Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao vs Floyd 'Pretty Boy' Mayweather who wins?

Mayweather close decision. I think Mayweather will generally get the better of it with quick counters and moving out of harm but Pacqauio will force the fight and win points with his aggression.

 

Mayweather. There were areas the other night that Cotto could have exploited had he showed a bit more discipline. Mayweather will have that discipline. Still be close, though.

 

No, but then he'd be backing away wouldn't he? As I said earlier in the thread, I think Mayweather could end up losing the fight by being too negative. I don't think he can henpeck his way to victory over Pac.

 

Mayweather late ko. too quick, too big, too hard to hit.

 

Did you see how many times hPacmane got hit and how average he looked when trying to trap Cotto from 7-12, Cotto was only in survival more not even planning his attacks like Floyd does. Mayweathers jab is lightening and his straight right would really be useful against Pacquaio. Im more confident that Mayweather will box rings around him now. Pac gets hit, Mayweather doesnt, big win for Mayweather..points id predict 9-3 ish

 

Without a doubt....

 

Floyd wins via Points

Floyd is a very smart fighter and would use his reach and movement in the right way and not get drawn in to a fight but box his way to a points win. Cotto showed us signs that with a good jab you can score points with Pacman, Mayweather would be happy to score like that and keep on the move for the on coming Pacman, it would be a very good fight to watch as Pacman would push Floyd all the way with his high workrate.

 

Thing is Pac is such a one off, his reflexes and rhythmic movement are unlike anything Floyd has faced. Pac also showed by taking Cottos jabs and hooks that Floyd aint stopping him. I can see Pac relentlessly pushing forward with all sorts of angles and scoring sufficient to take a points win. very tough to call though and I'm surprised how many have Floyd walking this!

 

It's going to be a controversial draw

 

Fat Dan Rafael :

It's been only two days since Manny Pacquiao's historic 12th-round knockout of Miguel Cotto on Saturday night in Las Vegas to win a welterweight title -- Pacquiao's record seventh in a seventh division -- but already the focus is firmly on a potential Pacquiao showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr.

And Freddie Roach, the trainer Pacquiao now refers to as "my master," is licking his chops for the fight after seeing Pacquiao cut through a big, strong welterweight like Cotto.

"I've thought about Mayweather for a long time now," Roach told ESPN.com from his Wild Card gym in Hollywood, Calif., on Monday. "He's the ultimate opponent. His style does pose some problems because he's very good at what he does. But after seeing Manny with Cotto, Manny showed he takes a punch well. We'll definitely knock Mayweather out. He'll break down. He can't stand up to Manny's pressure. He won't last as long as Cotto.

"I got a feeling Mayweather doesn't really want to fight Manny. When he says he wants 65 percent [of the revenue], that's like saying he doesn't want to fight," he said.

Roach had heard about Mayweather's first public comments about the possible mega-fight, which if made would almost certainly challenge the pay-per-view buy record of 2.4 million set by Mayweather's fight with Oscar De La Hoya in May 2007.

"The thing is with Pacquiao I don't see any versatility as a fighter," Mayweather, the former pound-for-pound king who ended a retirement by easily outpointing Juan Manuel Marquez on Sept. 19, said to England's Sky Sports. "He's a good puncher but just one-dimensional.

"I'm in a no-win situation. If I beat Manny Pacquiao you know what they are going to say? 'You are supposed to beat him, you are Floyd Mayweather, you are the bigger man.' If I knock him out they'll say, 'You're supposed to knock him out [because] he's been knocked out before.' I'm in a no-win situation and when I beat him no one is going to be surprised because he's been beaten before. Whatever I do to Pacquiao has been done before. He's been beaten on three occasions. And if I knock him out I don't want the world shouting because he's been knocked out twice before [as a flyweight in the 1990s]," he said.

Roach isn't buying Mayweather's talk, especially considering Pacquiao is obviously a far superior fighter now than he was during his days as a flyweight, when he was weight drained and was stopped twice, once in 1996 as a teen and again when he lost the title in 1999 at age 20.

"Floyd can say what he wants, but I saw Floyd get almost beat by Oscar and when he fought [Jose Luis] Castillo for the first time," Roach said.

Castillo lost the lightweight title to Mayweather via decision in 2002 in what was the toughest fight of Mayweather's career. Mayweather won more convincingly in the rematch later that year. Castillo was one of Pacquiao's main sparring partners to prepare him for the fight with Cotto, so Roach talked to Castillo about Mayweather.

"I talked to him about Mayweather when we had him in camp with us and he told me Pacquiao is faster and hits way harder than Mayweather," Roach said. "I thought Castillo won their first fight. He put pressure on Mayweather and broke him down. Whatever Floyd gives us, we'll take. Manny will him on the arms, the shoulders, wherever he can, and Mayweather will feel it. There's no way Mayweather can win the fight running, and that's what he does best."

If the fight happens, the date of March 13 has been floated. However, Roach thinks that is too soon.

Although Pacquiao beat Cotto, it was a physically demanding fight. Pacquiao suffered a broken right ear drum in addition to the cuts and bruises on his face, Roach said.

"May or June, in that ballpark," Roach said about when he thought the fight should happen. "March may be too close to get a big fight like that going. I'd like to see Manny take a rest and then get into it. We'll have a change in sparring partners and style because Mayweather is so different than our last four opponents [Cotto, Ricky Hatton, De La Hoya and David Diaz]. We have to study him really hard. But I know Mayweather really well. I just need Manny to see what I see.

"I would love to see Manny knock this guy out and then retire," he said. "There's no place to go after that. We will break Mayweather down. He's a fragile guy. I know he is hard to get to but we will get to him. Manny can match Mayweather's speed and he has better footwork and more balls."

 

Manny knocks PBF out.

Floyd Sr knows this which is why he doesn't want his son to fight.

I think the Mayweathers' truly believe Pac takes steroids. Boy are they going to **** their pants when he's drug tested and it's proven he's not.

I personally think Floyd will find someway of ducking the fight. On the interview with RA Rugged man he made it quite clear that while money is important - protecting his "0" is also crucial. He won't risk a loss.

 

Woah. He's not superman. Erik Morales chose not to engage Pac first time around. He won. Marquez chose not to engage Pac after the first round of their first fight. He won most of the rounds after that first one (yeah he did). Cotto even had good success against Pac while ever he stuck to his stick and move. Mayweather...

 

He doesn't see it as a loss though. Fight will happen, Floyd will win. A good boxer beats a good fighter. You picked Tyson over Lewis didn't you?