Manny Pacquiao came to the defense of Errol Spence Jr on Wednesday, letting the many conspiracy theorists know that they’re “short-minded” by saying that Errol purposefully pulled out of their fight on Saturday due to him being afraid rather than having suffered a bad eye injury.
In Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) saying that fans are being “Short-minded,” he’s going after many of his own fans, as many of them are the ones that have been pushing the fake injury narrative.
The fans have been saying Spence (27-0, 21 KOs) pulled out of the fight with Manny because he’d been knocked out TWICE by sparring partners, leaving him no choice but to back out because his punch resistance wasn’t there.
What has helped feed the conspiracy theorists is Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach, who has repeatedly said that Spence isn’t the same fighter after his car crash in 2019.
When fans heard, it helped reinforce their suspicions that Spence had pulled out of the fight with Pacquiao because he was having a hard time in training camp with the sparring partners, and he wanted to avoid a near-certain defeat.
Spence has been replaced by WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas (26-4, 12 KOs), who has stepped up to the plate to attempt to beat the legend Pacquiao in their match this Saturday, August 21st, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In an unpopular decision by the promoters, they’re pricing the Pacquiao vs. Ugas fight at $74.99, which is the same price as when Spence was the opponent for Manny.
“It’s hard. If they were in the situation of Spence, they would understand and realize and understand about the situation,” said Pacquiao to Fighthub in reacting to the many boxing fans that believe Spence faked his eye injury to get out of fighting him.
“Of course, Errol Spence would not do that. To train hard and don’t want to fight,” Pacquiao continued. “A fighter is a fighter; he wants to fight. Nobody is going to cancel a fight after you’d already been training for how many months. They [conspiracy theorists] have to realize and think more and not become short-minded.
“I feel disappointed a little bit because I’ve been working hard and focusing on this training camp,” said Pacquiao about his thoughts on Spence pulling out of the fight.
“I did a lot of discipline, doing my best, but it’s a good thing that they told me the fight is not canceled, just a substation,” said Pacquiao. “There’s Ugas, and it happened that he’s on the undercard, who wants to challenge me like that.
“When I heard that it was Ugas, ‘The one who took your belt.’ ‘Okay, it’s interesting,'” Pacquiao said about him getting a chance to recapture the WBA welterweight title that was recently stripped from him by the World Boxing Association due to his long 20-month period of inactivity. “It’s kind of interesting.”
Boxing fans believe what they want to believe, and with the diehard fanatics that follow Pacquiao, some of them are ready to buy into any tripe.
The fact is, Spence was the favorite against Pacquiao, and he likely would have had no problems winning the fight if it had taken place. Spence wouldn’t back out of a fight that he was favored to win, and that would have made him a huge amount of money.
Moreover, the fight would have likely increased Spence’s popularity, assuring him of making even more money in future fights. Pacquiao was basically an Oscar De La Hoya for Spence to pluck clean and then use the victory as a tool to take his career to the next level.
I wouldn’t put it passed them, fractionalization in voting machines and fixed fights is rampant to epidemic preportion.
Rumor has it that Manny Pacquiao could have been drugged. Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua in the first Ruiz fight as well.
Bare knuckles clearly visible through the leather gloves, padding redistribution, cameras turned off, these guys don’t even try to hide it.
Ha ha ha ha ha
Deontay Wilder is the best heavyweight champion ever living or nonliving with out question. I didn’t hear you fellas complaining when fury put an eggweight in his left glove and had his gloves flopping around all over the place. It’s ridiculous how many times fury’s fakery has pulled out of fights. In all fairness, when fury pulls out again, could you please be equally as critical?
Mr. Spence,
You have enough money to live a long life comfortably.
Health comes first. You are young and talented, and your body has been traumatized.
Be patient, smart and persistent and god will bless you greatly.
Just like the election, fake.
Spence is a Coward period !!!
Now Brian David, you know better than that.
If you believe that he had one arm. Didn’t look injured during the fight, he threw it pretty consistently. Spence showed the paperwork even though he hasn’t sold a wolf ticket yet and still it’s not up to par. Some fans just believe whatever they want just like some fools believe the election was stolen even though the man claiming this is probably one of the biggest scam artist around
You are an idiot
Yes, that is a idiotic mindsets. May god bless Mr. Spence and his family. You’re a national treasure.
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It wasn’t a smart fight for Spence, everything to lose. He’s heavily favored, but if he’s having trouble in or out of the ring and can’t focus. His legacy will instantly be one of just another pretender that got waxed by a 40 something year old part time fighter. Pacman went the distance with one hand against Mayweather. You see the difference there? Spence unfortunately had a wreck, hopefully he’ll take a year off, maybe 18 months and get stronger, hungry, and learn about turned down money.