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Manny Pacquiao's hidden shoulder injury before the fight is turning into a complete debacle
Business Insider ^ | 05/05/2015 | Cork Gaines

Posted on 05/05/2015 7:29:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The more we learn about Manny Pacquiao's shoulder injury, the uglier it looks for all sides involved.

The shoulder injury Pacquiao suffered prior to his fight with Floyd Mayweather was much more serious than it initially sounded, and now it turns out that Pacquiao will need surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff.

While the immediate effect of the surgery is that it will sideline Pacquiao for up to a year and eliminate the already dim hopes for a rematch, the injury has caused a further mess as people try to figure out who knew about it, why it wasn't reported, and why Pacquiao was denied treatment prior to the fight.

According to Dashon Johnson, one of Pacquiao's sparring partners, the injury occurred a "few weeks" prior to the fight and that it was so significant the sparring partners were sent home because Pacquiao couldn't fight with the injury. Johnson said that he was instructed to keep it a secret.

Despite supposedly being unable to fully train in the weeks before the fight, Pacquiao signed a pre-fight medical questionnaire "under penalty of perjury" at the weigh-in with a check mark "No" next to the question, "Have you had any injury to your shoulders, elbow, or hands that needed evaluation or examination?"

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: floydmayweather; mannypacquiao
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Comment #21 Removed by Moderator

To: SeekAndFind
that needed evaluation or examination

There's his out; already evaluated and examined, no need remained. Hat tip to the Toon for the parsing lessons.

22 posted on 05/05/2015 8:10:09 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (I love it when we're Cruz'in together)
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To: dfwgator
My only hope is that this fight will go on Mayweather's record with an asterisk. Him and all his BS about his legacy make me want to hurl. Where have all the men of honor gone? But then, I suppose Pro boxing isn't the place to start a Diogenean type search.


23 posted on 05/05/2015 8:10:27 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("It is never untimely to yank the rope of freedom's bell." - - Frank Capra)
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To: NonValueAdded
I've had 4 surgeries on my rotator cuff since 1997 and it has a tear again. I could see how it would cause serious problems for Manny in the ring. Doing anything with my arm extended above chest level is very painful. I know they didn't want to cancel the fight because of all the money but the commission should have let Manny numb it with an injection before the fight.
24 posted on 05/05/2015 8:39:18 AM PDT by peeps36 (Save The Tortoise And Kill The People)
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To: peeps36

If he had disclosed the injury on the questionnaire, they would have. As it was, they requested one before the fight and it was denied because he had claimed to be healthy.


25 posted on 05/05/2015 8:44:43 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

The little people bet on Manny by a 3-1 margin. The big money was all on Mayweather’s side. The cartels and pros made their cash shearing the sheep.


26 posted on 05/05/2015 8:53:37 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: winner3000

One of the consistent stories around this fight has been that Mayweather wouldn’t fight until Pacquiao’s team agreed to an extended period of drug testing since they believed Manny had been on the juice for years.


27 posted on 05/05/2015 8:56:16 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: peeps36

RE: I know they didn’t want to cancel the fight because of all the money but the commission should have let Manny numb it with an injection before the fight.

They won’t have to cancel the fight, they could have postponed it for a few months until the shoulder has time to heal.

It could have been Just a rescheduling issue.


28 posted on 05/05/2015 8:57:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Darksheare

Perhaps, but Samoots and Tough Tony’ll have to find him on Mindanao, hiding amongst machete wielding Moro tribesman.


29 posted on 05/05/2015 9:13:05 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: SeekAndFind

Innocent mistake..like Jeb listing himself as “hispanic.”


30 posted on 05/05/2015 9:20:21 AM PDT by ken5050 (If Hillary is elected president, what role will Huma Abedin have in the White House? Scary, eh?)
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To: dfwgator

Boxing is one of the few activities which I believe would actually benefit from federal oversight.


31 posted on 05/05/2015 9:36:47 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: SeekAndFind

Pacquiao may have had a torn rotator cuff but he was willing to fight. Mayflower not so much. Waste of a hundred bucks.


32 posted on 05/05/2015 9:39:26 AM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07

Mayweather kept clinching and hugging Manny so much that I thought he actually LOVED Pacquiao :)


33 posted on 05/05/2015 9:41:29 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Yup. And the ballerina crap would favor your suggestion.


34 posted on 05/05/2015 9:42:20 AM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07

That’s the way Mayweather stacked up his wins. He’s a technical boxer, keeps the other guy from getting hits, stacks up points, wins rounds on paper, wins the bought by decision. It was exactly the fight that was predicted. Which is exactly why I had no interest in watching. He’s not a fun boxer, in many ways he’s not really even a good boxer, but he does know how to win.


35 posted on 05/05/2015 9:45:54 AM PDT by discostu (Bobby, I'm sorry you have a head like a potato.)
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To: discostu

Maidonna beat his ass and should have won the decision. Pacqiauo hut Mayweather a couple of times and was never hurt while fighting him with one arm. I know I am biased. I can’t stand Mayweather or the way he fights.


36 posted on 05/05/2015 9:48:24 AM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: discostu
"He’s not a fun boxer, in many ways he’s not really even a good boxer, but he does know how to win"

In the olden days the ref would have warned a couple of times, then called the fight for his opponent due to his unwillingness to actually FIGHT.

Compare this travesty to the Hagler - Hearns fight in 1985.

37 posted on 05/05/2015 9:48:48 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

Not really. Mayweather fights the way Olympic boxing has been done for ages, and has dominated the lower weight classes. It’s all about getting a few more hits on your opponent than he gets on you each round, point based boxing. Not exciting.


38 posted on 05/05/2015 9:55:01 AM PDT by discostu (Bobby, I'm sorry you have a head like a potato.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
You got that right. Some serious coin was made on the betting lines in Vegas by those who knew of the injury. That being said the fact that Manny actually fought 12 rds with a torn rotator cuff is incredible. That is very painful. I have had a shoulder impingement from working out. While it is similar to a torn rotator cuff it is not as serious and it hurts like hell.
39 posted on 05/05/2015 9:55:48 AM PDT by Polynikes (What would Walt Kowalski do. In the meantime "GET OFF MY LAWN")
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To: jwalsh07

It is boring. And by this point in his career it’s predictable, and was predicted by most of the touts.


40 posted on 05/05/2015 9:55:51 AM PDT by discostu (Bobby, I'm sorry you have a head like a potato.)
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