Almost impossible to beat mayweather

So you think you should be able to get a decision over Floyd by throwing less punches and landing under 7 punches a round, while Mayweather lands almost twice as much?

 

You mean it's almost impossible for Pac to beat him. Hearns wouldn't leave it in the hands of the judges.

 

Manny was trying to out counter punch the counter puncher. That's accepting defeat. Gun shy. Unwilling to pay the price of admission because Floyd was controlling range.

Manny lost, get over it.

 

It's ring generalship at its finest. He decreased Pacman's punch output by nearly half of what he normally averages per fight. He only engaged him in brief periods of time, when he felt like engaging.

I can understand people who like action packed fighters be critical with Mayweather's style, but he's a master pugilist in the same mold as Pernell WHitaker and Willie Pep. I never see those guys get chastised for being in "boring UD" fights, rather they're revered by all historians and old school fans for being elite technicians with incredible levels of ring generalship.

 

sour g****s

 

The problem is, Mayweather wasn't simply landing soft punches. He was landing clean, sharp blows. Trust me, if the punches were so soft, then Manny wouldn't have been so affraid of getting countered. But again though, just to make it clear, do you think Pacquiao should've gotten the decision in that fight?

 

I don't think it's necessarily judging bias at all.

I think Mayweather has the skill to grind the fight to a halt, and then shade those close rounds.
When he gets in trouble he covers up so well that his opponent ends up backing off and stalking him.

Pacquiao's too old to fight in his old style anyway, so he's not going to be pulling the triggers as consistently as he used to.

Mayweather can win a fight by a wide score but in reality he didn't do much more than his opponent at all, he just skilfully shaded those rounds.

He "nicks" the rounds.
It's what he does.

In the old days when boxing was a brutal sport, he'd probably have been thrown out the ring for "stalling". He would have had points deducted.
The old school referees would probably have kicked both him AND Pacman out for "faking" !

nowadays, it passes for the biggest fight ever !

 

Yeah, because he fights only hasbeens his whole career.
I want to see him fight Thurman in Sept. or his whole
career is a big charade. Except for low IQ'd and low self
esteem morons who actually buy into his TBE moniker,
real aficianados won't put him in the same company as
Armstrong, Robinson, Leonard, Hearns, Hagler or Duran.
Reason, he never fought the best when they were at their
best. Too many ?? marks on maypickers career for him to
be ATG.

 

You mean it's hard to beat the judges in Floyd's fights

 

I didn't see many clean, sharp blows mate. I saw flashy-flash punches by the master performer and master of the dark arts Mr Money May.

Credit where it's due- he knows how to win and by his own admission, he always finds a way. Each incremental advantage he can get he will seize. Engaging in a fight and not running for 2 mins of each round- why do that if you need to...?

Imagine what would happen to him if he lost. Al wouldn't be too happy. That's why he runs like a factory hen.

 

Do you really think that Pac was even competitive in that fight? If anyone should complain about the judges, it's Marquez who got jobbed in his third fight with Pac. He solved that problem in his fourth fight.

 

Exactly! The point I was trying to make clarified by another
poster. Thanks:good