Al Bernstein, why Pacquiao will beat Mayweather

His 'adaptivity' is overrstated. He fought every southpaw the same way. He's fought 90% of his fights the same way. He's also faster and more athletic then 99% of everybody he's fought.

 

Sometimes when we touch ... - emmanuael half bakla pacquiao
Easy to understand. PEDs. Pac will be shamed just like Manny Ramirez, Barry Bonds, Marion Jones, Shane Mosley, Roy Jones Jr ....

 

What a ****ing dumb post. How many accounts do you have you ****ing **** sucker?

 

You people are in for a real shock when Mayweather outboxes this guy, seriously... a big shock.

 

Pass that **** :rasta

 

+1. Seems like a good analysis to me. Floyd IMO could hurt anyone, more with his accuracy than power actually but he prefers playing it safe by not engaging that much. Floyd and Manny are really like the Ying and the Yang.

 

I respect Berstein's opinions tremendously. He knows his ****. And i agree. Let's not forget he gave the "what if" scenario of "IF" PBF's counter shots hurt Pac, he picks PBF. But if Pac can stand those shots, then he picks Pac via wide UD. And that makes perfect sense. Floyd is great at making the first or second shot miss but he's never faced an offensive machine like Pac. Having said that, i still favor Floyd if they ever fought given the styles.

 

Dude you're an Idiot, Like Seriously.......

 

I respect Al Bernstein probably more than any other boxing announcer. Let's not forget he also works for Showtime. Al is not Larry Merchant who is unafraid to bash fights on his own network.

What it really comes down to is Floyd has been inactive. Floyd is not leaving the same kind of impression Pac is leaving by staying active. Experts like Al will naturally lean towards the more active guy when comparing two elite atheletes.

 

Floyd has no power @ 147. Almost every fighter he faced who are true Welterweights
gave him major problems and none are near the level of Manny. Floyd is only older now and about to drop from the P4P list in May. Once Manny victimizes Shane, Floyd fans will seem very delusional.

Mayweather fans have had the wrong read on Pac for years and for some reason believe Floyd is still in his prime.

 

great post.....:good

 

This statement as a whole is just completely false and implies that either you haven't seen 90% of his fights, or you have a peculiar definition of adaptation. Every fighter has a style. No fighter will stray completely from their inherent style in a fight. Being adaptive in the ring does not imply that today a guy is a counter puncher and tomorrow he's a brawler (although Floyd has fought in MANY different manners within the same framework throughout his career). There are nuances that individuals who understand boxing can readily see, such as rhythm, foot placement, taking angles away from your opponent, etc. I really don't think its a matter of his adaptivity being overstated as it is that people don't understand adaptivity when they see it.

The fact that he was faster than a lot of guys he's fought has no bearing on his ability to adapt. Speed doesn't win fights. If it did, guys like Shane, Berto, Judah, Alexander would still be undefeated. Its not about speed as much as its about timing. Pacquiao will learn this when they fight. Pacquiao has been faster than 100% of the fighters he's fought till this point, and his record is blemished.

 

:rofl
****ing hilarious coming from a Pac fan.

 

Bernstein's analysis while I respect it, is typical of someone who over-values offense and under-values defense, and ring generalship. It's also typical like someone else mentioned earlier of someone who's never been in the ring themselves. If he thinks Pac will throw anywhere close to 1000 punches against PBF than I don't know what to say about him. Bernstein works for showtime and it's in his best interest to build up Pac especially since they have him now. Also if you poll boxers you'll see more will pick PBF to win than Pac why? Because they understand things like defense and ring generalship and they appreciate it and respect it more it more than guys that haven't been in the ring before. PBF does the subtle things better than Pac and it will show up and be the difference when they fight.

 

:good