Floyd had the same injury vs Castillo I and almost lost, and some people are saying he did lose it, and the judges won it for him. But you saw after that Floyd had minor surgery on his shoulder and eased to victory in the 2nd bout with Castillo a few months later. Now pac has major surgery needed and will be out for almost a year, so I think Floyd should give him a rematch and Pacman will win it with a good shoulder. People will say Floyd won vs Castillo I, but had it been a better opponent Floyd would've actually lost with the shoulder injury. Pacman was up against a 47-0 Floyd with a 1 arm so what did you guys expect...roll on...Floyd v Pac II May 2016.
:|:|:|:| 118-110, forever. Floyd will be 39 and shot to ****!! I don't care anymore if Floyd loses, he will be a senior citizen by then.
Did Floyd have shoulder problems against Maidana 1? Castillo's style was the major factor in that fight, I believe Mayweather's shoulder was in a worse state than Manny's, you can see his distress and he wanted it massaged... Pacquiao's gameplan and inability to establish his range, he is a mid-range fighter and had no speed advantage and Floyd has ridiculously long arms. Manny looked flummoxed and he was clearly able to throw vicious right hooks throughout the fight, sure their shoulder's didn't exactly help in the fights but Froch fought Pascal with a perforated ear drum and cracked rib, Bradley turned his ankle against Pacman yet they were clearly game, Froch even pulled a win out... Pacman could have a three arms and onyx crafted shoulders and he loses every day of the week with that cautious approach. The two hard right hands in round 1 were more of a factor than his shoulder. Also, do people ever accept Mayweather's hands are terribly brittle, they claim he is feather fisted (which he isn't since he backed up Canelo, Mosley, Cotto and Manny) and can't go for the kill, just maybe his hands get ****ed up in the ring? He can't use lidocaine a week before a fight, never asked for anything for his hands on forms, so if manny's shoulder was a factor, surely Mayweather's hands were, you can't have one and ignore the other, especially with Roger claiming he knew Floyd's hands were hurting during camp because he trained him more than Sr.
Over a month now and you are still going, I actually have a slight admiration for Pacquiao fans, they are persistent and never know when to quit. I still maintain that Mayweather's greatest win was over Pacquiao's fans, they abused Mayweather for years, he beat their idol and they are never going to able to accept it, Mayweather has completely mentally battered them.
I think he rematched Castillo 4 months later, if he had surgery that was a speedy recovery and minor surgery.
Pac's cuts from the third Marquez fight should also be considered as should the delay in getting the permits to build the 40,000 person stadium as well.
Pacquiao wasn't injured, Bob Arum, Pacquiao promoter confirmed this. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXqrYX71g38
If Pac kept his mouth shut, instead of trying to rain on Floyd parade, maybe he would of got the rematch. I watched the fight a few times now, and theirs no sign what so ever, that Pac shoulder was bothering him. Fact is, he lost, and fought a very poor fight, and couldn't live up to his hype job.