Not even 10 years. He won his first belt in 1998 and the few fights he's had since 2006 certainly don't count as dominating (not forgetting his resume in between is hardly domination). Besides, if Pac makes so many mistakes and is so easy to beat, why the demand for silly tests?
He makes a lot of mistakes that very few have been able to capitable. Floyd has the intellgience and skill to do it but there's aspects of Manny's style and ring habits taht will cause him problems too. The biggest issue I see for Pacquiao is the size disadvantage. Floyd has like a 5" reach advantage which will be a hurdle to overcome. But if Floyd fights like I've seen him fight against previous southpaws, I think he's gonna have a really rough time. There's also the issue of age , and both have clearly slowed down but it has affected Pacquiao morso since he relies a lot on his athletic ability. That could further play into Floyd's hands . A year or two ago I saw this as a 60/40 fight in Pacquiao's favor now I see it about the opposite.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfBmqlO6rh4&feature=player_embedded[/ame] This video is amazing if a little bit unfair and biased against Pacquaio. It seems to be trying to say he's not a good fighter, at least I got that vibe that video and his others. Still though, Its a very good video and food for thought.
^ It's completely biased, but Marquez has Pacquiao number. The thing is Floyd fights nothing like Marquez, and I see Pacquiao having more succses against Floyd. Marquez uses a lot of lateral movement and has a fluid style that throws Pacquiao off. He sits low to the ground and he presents less of a target. Floyd is basically the opposite. He stands tall, walks backwards or forward and mainly uses his upperbody for defesne rather then his legs.. He also doesnt throw combinations which is a very effective deterent against pacquiao's own flurries.
It seems biased because the author of the video made sure to nail down his point. He previously made an in-depth analysis video about how manny hasn't improved much before JMM-Pacquiao III that wasn't well received. People wanted to be little girls believing in the princess pacquiao fairytale even though clear visual proof was in front of their very eyes in the form of his hated video.
I know there are a lot of differences between the two. Floyd also doesn't have as good footwork against southpaws, I seen it posted by Bogo, he doesn't keep his foot outside of his opponents and this leads to him get caught. Pacquaio could pose problems. Its just an interesting video and some food for thought. Saying Mayweather will beat Pacquaio because he is a defensive boxer is affirming the consequent anyway, Its just an interesting video and some food for thought.
He discredits Pacquaio's competition and implies he isn't an ATG. That's pretty biased to me. Marquez and Pacquaio have an interesting clash of styles. Just because Marquez, who happens to be a defensive boxer beat Pacquaio doesn't mean Mayweather will. That said, I'm not saying that there aren't things like feinting than Floyd couldn't also do to Manny, which is why I posted the video.
he can still pop em with a right when his lead foot is on the inside This content is protected the main concern with letting a lefty put his front foot outside of yours is that you're letting him line up his left for your face, but Floyd has shown answers for this in hist most recent fight.