You forgot.... JMM vs Pacquiao 4: we want drug tests! We don't have a problem taking tests - JMM. Never mind we don't want tests - Team PAC. I guess they figured JMM would act as defensive as them. Oh BTW.... KTFO 6: JMM is on steroids. We want tests. - Team PAC
If this was at their absolute prime, they would most likely fight around 140. Without the special welterweight Pac sauce and with Floyd's power being more relevant at lower weights, I think Floyd outclasses him after a few rounds and most likely knocks him out in the second half of the fight. People seem to forget Floyd used to knock cats the **** out in lower weight classes. I don't understand how so many people think Mayweather honestly couldn't figure out Pacquiao's style and at least win a clear decision.
I just haven't seen him run into many jabs. Morales, Bradley, Cotto, and Marquez caught him with some, but more as he was pulling out. So it will land and it's an important tool for Floyd to use, but like I said, the rear hand is more important and that is decided by foot positioning. I just happen to value that a lot, not the only factor but an important one. Floyd's jab is great but not as spearing as someone like Cotto's.
Doesn't need to be like Cotto's. He just has to time Manny like Morales did. And nobody does that better than Floyd.
Morales was really crafty about it. Nobody times Manny better than Floyd? They never fought! (JK his timing is ATG I get what you're saying.) Agreed. That's one of the fights Roach definitely did his homework for. He knew everything Cotto was going to do and how to make him pay for it.
Is not just the jab that Pac needs to worry about. It is Floyd's Laser like lead rights, and his feints that comes out of nowhere. Not to mention that Floyd is damn near impossible to hit when he fights on the retreat and Manny is best when he have guys that comes to him. Floyd can wait but if you give him room to box, he will pick you apart. Take JMM vs Pac 3. Pac was getting nailed by JMM coming in and getting countered as soon as pac sets to attack. Floyd is a lot faster and sharper than JMM.
Mayweather UD. Dude's just too gifted athletically and intellectually in the ring. Too bad he hasn't got the balls to match... The only real thing we have to go by as comparison is resume, and Pac tops Mayweather there. For now at least. Mayweather's style gives him longevity in the ring so he's still got a few years to add and build.
As smart as Mayweather is, he has never fought anyone anywhere near as good as prime Pacquiao, no one as fast, no one as athletic and no one as explosive in coming forward... To say clear UD for Mayweather seems crazy to me
It wasn't a rebuttal, I was agreeing with you. Morales was very crafty with his jab and if Mayweather does so in similar manner then he'll have success. One fighter can't always replicate the blueprint of another but his jab is good enough.
Mayweather is a master of timing. I'm pretty sure he'll find a way to time Manny coming in. His jab doesn't have to replicate Morales' and his plan doesn't have to replicate Morales' either. But like I said, I don't see how Manny gets past Mayweather's jab/reach. He's f*cked in this matchup.