Floyd Loses One Major Area of Scoring Opportunity in This Fight...

You said Pacquiao won't in fight vs Floyd, what if Floyd forces an inside fight on him?

As for the ropes part Floyd might go there to lure Pacquiao there for counter opportunities or even draw him in only to get Pacquiao stuck on the ropes

 

Good point. The way pac throws hard punches from weird angles will no doubt catch mayweather repeatedly when hes resting on the ropes. Also Pac has these really good fast hard hook/uppercuts which he lands when his opponent is ducking he caught timothy and algeiri with them loads and i bet floyd will get caught with them too because he will be duking very often

 

Floyd is much more stationary these days, I doubt someone as quick on their feet as Pacqiao is just gonna let him run around the ring throwing 30 punches a round. Call me crazy, but I feel like his best bet is to try and crowd Pacquiao and stay at a range where Pac isn't comfortable.

 

Hmmmm, a good post from you... This is odd. For the most part I agree with your view here, but the one thing those fighters, or any fighter that gave mayweather problems was to mix up the attack high and low. I don't think manny will do that though which will be an issue for him since getting a clean shot to the head on Floyd is pretty tough, and it becomes even more difficult when you're head hunting.

 

I agree. I really think Floyd will move, jab, potshot for the first few rounds. Then he's going to walk Manny down with a high guard, and try to crowd him and infight with him. :deal

 

This is the only time he had problems with sluggers/swarmers, when he was pressed on the ropes for way too long, or for some dumb reason, decided himself to voluntarily stay pinned on the ropes.

Pacman doesn't have the brute strength of a Maidana to pin Floyd onto the ropes. Even if he did have that level of strength, he doesn't fight in that manner at all. He'll be doing what he does best- jumping in and out of the pocket and attempting to nail his opposition with rapid flurries/combination punches. And most of that usually takes place around the center of the ring.

 

The thing is, the OP is right, its not like pac is just going to sit there and throw 1 or 2 punches and then floyd counters. Pac is going to throw 7 or 8 punches, regardless of floyd countering 1 of them. This will be an interesting aspect of the fight and I believe pac will make floyd very comfortable at these moments. I just hope pac doesn't get caught with something he doesn't see and floyd actually commits to it and shows power he hasn't shown in a long time. This will be floyds best opportunity to KO pac, IF and big IF he has the power to even get Pacs respect which I'm not so sure of.