Floyd Mayweather Jr. & Manny Pacquiao - breakdowns from their common opponents

Lol, B-Hop reaching - saying he felt like he really helped to personally heal America's spirits when he stopped Trinidad, post-911.

 

Lennox is schooling Bernard in boxing knowledge, IMO.

Big George mostly keeping silent but wise on the occasion he does speak.

 

Mayweather gives away the first three rounds, which isn't unusual, but he fails to make up the deficit over the remaining nine. Pacquiao tight.

Lewis - Mayweather edges it. "You can not catch it, you are not going to hit it".

Hopkins - Pacquiao will come out guns blazing in the first half. Mayweather will take a decision, airtight.

 

Big George incredibly honest there. He doesn't even put his own biggest moment (albeit in a losing effort) in the "biggest three boxing events of all time". He says Louis Schmeling II was #1, Ali vs. Frazier I #2, and Mayweather vs. Pacquiao will be #3. Kellerman agrees - with the caveat of "so long as the fight is entertaining"

 

I want more Lennox/George/Bernard specials.

 

I don't know, "Pacquiao is special, when I fought him it felt like I was in with somebody that was special" and "Mayweather felt like nothing special to me" combined with "Pacquiao is going to push Mayweather like he never has been pushed :hey" seems like Oscar leaning toward Manny to me. :conf

 

Actually, man, you have probably been a "hardcore" fan of the sport longer than even I have, to be honest.

I was a "casual" through about MAB vs. Hamed (which only preceded 9/11 by a few months) - and I only followed the HW and featherweight divisions religiously for a couple of years thereafter - it wasn't until around 2003/2004 when I became a true "diehard".

I remember hearing about Hopkins' dismantling of Tito, and being vaguely aware who both of them were, but to me it probably didn't have the same impact as to you, being more informed (as of then) about more of the sport than myself.