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After hearing the decision, thought it was a brilliant strategy by boxing to create a contrived fake arse rivalry in order to keep Pac demanding mulitmillions without taking any real risks. Given that we know fights like Canelo-Pac, Thurman-Pac, GGG etc are not going to happen due to boxing politics and also due to PACs age and power outage, its brilliant to take an unknown and safe guy like Horn and create some kind of fake rivalry in order to generate continuing buzz about PAC and set up a huge rematch and maybe even a grudgematch with little risk of Manny getting KTFO marquez style. In the end, its the suckers who fall for it just as they do for FMJ/McGregor. All horn has to do now is not take any tune up fights.

The "no real risks" strategy did not workout too well. Pac looked like he had been mauled by a cross between a Tazmanian Devil and a Bighorn Sheep, ffs! He was very seriously rocked once, and on shaky old legs more than that.

There will be a rematch, but there will not be a three match. Pacquiao will lose by a controversial decision again and then retire.

Luckybattles wrote:After hearing the decision, thought it was a brilliant strategy by boxing to create a contrived fake arse rivalry in order to keep Pac demanding mulitmillions without taking any real risks. Given that we know fights like Canelo-Pac, Thurman-Pac, GGG etc are not going to happen due to boxing politics and also due to PACs age and power outage, its brilliant to take an unknown and safe guy like Horn and create some kind of fake rivalry in order to generate continuing buzz about PAC and set up a huge rematch and maybe even a grudgematch with little risk of Manny getting KTFO marquez style. In the end, its the suckers who fall for it just as they do for FMJ/McGregor. All horn has to do now is not take any tune up fights.

So you’re saying the Pacquiao-Horn situation is the same as the circumstances that surrounded the Pacquiao-Bradley Jr. trilogy? That’s kind of interesting.

The political landscape has changed a lot nowadays though, because Top Rank now does business with anyone affiliated to Al Haymon. The only thing that prevents some of those bouts is Bob Arum’s refusal to pay Haymon’s guys fight purses that reflect the PBC going rate.

Perhaps you’re right, but I personally feel that your theory is highly unlikely.

Enlightened-One wrote:

Luckybattles wrote:After hearing the decision, thought it was a brilliant strategy by boxing to create a contrived fake arse rivalry in order to keep Pac demanding mulitmillions without taking any real risks. Given that we know fights like Canelo-Pac, Thurman-Pac, GGG etc are not going to happen due to boxing politics and also due to PACs age and power outage, its brilliant to take an unknown and safe guy like Horn and create some kind of fake rivalry in order to generate continuing buzz about PAC and set up a huge rematch and maybe even a grudgematch with little risk of Manny getting KTFO marquez style. In the end, its the suckers who fall for it just as they do for FMJ/McGregor. All horn has to do now is not take any tune up fights.

So you’re saying the Pacquiao-Horn situation is the same as the circumstances that surrounded the Pacquiao-Bradley Jr. trilogy? That’s kind of interesting.

The political landscape has changed a lot nowadays though, because Top Rank now does business with anyone affiliated to Al Haymon. The only thing that prevents some of those bouts is Bob Arum’s refusal to pay Haymon’s guys fight purses that reflect the PBC going rate.

Perhaps you’re right, but I personally feel that your theory is highly unlikely.

Thanks for your response. I'm not one for conspiracies and I'm not even sure PAC won. I do know that PAC is old, tired, and didn't look nearly as sharp as he did 5 years ago. Money talks and it would not benifit the WBO to see him get TKFO against someone like canelo or get humiliated by Crawford. Pac hasn't even really gotten over the FMJ fiasco and the Public never wanted the Bradley fights. Given his age and window of opportunity, the decision, combined with free tv and teddy's out of control fake controversy generating frenzy, I suspect manny has just set up some ppv pay days and horn just hit the lottery. I'd rather see Hopkins vs smith II. Some 45 years ago a Mexican journeyman beat an old and tired sugar Ray Robinson in a Tijuana bull ring. Rightfully, People just let it go. However, that was before 24/7, YouTube rants, and over the top journalistic hype and shannanigans.