Official Prediction Thread: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao

So Pacquiao has the same boxing skills and iQ as Hatton now? :rofl
The fact is Floyds level has also dipped a lot since that Hatton fight which might become a big factor in this fight. 2 to 6 years ago i would have said that Pacs chance is only 10-20%.. Now it has gone up to 40% which is quite good of a chance.

 

Bump. Just keeping our official poll live. We don't need 100 more popping up.

 

So picking Mayweather by a late TKO is trolling? :-(

Mayweather is the bigger fighter, the more precise puncher especially with the lead right hand and leaping short left hook he has a higher Ring IQ better Defense but it is trolling to say he grinds down a guy who just had his Chin Shattered into a billion pieces and has been fighting complete feather fisted and stationary opponents since then? As far as a 'sucker punch' if that was the case he would have been DQed. You are told in the dressing room AND before the fight in the ring by the referee to PROTECT YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES! Wouldn't expect you to know that though :rofl

 

#1. I have never 'trolled' on the Classic Forum I was told not to post there by which I cleared up with another mod. So no I am not banned.

#2. Pacquiao has clearly been coddled since the KO. Saying otherwise is actually 'trolling'.

#3. Because I recognize the importance of punch resistance that does not make me a 'troll'. It matters and is an attribute just like power, stamina, Ring IQ, heart, etc.

You seem not to be able to handle differencing thoughts/opinions/ideas other than your own which is a problem within itself. I clearly laid out why I think Mayweather wins. You might not agree and that is OK but it isn't trolling since you don't agree with it so get that straight.

I am willing to put my boxing knowledge and the amount of fights I have seen in person and on DVD up against anyone on here.

 

Sorry, not according to another mod on here I am not.

I haven't trolled on there. Ever.

 

This is hilarious on so many levels. Is this real life?

 

I have to agree with you. I don't see feints playing a huge part in the fight. Pac doesn't really react to feints. His most used defensive asset is his feet. He moves into range tries to land big shots and then moves out of range.

Disagree here. Pac is not highly deceptive. If Pac cannot physically overwhelm his opponent with foot speed and/or power he has nothing else to fall back on. Everyone says it took JMM 4 fights to KO Pac, but it only took him 4 minutes to know everything Pac was doing. By the middle of the second round in their 1st fight, after being on his butt 3 times, JMM had Pac figured out. He knew when he was coming in and how to counter it.

The concept that Mayweather has trouble with soutpaws is urban legend. Mayweather had issues with the southpaw stance against one fighter -- Reggie Sanders. That was his second fight. The issues Mayweather had with Judah had more to do with Floyd fighting on the front foot and Judah being a good athletic counter puncher. Floyd does not fight as well moving forward, he even got caught by Sharmba Mitchell a few times cause he was moving forward. He is a cautious defensive fighter by nature, that doesn't bode well on the front foot.

There were no issues with Corley. Corley caught him with a good shot but got blanked 12-0. The hardest Floyd has been hit was against orthodox fighters (Mosely, Maidana II).

Maidana bothered Floyd because of his stamina. Floyd was slipping all of Maidana's shots beginning round 1. But because Maidana was constantly throwing hard shots, he wasn't giving Floyd many counter opportunities. It had nothing to do with what Maidana was throwing, it had everything to do with the fact that he wasn't slowing down. People who have never been in the ring underestimate stamina. Floyd did the smartest thing with Maidana, he let him throw all those shots, miss most of them and tried to get Maidana punched out. That was his plan rounds 1 and 2. Maidana was in phenomenal shape and didn't slow as much as Floyd thought he would.

Completely disagree. Pac is repetitive and not deceptive, everyone knows nearly exactly what he is going to do and when he is going to do it. Some have the physical attributes to do something about it (JMM, First Morales), others don't (Rios). If Pac cannot physically overwhelm his opponent he has nothing else he can use to beat a world class fighter.

On the rest of your post, I agree that clinching will not be a major factor in this fight. The Philly Shell is irrelevant, it is one of thousands of defensive tools Floyd has. He may or may not use it.

A better Pacquiao fought Clottey and never hurt him. 38 year old Floyd is better defensively than the Clottey Pac fought. Floyd consistently gets hit with only 20% of his opponents punches and he lands 45% consistently. No one is more accurate, no one has a better +/-. There is no asset Pac holds that suggests that he can land more than 20% of his punches.