It's good that old fighters still get to do what they love, which is fighting, even if they're already at an age which is considered old for such a sport. Fans often miss these fighters. And what's more important is that these legends can still earn big bucks in these exhibition matches. Pacquiao and Buakaw are two giants in the fighting scene, although in different sports. No bad blood between them. No belt, championship, or ranking being chased. This is for fun mainly. But it's also the reason why I'm not that interested in betting in exhibition matches.
Yes, and there are also no disrespect, unlike in Floyd's fight wherein even in exhibitions matches, it's looks like him or his opponent has a grudge to settle. But in Manny's fight in exhibition, there are so much respect shown, just like when he fought the South Korean, Manny holding and doesn't want to put some damage on the guy because he knows that it's a mismatch and that he can still pull the trigger and even knockout someone even if it is exhibitions. And this could be the same here, no belt, but them and the fans are going to be happy seeing both legends. There could be some fans though who are going to bet here even if it is just a exhibition matches. 
Topic: [Boxing]: Pacquiao vs. Buakaw - April 20 - page 2. (Read 653 times)
It's good that old fighters still get to do what they love, which is fighting, even if they're already at an age which is considered old for such a sport. Fans often miss these fighters. And what's more important is that these legends can still earn big bucks in these exhibition matches. Pacquiao and Buakaw are two giants in the fighting scene, although in different sports. No bad blood between them. No belt, championship, or ranking being chased. This is for fun mainly. But it's also the reason why I'm not that interested in betting in exhibition matches.
One of the benefits or opportunity for those who do become legendary fighters is that there is really a huge fan base on which it would really be that still interestedif ever they would really be deciding on having those possible matches. Doesnt matter if its an exhibition as long they could really be able to see them fight on the ring.
Doesnt matter if its a cross sport match based or what, there would really be always those sports fans would really be loving to see these matches.
When it comes on betting on exhibitions then its true that im not really that someone whose really that interested on betting into these matches on which we do know
that this is could really end up on a draw or having no decision or it is really obviously on whose gonna win because of the boxing rules that had been set out.
So its not a brainer on which one whose gonna win.
It's good that old fighters still get to do what they love, which is fighting, even if they're already at an age which is considered old for such a sport. Fans often miss these fighters. And what's more important is that these legends can still earn big bucks in these exhibition matches. Pacquiao and Buakaw are two giants in the fighting scene, although in different sports. No bad blood between them. No belt, championship, or ranking being chased. This is for fun mainly. But it's also the reason why I'm not that interested in betting in exhibition matches.
Would be fun to watch both legends but was more excited on Pacquiao coming to the ring again considering I'm not that familiar with Buakaw though it ring a bell. I think the favor would be on Manny considering it is his niche that they'll fight for but there's not much of disparity though on both sports. Will support Pacquiao all the way.
Yeah right, knowing pacquiao as one of the defending champion in the world of boxing, It's nice to know that he's going to fight again since He mentioned then that he will retire from boxing and he will focus on the senate in the Philippine government. I can see that many gamblers will come out and bet huge amounts, I know most of them will definitely vote for pacquiao.
This fight isn't really the most interesting fight of Manny this year, but his fight with Mayweather which he previously announce. Although there's no confirmation yet from Mayweather, but Manny would not made up stories just to hype the fans or call the attention of Mayweather, most likely there's already a on going discussion on the possible big fight, a rematch but on a exhibition fight.
Buakaw is great though but boxing is Manny's territory, so I don't see any chance that Buakaw would beat him, and we can't compare this to Francis vs Tyson Fury as it's completely a different story.
Would be fun to watch both legends but was more excited on Pacquiao coming to the ring again considering I'm not that familiar with Buakaw though it ring a bell. I think the favor would be on Manny considering it is his niche that they'll fight for but there's not much of disparity though on both sports. Will support Pacquiao all the way.
Yeah right, knowing pacquiao as one of the defending champion in the world of boxing, It's nice to know that he's going to fight again since He mentioned then that he will retire from boxing and he will focus on the senate in the Philippine government. I can see that many gamblers will come out and bet huge amounts, I know most of them will definitely vote for pacquiao.
Pacquiao even at this age I believed is still very quick and fast and still has the power as for me, that is God given talent. In any case, they will sure be showing here in their best shape of their life. And both can sell this fights, put fans in the seats or even in PPV just to see this two legends in the ring.
Actually, being still in shape is the reason why Pacquiao was involved right away in exhibition matches after retiring. Especially in his status today that he no more multi-tasking activities e.g being a politician, basketball player, billiard player, sabong enthusiast at the same time. He missed his right away his profession the moment he stepped outside the politics.
He can still fight in a professional match and he is open with that mentioning it in some of his interviews after retirement. However, it seems fighting in an exhibition match is way more wise to do now. It's great that he's up in an exhibition match right away after retiring and not wait to become too old before doing that. The present generation can still witnessed the post-prime Pacquiao.
I think he still mentioned Crawford, not sure if he is just messing up or he's really serious but you are right, it's not wise to be in the profesional fight again since he has already achieved the biggest achievement in boxing, there's nothing to prove. What he should do now is, enjoy his retirement, get some exhibition fights to keep that cash flowing in.
Pacquiao even at this age I believed is still very quick and fast and still has the power as for me, that is God given talent. In any case, they will sure be showing here in their best shape of their life. And both can sell this fights, put fans in the seats or even in PPV just to see this two legends in the ring.
Actually, being still in shape is the reason why Pacquiao was involved right away in exhibition matches after retiring. Especially in his status today that he no more multi-tasking activities e.g being a politician, basketball player, billiard player, sabong enthusiast at the same time. He missed his right away his profession the moment he stepped outside the politics.
He can still fight in a professional match and he is open with that mentioning it in some of his interviews after retirement. However, it seems fighting in an exhibition match is way more wise to do now. It's great that he's up in an exhibition match right away after retiring and not wait to become too old before doing that. The present generation can still witnessed the post-prime Pacquiao.
We never know what could happen in this fight, but we shouldn't expect a lot since it's just an exhibition fight while the fight of Ngannou against francis was a profesionnal fight although it wasn't a title fight. This fight happened to make fans happy, and both fighters had already promised to receive a decent amount of paycheck after the fight because promoters knows they can easily sell this. Who wouldn't fight Pacman and Buakaw right? Although we know that Pacman has the upper hand, but we are still curious what Buakaw could do against a hall of famer that are still active in maintaining his shape.
I like this fight better than the Mayweather - Gotti fight because that's a total mismatch and not worth watching, while this one is a battle of two legends even though its an exhibition fight they can showcase their skills on the sports they have excelled that made them legends.
Obviously Pacquiao has an edge here since this is a boxing match where Pacquiao is well skilled on this combat, but Buakaw being a legend in his own sports can matchup Pacquiao's power and speed of course minus the kicks, elbows and knees.
I have seen how good is Buakaw he is fast but since he is restricted he will have to rely on his punching power but he needs to move a lot as Pacquiao is good at delivering his punches.
The Mayweather-Gotti fight was a disgraced for boxing, it's not about how it is mismatch, but how the fight turns into like a melee and everyone jumps on the ring and try to fight. And I don't think that this will happen in Pacquaio vs Buakaw as this two are legends in their respective sports and so will not act like a gangster inside the ring.
Pacquiao even at this age I believed is still very quick and fast and still has the power as for me, that is God given talent. In any case, they will sure be showing here in their best shape of their life. And both can sell this fights, put fans in the seats or even in PPV just to see this two legends in the ring.
We never know what could happen in this fight, but we shouldn't expect a lot since it's just an exhibition fight while the fight of Ngannou against francis was a profesionnal fight although it wasn't a title fight. This fight happened to make fans happy, and both fighters had already promised to receive a decent amount of paycheck after the fight because promoters knows they can easily sell this. Who wouldn't fight Pacman and Buakaw right? Although we know that Pacman has the upper hand, but we are still curious what Buakaw could do against a hall of famer that are still active in maintaining his shape.
I like this fight better than the Mayweather - Gotti fight because that's a total mismatch and not worth watching, while this one is a battle of two legends even though its an exhibition fight they can showcase their skills on the sports they have excelled that made them legends.
Obviously Pacquiao has an edge here since this is a boxing match where Pacquiao is well skilled on this combat, but Buakaw being a legend in his own sports can matchup Pacquiao's power and speed of course minus the kicks, elbows and knees.
I have seen how good is Buakaw he is fast but since he is restricted he will have to rely on his punching power but he needs to move a lot as Pacquiao is good at delivering his punches.
Cant see much to discuss here. Boxer faces non-boxer with boxing skills. The result if obvious - draw 
As this is an exhibition fight. This is actually an absurd fight. Buakaw is totally disarmed. A muay thai without kick, knees, elbows, clinch, sweeps. To make this fight fair, the rules should allow Pacquiao only to use, lets say jab and uppercut. Then this would be a fair fight. It would be more fair if they would have a fight under Muay Thai rules after.
As this is an exhibition fight. This is actually an absurd fight. Buakaw is totally disarmed. A muay thai without kick, knees, elbows, clinch, sweeps. To make this fight fair, the rules should allow Pacquiao only to use, lets say jab and uppercut. Then this would be a fair fight. It would be more fair if they would have a fight under Muay Thai rules after. Not going to happen though, but in any case we have seen Francis Ngannou almost knockout a prime Tyson Fury and almost get a win, but that's pro fight though, Francis decided to go after boxing and proven that MMA fighters can go and fight in a boxing ring with boxing rules. But this fight, it's all for the money, they have been offered a good amount, so I doubt that they can refused it and of course since it's going to be in the ring, then boxing rules and just like any other exhibitions fights for that matter, their rules are going to be used. I haven't check the odds though if crypto based casinos have listed it already. But we all know who's going to be the favorite here.
We never know what could happen in this fight, but we shouldn't expect a lot since it's just an exhibition fight while the fight of Ngannou against francis was a profesionnal fight although it wasn't a title fight. This fight happened to make fans happy, and both fighters had already promised to receive a decent amount of paycheck after the fight because promoters knows they can easily sell this. Who wouldn't fight Pacman and Buakaw right? Although we know that Pacman has the upper hand, but we are still curious what Buakaw could do against a hall of famer that are still active in maintaining his shape.
Cant see much to discuss here. Boxer faces non-boxer with boxing skills. The result if obvious - draw As this is an exhibition fight. This is actually an absurd fight. Buakaw is totally disarmed. A muay thai without kick, knees, elbows, clinch, sweeps. To make this fight fair, the rules should allow Pacquiao only to use, lets say jab and uppercut. Then this would be a fair fight. It would be more fair if they would have a fight under Muay Thai rules after.
As this is an exhibition fight. This is actually an absurd fight. Buakaw is totally disarmed. A muay thai without kick, knees, elbows, clinch, sweeps. To make this fight fair, the rules should allow Pacquiao only to use, lets say jab and uppercut. Then this would be a fair fight. It would be more fair if they would have a fight under Muay Thai rules after. Not going to happen though, but in any case we have seen Francis Ngannou almost knockout a prime Tyson Fury and almost get a win, but that's pro fight though, Francis decided to go after boxing and proven that MMA fighters can go and fight in a boxing ring with boxing rules. But this fight, it's all for the money, they have been offered a good amount, so I doubt that they can refused it and of course since it's going to be in the ring, then boxing rules and just like any other exhibitions fights for that matter, their rules are going to be used. I haven't check the odds though if crypto based casinos have listed it already. But we all know who's going to be the favorite here.
Cant see much to discuss here. Boxer faces non-boxer with boxing skills. The result if obvious - draw As this is an exhibition fight. This is actually an absurd fight. Buakaw is totally disarmed. A muay thai without kick, knees, elbows, clinch, sweeps. To make this fight fair, the rules should allow Pacquiao only to use, lets say jab and uppercut. Then this would be a fair fight. It would be more fair if they would have a fight under Muay Thai rules after.
I agree boxing skill is only secondary for Muay Thai fighters they mostly rely on their knees elbows and legs for their advantage and without this Buakaw is just an amateur boxer, but Buakaw is known for his toughness and he can take punches so let's see if he can take it Buakaw has 300 fights about his chances he may have a slim chance to beat Pacquiao but he can give him a decent fight because Buakaw never back down on all his fight. As this is an exhibition fight. This is actually an absurd fight. Buakaw is totally disarmed. A muay thai without kick, knees, elbows, clinch, sweeps. To make this fight fair, the rules should allow Pacquiao only to use, lets say jab and uppercut. Then this would be a fair fight. It would be more fair if they would have a fight under Muay Thai rules after. I wonder if Buakaw suddenly forgot that it was a boxing match and switched to Muay Thai because he is used to fighting in Muay Thai style, this is something worth watching.
Cant see much to discuss here. Boxer faces non-boxer with boxing skills. The result if obvious - draw As this is an exhibition fight. This is actually an absurd fight. Buakaw is totally disarmed. A muay thai without kick, knees, elbows, clinch, sweeps. To make this fight fair, the rules should allow Pacquiao only to use, lets say jab and uppercut. Then this would be a fair fight. It would be more fair if they would have a fight under Muay Thai rules after.
As this is an exhibition fight. This is actually an absurd fight. Buakaw is totally disarmed. A muay thai without kick, knees, elbows, clinch, sweeps. To make this fight fair, the rules should allow Pacquiao only to use, lets say jab and uppercut. Then this would be a fair fight. It would be more fair if they would have a fight under Muay Thai rules after. I do not really know Buakaw but since they are fighting with boxing rules the victory should be for Pacquiao, still it will be interesting to see how his boxing skills are holding up, as father time is unforgiving and it is possible there could have been a significant decrease on his abilities, however for those that love Pacquiao and everything that he represents this is a fight they cannot really afford to miss, since we do not know if this could be his last fight.
You have to check Buakaw's highlights and judge if Buakaw is an easy fight, he is not a legendary Muay Thai boxer for nothing he is ruthless in the ring and Muay Thai is very similar to boxing minus the low kick, Pacquiao will have an advantage on speed and skill but I believe when it comes to power they are equal Buakaw has over 300 fights, this is indeed a very busy fight for Pacquiao this year he has another fight coming after against Buakaw but he must show a good performance against Buakaw for the Mayweather fight becomes attractive, same with Mayweather against Gotti.Boom! The Deadliest Knockout Machine EVER - Buakaw Banchamek
My boy Pacman has fought a lot of knockout artists, but it was his quickness that helped him win. So, I don't think Buakaw will beat Pacman because if Pacman still possesses that quickness, he could tire Buakaw out, possibly leading to an early knockout. While Buakaw is very dangerous in kickboxing, and one might think it's somewhat similar to boxing, the dynamics are different.
Maybe this will end up like Fury vs. Francis Ngannou, where Fury still won despite a close fight and getting knocked down once.
Just to add though, this is just a exhibition fight so it might not be as competitive as the Fury vs Ngannou as Manny could hold his power and not go full force against Buakaw and obviously this is just for entertainment only.
But definitely if we see the Manny landed some on Buakaw, we might see have flashbacks of the old Manny wherein he was knocking down or at least dominating his opponents with that speed and power and winning and becoming a 8 division champion. So we will see in this fight, Buakaw though is also a legend in mixed martial arts, but the rules here is boxing in this fight so it's going to be all Manny here.
I do not really know Buakaw but since they are fighting with boxing rules the victory should be for Pacquiao, still it will be interesting to see how his boxing skills are holding up, as father time is unforgiving and it is possible there could have been a significant decrease on his abilities, however for those that love Pacquiao and everything that he represents this is a fight they cannot really afford to miss, since we do not know if this could be his last fight.
You have to check Buakaw's highlights and judge if Buakaw is an easy fight, he is not a legendary Muay Thai boxer for nothing he is ruthless in the ring and Muay Thai is very similar to boxing minus the low kick, Pacquiao will have an advantage on speed and skill but I believe when it comes to power they are equal Buakaw has over 300 fights, this is indeed a very busy fight for Pacquiao this year he has another fight coming after against Buakaw but he must show a good performance against Buakaw for the Mayweather fight becomes attractive, same with Mayweather against Gotti.Boom! The Deadliest Knockout Machine EVER - Buakaw Banchamek
My boy Pacman has fought a lot of knockout artists, but it was his quickness that helped him win. So, I don't think Buakaw will beat Pacman because if Pacman still possesses that quickness, he could tire Buakaw out, possibly leading to an early knockout. While Buakaw is very dangerous in kickboxing, and one might think it's somewhat similar to boxing, the dynamics are different.
Maybe this will end up like Fury vs. Francis Ngannou, where Fury still won despite a close fight and getting knocked down once.
since this fight would really be using up some boxing rules then it would really be that understandable on whose gonna win considering on the rules but well its not really something to be serious on whose gonna
win because it was an exhibition fight since from the start. As long there would really be money that circulates around then these kind of fights would really be happening.
Do agree on some insights or inputs that these exhibition fights are their way to make money specially now that they had already retired but still due to their reputation and popularity,
they could be still able to make millions on having these kind of fights.
I do not really know Buakaw but since they are fighting with boxing rules the victory should be for Pacquiao, still it will be interesting to see how his boxing skills are holding up, as father time is unforgiving and it is possible there could have been a significant decrease on his abilities, however for those that love Pacquiao and everything that he represents this is a fight they cannot really afford to miss, since we do not know if this could be his last fight.
You have to check Buakaw's highlights and judge if Buakaw is an easy fight, he is not a legendary Muay Thai boxer for nothing he is ruthless in the ring and Muay Thai is very similar to boxing minus the low kick, Pacquiao will have an advantage on speed and skill but I believe when it comes to power they are equal Buakaw has over 300 fights, this is indeed a very busy fight for Pacquiao this year he has another fight coming after against Buakaw but he must show a good performance against Buakaw for the Mayweather fight becomes attractive, same with Mayweather against Gotti.Boom! The Deadliest Knockout Machine EVER - Buakaw Banchamek
My boy Pacman has fought a lot of knockout artists, but it was his quickness that helped him win. So, I don't think Buakaw will beat Pacman because if Pacman still possesses that quickness, he could tire Buakaw out, possibly leading to an early knockout. While Buakaw is very dangerous in kickboxing, and one might think it's somewhat similar to boxing, the dynamics are different.
Maybe this will end up like Fury vs. Francis Ngannou, where Fury still won despite a close fight and getting knocked down once.
I do not really know Buakaw but since they are fighting with boxing rules the victory should be for Pacquiao, still it will be interesting to see how his boxing skills are holding up, as father time is unforgiving and it is possible there could have been a significant decrease on his abilities, however for those that love Pacquiao and everything that he represents this is a fight they cannot really afford to miss, since we do not know if this could be his last fight.
You have to check Buakaw's highlights and judge if Buakaw is an easy fight, he is not a legendary Muay Thai boxer for nothing he is ruthless in the ring and Muay Thai is very similar to boxing minus the low kick, Pacquiao will have an advantage on speed and skill but I believe when it comes to power they are equal Buakaw has over 300 fights, this is indeed a very busy fight for Pacquiao this year he has another fight coming after against Buakaw but he must show a good performance against Buakaw for the Mayweather fight becomes attractive, same with Mayweather against Gotti.Boom! The Deadliest Knockout Machine EVER - Buakaw Banchamek
Would be fun to watch both legends but was more excited on Pacquiao coming to the ring again considering I'm not that familiar with Buakaw though it ring a bell. I think the favor would be on Manny considering it is his niche that they'll fight for but there's not much of disparity though on both sports. Will support Pacquiao all the way.
What's exciting about this fight is that we know what to expect. I mean, this cannot be a boring fight since Buakaw and Pacquiao are both warriors on their respective sports. I'm sure everyone knows that Buakaw is a kickboxer, so this is like an MMA fighter fighting a real boxer, same with Floyd vs McGreggor or Jake Paul vs the MMA fighters he beat, and of course, the boxers won.
Pacman is a sure winner here, just like his last exhibition fight with DK Yoo.
The McGregor fight didn't push and it ended up in a lawsuit for Manny and losing to Paradigm Sports Management and wins $5.1M judgment against Pacquiao.
out of curiosity, what was the reason why their fight didn't push through and why was there a lawsuit filed against Pacquaoi?McGregor suffered a gruesome leg injury in his fight against Dustin Poirier and has been unable to compete since then. Paradigm tried to then setup a fight with Mikey Garcia but Sean Gibbons steered Pacquiao towards working with PBC and fighting Errol Spence instead. Paradigm then sued Pacquiao to recover the millions of dollars they had already paid him.
One thing I've noticed, there's a lot of exhibition matches recently and YouTubers doing boxing matches already this year, I don't find it awful but I'm weirded out because it's a fun event to happen, I hope we get to see more of them though.
I am not familiar with other youtube boxing stats, the people I know are the Paul Brothers, Logan and Jake, they are very active in promoting their fight and we can say that it's a successful fight, especially Jake who's been active lately.
This is the trend now, they know that there's a lot of money in boxing, even a UFC fighter admitted that he made more money in boxing than in UFC.
Just like Francis Ngannou, a UFC fighter, although his fight with Fury wasn't considered as an exhibition fight but I just want to point out here how much he made in boxing compared to what he made in UFC.
As per report,
https://www.essentiallysports.com/ufc-mma-boxing-news-how-much-money-did-francis-ngannou-possibly-make-against-tyson-fury/
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Ngannou has been reported to have secured a payday of $10 million for this fight.
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