Just Re-Watched Mayweather vs Mosley - The Fight with Pacquiao HAS to Happen

mughalmirza786 · May 11, 2010

cuchulain said: ↑

Decent post.

Some disagreements.

Floyd's chin is not great. It's good, and he has good recuperative powers, IF He's allowed time clear his head.

( I believe if Oscar had managed to hurt him to the degree Shane did, there is a high probability he would have finished him in the second).

Pac's chin is a little better than Floyd's, but again, untested at the extreme levels. While Floyd doesn't have huge single shot power, he has decent pop, and he's accurate. After a few shots of the type he landed on Shane, Pac might get shaken and/or gunshy.

Speed.

Floyd has a very slight edge. With single shots, he is very fast and accurate. With combinations, Pac is faster, and while less accurate, his higher volume will ensure that something will get through.

Conditioning. Not much to separate them here. They're both in supreme shape. One slight point: Floyd never tires but he never expends too much energy. His style is economical.

Pac never tires either and he fights with a higher rate of intensity.

If he's able to do that against Floyd (far from certain), it might separate them a little in the stamina department.

Ring genarship. Advantage Floyd, but by 101:100. Pac is deceptively adept at dictating the flow of the fight. Floyd is more obvious about doing the same thing.

IMO, Floyd has most of the tangible advantages here, even if his edge is razor thin.

The one intangible area where Pac has the edge is PHIB (Passsion, Intensity, heart,Balls).

IMO, the testing controversy has been manufactured by Floyd (after poor advice from his dad) because, despite being the slightly better fighter, at some level, he fears Pac.

And if he still fears him when they meet, that psychological edge might offset Floyd's tangible advantages.

I believe Pac is just a tad stronger mentally. I haven't made a pick yet, as it would be for Floyd if I picked right now. And I'm not going to give it too much thought till it actually happens.

Right now, no one is a better boxer than Floyd.

So if I do pick for Pac, it will be on the basis of his superior mental conditioning.
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If anything that fight with mosley showed that anything other than pacquiao mayweather would e a damn waste of time for either fighter. Both are too good for their weight classes.

I believe the reason why floyd doesnt throw combinations is that he simply isnt conditioned for that. Manny trains for volume, speed power and endurance. Mayweather trains for massive speed and reflex which doesnt allow him to throw those amazing fast combinations. If you watch some of maweather's fights where he does let his hands go you will notice that his speed tails off dramtically. If pacquiao throws a 6 punch combo chances are all 6 will be pretty much the same. If floyd throws it, the 1-2 will be lightning but the rest will be slower and measured. Once again this fight simply must happen.

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