Promoter Eddie Hearn on Manny Pacquiao’s draw against Mario Barrios: “Not elite level”

Promoter Eddie Hearn says that Manny Pacquiao’s draw against WBC heavy weight champion Mario Barrios, Saturday night, treated more than Barrios is not a “elite level” fighter.

Hearn notes that Barrios (29-2-2, 18 kos) had fought at a 12 round tie last year against Abel Ramos, a veteran, and heard that he lost this fight. He thinks that Pacquiao would have been out of his depth if he had chosen Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis or Brian Norman Jr. to fight for a world title to 147.

Pacquiao Draw demonstrates Barrios

“This has more to do with Mario Barrios” said Eddie Hearn in mediaReaving Manny Pacquiao, 46, leaving retirement to fight Mario Barrios at a 12 -round tie. “Imagine that Brian Norman would do to Pacquiao or to the” boots “(Ennis) would do it in Pacquiao.

It would be a massacre for Pacquiaso to fight the Ennis boots or Brian Norman Jr. These boys are at a different level of the Barrios. Pacquiao could not have gained rounds against Ennis or Norman Jr.

What would happen is the same as we saw when Juan Manuel Marquez was hit by Manny in the sixth round of his fourth fight on December 8, 2012. Boots and Norman Jr. They would come to Pacquiao long before Márquez, and would not require the perfect shot to do the job. They would chop it with simple traits.

“Barrios has just drew the letter from Jake Paul (against Abel Ramos). I thought he lost the fight. I was there in Ringside. It was horrible. It’s not elite. It’s not the level of the world championship. Listen, with respect to Pacquiao. He went there after five years out and got a draw against a world champion,” said Hearn.

Pacquiao Wise Barrios Pick

Barrio’s terrible performance against traveler Abel Ramos last November was a clear sign that he is not a caliber fighter from the World Championship. The only reason he put his hands on the heavy weight title of the WBC is that he was elevated to this position outside the ring. If I had to fight one of the main contestants in the belt, I would probably have lost.

Pacquiao and their direction knew what they did to select Barrios to fight for a world title at 147. They did not choose Wbo champion, Brian Norman Jr. Or Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, when I still had the IBF and WBA titles 147-LB. They selected well, choosing a vulnerable champion, which was sent by email to the belt in Barrios.