fighters. I probably won't place a bet online, but I'll bet with my dad because he admires Pacman and I'll stick to the Barrios.

[Wapfika]

Pacman has been preparing for this fight for quite some time so I think he'll show us something that might surprise us, even though he's certainly not as powerful as he once was. Interestingly the betting market has odds that aren't that different for these two fighters. I probably won't place a bet online, but I'll bet with my dad because he admires Pacman and I'll stick to the Barrios.

I think both fighters are preparing for this fight. Barrios has more reason to prepared since he is against a legendary fighter which means he can’t play easy.

Also it’s a shame if he will be beaten an old boxer while he is a champion on his WBC champion.

If Pacman won, if he will be 2nd oldset champion in boxing history.

[passwordnow]

Pacman has been preparing for this fight for quite some time so I think he'll show us something that might surprise us, even though he's certainly not as powerful as he once was. Interestingly the betting market has odds that aren't that different for these two fighters. I probably won't place a bet online, but I'll bet with my dad because he admires Pacman and I'll stick to the Barrios.

It's just a fun bet with your dad and we're both with Pacquiao. Good luck to both of you for betting on this match, I went for Pacquiao for a small amount because I know that it's different now and he's no longer the same as before. But just to give him some props that he's still able to fight at his age, we may want him to retire after this but it's still his decision if there will be some follow up matches later on.

Also it’s a shame if he will be beaten an old boxer while he is a champion on his WBC champion.

They're both pro boxers and it's no shame if one beats the others, both are carrying honor to themselves. But I guess that you're right that it's more shameful if Barrios gets beaten by Pacquiao.

[GreatArkansas]

The long-awaited fight! I already placed my bet for Manny Pacquiao on the money line. I was surprised by the odds. As a fellow countryman, I am supporting Manny Pacquiao regardless of the odds.
I'm just curious why the odds is like that, is that because of the age gap of Manny to Mario?

[cryptoaddictchie]

The long-awaited fight! I already placed my bet for Manny Pacquiao on the money line. I was surprised by the odds. As a fellow countryman, I am supporting Manny Pacquiao regardless of the odds.

Me too mate, watching now round 4out of 12th it seems they are par on each other, but Barrios is kinda big and got some movement too. We can say that Manny speed and form arent like before. So the odds here favoring the opponent Barrios, maybe its because of the longest time Manny didnt got match plus his young. But we will see.

[bbc.reporter]

On the first 2 roounds, Pacman was arguably the winner for these, however, on round 3 Barrios has adjusted and begun connecting punches that would have not connected on Pacman 10 years ago. It appears that our speculations that Pacman cannot maintain his speed for longer than a few rounds is being proven correct.

The jabs of Barrios is connecting on Pacman's head very easily. I would not be shocked if Barrios will win with technical knockout on round 10.

[Cointxz]

The jabs of Barrios is connecting on Pacman's head very easily. I would not be shocked if Barrios will win with technical knockout on round 10.

This is proven wrong by Pacquiao. Pacman show resilience and establish himself until last round and manage to have a good power shot landed.

I’m surprised and proud at the same time for having a majority draw result for Pacman against Barrios which is good on his jab for defense.

Not so bad match to watch.

[joeperry]

Draw? Been watching it from start and I've seen the unofficial score card and Manny has the advantage but after all it's an unofficial score card. Though the last 3 rounds Barrios really do tried to throw as many punch as possible to chase the score but after all proud of Manny even though his speed is not like before or maybe he wasn't not just being careless. For me it's a good and close fight, it's good thing that even if it's a draw he still didn't lose the match and it's just to show others who doubt him that of his old age he can't compete with new boxers.

But just imagine if he won.

[cryptoaddictchie]

I’m surprised and proud at the same time for having a majority draw result for Pacman against Barrios which is good on his jab for defense.

Not so bad match to watch.

In terms of Age difference that kid could literally throw Pacman from early rounds, his obviously got a lot of advantage such as height, reach and age. It seems fighting an experience world champion was not so really easy at all. The match was great and indeed an interesting bout. We see that Pacman not on his usual caliber on this match means age does affects it all but thumbs up to his resilience.

[bbc.reporter]

@Cointxz. It appears that the majority draw is the perfect decision for both of these boxers hehehe. The younger Barrios can continue to be champion and having fought Pacman is very much good for his record. On Pacman, he has proven that he can fight competitively against a younger boxer on a championship fight and he also got his big purse heheheh.

I am very much excited to see another fight for Pacman. I wish he will not retire if he can give this type of effort in the ring.

[btc_angela]

Draw? Been watching it from start and I've seen the unofficial score card and Manny has the advantage but after all it's an unofficial score card. Though the last 3 rounds Barrios really do tried to throw as many punch as possible to chase the score but after all proud of Manny even though his speed is not like before or maybe he wasn't not just being careless. For me it's a good and close fight, it's good thing that even if it's a draw he still didn't lose the match and it's just to show others who doubt him that of his old age he can't compete with new boxers.

But just imagine if he won.

I don't know, but it seems that Barrios did some damage late and could have won by just a couple of points. Nevertheless, the judges might see otherwise and so it was a draw. In any case, Manny has proven that he can still bang with the best of them and might have won this fight.

So maybe what's next for him? Can we see a rematch? Maybe HE Turki might want to invest on Manny and then be the broker of another fight. And if that happens then this is a good news for boxing fans as Manny proved that he can bring fans to the arena.

[joeperry]

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I don't know, but it seems that Barrios did some damage late and could have won by just a couple of points. Nevertheless, the judges might see otherwise and so it was a draw. In any case, Manny has proven that he can still bang with the best of them and might have won this fight.

So maybe what's next for him? Can we see a rematch? Maybe HE Turki might want to invest on Manny and then be the broker of another fight. And if that happens then this is a good news for boxing fans as Manny proved that he can bring fans to the arena.

Yes I think Pacquaio get too confident on the last match as he is taking it easy or Barrios just really on attack mode. After the match Pacquaio has been interviewed on what's next for him and if he wanted a rematch and he answered immediately that he wanted a rematch but let's see where this goes, yes it's getting interesting my thoughts were if he lose this match I think it's really time for his retirement for good but this shows that he still can fight and on par with the current title holder.

[Cointxz]

@Cointxz. It appears that the majority draw is the perfect decision for both of these boxers hehehe. The younger Barrios can continue to be champion and having fought Pacman is very much good for his record. On Pacman, he has proven that he can fight competitively against a younger boxer on a championship fight and he also got his big purse heheheh.

I am very much excited to see another fight for Pacman. I wish he will not retire if he can give this type of effort in the ring.

Both fighter has their own highlights and the draw result is indeed the right since it’s a close match. I believe our personal bias is what gives a bit advantage to each player but in terms of the fight they are even.

He is not a politician anymore here in the PH so I think he will just pursue more boxing fights since the current match is proven he can still box against top fighter.

[FinneysTrueVision]

From a technical perspective this wasn’t that great of a fight, but it was competitive and the result could have gone either way. From the beginning, I’ve said Barrios is a borderline journeyman and Pacquiao might do better than expected. Although a draw isn’t satisfying, most rounds were really close and didn’t have a clear winner. This is typical of Barrios to do just enough to not lose and retain his title.

Champions like Barrios and Rolly Romero show just how poor this division is right now. Pacquiao is pretty washed up, but PBC can still milk him for a few more fights against those fighters.

[LogitechMouse]

@Cointxz. It appears that the majority draw is the perfect decision for both of these boxers hehehe. The younger Barrios can continue to be champion and having fought Pacman is very much good for his record. On Pacman, he has proven that he can fight competitively against a younger boxer on a championship fight and he also got his big purse heheheh.

I am very much excited to see another fight for Pacman. I wish he will not retire if he can give this type of effort in the ring.

I expect a rematch between the two, but only if Pacquiao still have the gas to fight yet again for that title.

PBC is the winner because they made huge money on this fight. At the same time, both fighters are winners as well because they got a lot of money. Fans especially those who came because they want to see Pacquiao win ended up getting disappointed because of the result that they didn't expect. I'm a Filipino, and I've seen Pacquiao fought in his prime years. He's beyond his prime years already so I expected less from him.

I expect a rematch between the 2, but if Pacman wants to fight another fighter, I wonder who will it be? I wonder if he can fight for other welterweight titles since Ennis is going up to super welterweight.

[FinneysTrueVision]

Technically a good match is when both player fight evenly until the last round since it only means that they are match for this fight and the idea boxing fights in technical perspective.

If you are looking for a K.O/TKO fights then that is the not good match in technical perspective because they don’t have a close combat skills.

It was an evenly matched fight because Pacquiao is old and Barrios is the level of a Jake Paul opponent. Neither fighter was very accurate or did much effective damage to their opponent. You can argue that it was still an intriguing fight nonetheless, but it was very obvious how much Pacquiao has faded and how lacking in skill Barrios is.

[cryptoaddictchie]

He is not a politician anymore here in the PH so I think he will just pursue more boxing fights since the current match is proven he can still box against top fighter.

Its interesting that Pacman will now focus on Boxing if ever he still wanted too. Politics is the only reason he left for boxing anyway, I hope he think that and wont run anymore and focus on boxing.


By the way guys has anybody know how much money are grabbed by the two boxer in this fight? Has there been any divulge info on their cash winning for this game?

[lionheart78]

Draw? Been watching it from start and I've seen the unofficial score card and Manny has the advantage but after all it's an unofficial score card. Though the last 3 rounds Barrios really do tried to throw as many punch as possible to chase the score but after all proud of Manny even though his speed is not like before or maybe he wasn't not just being careless. For me it's a good and close fight, it's good thing that even if it's a draw he still didn't lose the match and it's just to show others who doubt him that of his old age he can't compete with new boxers.

But just imagine if he won.

It was close but I think he was robbed by the judges decision, although Barrios jab somehow is effective to stop some of Manny attempt to close the gap, it was obvious that Manny is on the offensive and is somehow dictating the fight.  The crowd knows how the fight goes; that is why many of them boo the decision.  But then it was really impressive for Manny at his age, he still has the hand speed, but somehow the footwork is a bit lagging.

But just imagine if he won.

He could be the first fighter to won championship in 4 different decades sadly it did not materialize or was prevented from materializing lol, the unofficial score card shown on the screen had Manny leading...