Manny Pacquiao: Mark Wahlberg Says He Can Knock Out Pacman, Who You Got?

If you haven't already heard, actor Mark Wahlberg just declared that he could knock out Manny Pacquiao...that is, if he could get a sucker punch in.

In an interview on the Dan Patrick Show on Dec. 3, Wahlberg, star of the upcoming movie The Fighter, discussed one of his biggest fights at a Patriots-Jets game.

When Dan Patrick asked him how he would fare with Pacquiao, Wahlberg didn't even hesitate, saying, "Well, I got size on him."

He then went on to say, "Certainly, if I sucker punch him he's out."

Wahlberg, although certainly not of Pacquiao's caliber, has had his share of stories about a rough life growing up in Boston and certainly has some street cred.

So the declaration got us at Bleacher Report thinking: Could Wahlberg pull off a historic upset and lay out Pacquiao?

5. Yes: Marky Mark's Training For

Wahlberg reportedly trained and boxed for two years for his role in The Fighter, a movie centered around Boston hero and professional boxer "Irish" Micky Ward, a three-time New England Golden Gloves champion most known for his trilogy of fights with Arturo Gatti in 2002 and 2003.

In addition to a strict regimen leading up to the movie, Wahlberg said his last six movies were secretly in preparation for The Fighter, as he would work out for three hours every day before work, hiring Pacquiao's current trainer Freddie Roach to help mimic Ward's fighting style.

He also reportedly took real punches for the fight scenes in the movie, refusing a stunt double.

5. No: Pacquiao's Training Regimen Far Outtrumps Wahlberg's

You don't become the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet without an incomparable workout regimen.

Pacquiao's strength, speed and agility training attest to this.

Although his training camps before fights only reportedly last eight weeks, he is able to do more in eight weeks than Wahlberg ever could in two years (or his lifetime for that matter).

This is exemplified by the work strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza, as well as Freddie Roach, do with Pacquiao:

"Ariza puts him to work on a variety of plyometric exercises, core work and explosive movements with weights, medicine balls, resitance bands and sometimes even a baseball bat where Manny swings and hits a bag with it. All the exercises designed by Ariza are specific to the moevments required for boxing with the aim of improving his strength, explosiveness and speed."

In addition to his workout regimen, Pacquiao reportedly eats six meals a day and drinks six protein shakes.

Video is here.

4. Yes: Wahlberg Will Use His Toughness He Learned On the Boston Streets

One of the reasons Wahlberg said he was honored to star in The Fighter is because he said Ward was his hero when he was growing up in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston.

Not to mention, a lot of kids from working class families in rough areas in Boston identified closely with Ward:

"'There were so many similarities between myself and Micky it wasn't even funny," says Wahlberg, who, for starters, comes from a family of nine kids himself. "We connected instantly - I've known him since I was 18," back when Wahlberg, like every other mug in Boston's blighted Dorchester neighborhood, had a local hero in the scrappy bulldog from the mill-town suburb of Lowell.

Wahlberg claims he was in trouble 20 to 25 times with the Boston Police Department as a youth.

He was addicted to cocaine at the age of 13. The rest of his youth was just a blur:

"At 15, he harassed a group of African American school children on a field trip by throwing rocks (causing injuries) and shouting racial epithets. When he was 16, Wahlberg knocked a middle-aged Vietnamese man unconscious, left another Vietnamese man permanently blind in one eye, and attacked a security guard (again using racist language). For these crimes, Wahlberg was charged with attempted murder, pleaded guilty to assault, and was sentenced to two years in jail at Boston's Deer Island House of Correction, of which he served 45 days. In another incident, the 21-year-old Wahlberg fractured the jaw of a neighbor in an unprovoked attack. Commenting in 2006 on his past crimes, Wahlberg has stated : 'I did a lot of things that I regretted and I have certainly paid for my mistakes.'"

Umm...ya. That's quite the life of crime.

4. No: Pacquiao Has Shown Plenty Of Toughness in His Boxing Career

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ARLINGTON, TX - NOVEMBER 13: Manny Pacquiao (R in white trunks) of the Philippines lands a punch against Antonio Margarito (black trunks) of Mexico during their WBC World Super Welterweight Title bout at Cowboys Stadium on November 13, 2010 in Arlington,

You don't become the first boxer in history to win 10 world titles in eight different weight divisions by being a wimp.

Or collect 52 career wins (38 by KO) to just three losses and two draws.

I think it's safe to say Pacquaio has exhibited he's plenty tough.

3. Yes: Marky Mark Uses Freddie Roach Against Pacquiao

Sure, Wahlberg used Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, to help mimic Ward's fighting style.

But what if he picked up some inside info on Pacquiao along the way?

Like, his Achilles heel?

One punch to Pacquiao's hidden weak spot and Wahlberg is Pacquiao's Kryptonite.

3. No: Pacquiao Doesn't Have a Weak Spot

Countless fighters have trained for Pacquiao.

These same fighters have found themselves on the wrong end of a brutal beating.

Fighters have been trying for ages now to get the best of Pacquiao, finding every little nook and cranny of his game.

It hasn't helped. The best they can do is land a few shots and make it a "fight" before Pacquiao ends their misery with a knockout and a trip to La La Land.

2. Yes: Marky Mark Doesn't Give a Shucks

In his interview with Dan Patrick, Wahlberg seems to thoroughly enjoy telling a story of when he got in a fight in a bathroom stall in Giants stadium in a Patriots win over the New York Jets.

From Mark Mark himself:

"I was in the bathroom, I was up against the stall, and this guy comes smashing into me and I end up peeing all over myself and then he went into the other stall where the toilets are and I kicked him square in the back.

"I don't think he ever got into the fight, I think I broke his lower back with a square kick with my boot."

Of course, this guy's friends—who Wahlberg said outweighed him and his friends by 2,000 pounds—didn't like that Wahlberg did this.

"I actually had one of them fish-hooked in the eye socket to get outta there."

Dan Patrick's gasp is priceless after this line.

Wahlberg seemed thoroughly shocked that cops wanted to arrest him after fish-hooking a guy in the eye socket.

"Because of the way I was holding the guy, the cops wanted to arrest us!"

Priceless.

2. No: Pacquiao Isn't Over 2,000 Pounds

Sure, Wahlberg "broke" a guy's lower back, but that guy, by the sound of things, was a little overweight.

Pacquiao can dodge shots much faster than an overweight football fan who has probably had too much to drink and too many hot dogs and nachos.

Not to mention, kicking a fighter in the lower back when he's not facing you is illegal in most leagues.

If Pacquiao was 2,000 pounds, he probably would still be the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet. Pacquiao the Giant? No thank you.

1. Wahlberg Does Indeed Sucker Punch Pacquiao

The only way Wahlberg would have a fighting chance, as he pointed out, is if he sucker punched Pacquiao when he wasn't looking.

Or head-butted him like I like to do in the video game, Fight Night:Round 3.

Even this might not work. You'd have to make sure you hit him perfectly because Pacquiao doesn't seem like the kind of guy who goes down in one punch.

Unless Wahlberg took steroids before he punched him.

1. No: Wahlberg Sucker Punches Pacquiao, Pacquiao Promptly Levels Him

I would not want to be on the end of an enraged Pacquiao punch.

I could see it unfolding like this.

"Wahlberg hit Pacquiao. Pacquiao get mad. Pacquiao punch Wahlberg in face. Wahlberg fall down go boom. Wahlberg never the same again."

Ya, that seems more realistic.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Manny Pacquiao would defeat Mark Wahlberg by KO...with one punch.

After the fight, Wahlberg would never fight again: a heartbreaking loss, a swollen face and an 0-1 record in professional boxing.

However, Wahlberg would still believe he was Micky Ward, after getting hit too many times (once) in the head by Pacquiao.

Sorry, Marky Mark, can't give ya this fight.