Where are all the idiots who said Floyd looked "shaken" and "scared" prefight

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  1. madballster

    madballster Loyal Member Full Member

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    LOL. The man had a game plan right from the start. All your hobby psychologists were dead wrong.
     
  2. boxing_master

    boxing_master Loyal Member banned

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    fighting a guy who had a shoulder ripped apart
     
  3. Pugalist

    Pugalist Member Full Member

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    Floyd looked shaken and scared a couple of times in the fight too, cowering, running, and holding on for dear life. Never saw that from Manny. So looks like people were right! :hi:
     
  4. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Wow.
    Only idiots look into staredowns. They mean **** all... A scared fighter can win a fighter, a fight with confidence can lose

    Autism is a serious mental disorder.
     
  5. Oxygene2

    Oxygene2 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He looked focused on the task at hand. Those who said that are typically very biased people who are desperately looking to see something that pushes their agenda. You can't treat those jokes seriously — you know it, I know it.

    Chumps (read: fools) need whatever they can grab onto to convince themselves that the result they want to happen can happen.

    What was the truly telling thing that was said before this fight?

    IMO it's this:

    Manny Pacquaio said something along the lines of, "I will prove that there is a God."

    What does that really tell you about his state of mind before the fight, that he needed a miracle?

    You want something telling? There it is.
     
  6. Pugalist

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    Who's the one that ran? Clinched? Cowered? Those are undeniable facts, plain as the nose on your face. He fought scared, end of story.
     
  7. Oxygene2

    Oxygene2 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He controlled the fight and out-boxed Pacquaio, plain and simple. He wasn't scared and never looked scared. He knows he has a strong chin and what the best winning strategy is for the opponent — not fearful of Manny's power or his ability as a boxer but respectful and not stupid enough to employ questionable tactics that play into the hands of Manny. Just because he didn't trade like Hagler-Hearns doesn't mean he was a scared man. He was focused on the task at hand, and got the job done. Pacquaio was arguably too relaxed, probably because he knew of his shoulder problem or something like that. I'd suggest that he should've been more focused.
     
  8. modernfonzie

    modernfonzie Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  9. dan4579

    dan4579 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I definitely thought Floyd looked concerned/apprehensive the last few days. After its all said and done, Im not sure I was wrong. Fact is, Floyd is an experienced all time great. An amature who gets past the novice division will learn to handle nerves because they have to. Floyd is human and vulnerable to nerves, but anyone who thought he would let nerves overcome him after all his experience truly dksab.
     
  10. Impulse_0

    Impulse_0 Active Member Full Member

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    Well he pretty much ran all night and did nothing.
     
  11. PopeJackson

    PopeJackson Well-Known Member Full Member

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    So scared that he outlanded Manny? Manny looked scared to throw punches.
     
  12. IcanzIIravor

    IcanzIIravor Member Full Member

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    Except throw more and out-land Manny more. Outside of that you are correct....he did nothing.
     
  13. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Check out Floyd's pre-fight interview with Jim Gray. He was clearly shaken and out-of-sync. Gray even asked Floyd if he was nervous, and he had a really awkward answer.
     
  14. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Here I am, and I was right he fought like a scared running b***h tonight.
     
  15. acr347

    acr347 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He was apprehensive ad scared to lose his o... But that's what courage is, to do whT ypu have to do when ypu are scared to lose something. It's only courage if there's fear in place.

    He manned up, same reasons why he's where he's at.