Kellerman.........

I think Hopkins was the main troublemaker but Kellerman spoiled a great bit of TV. It was clear Mayweather felt uncomfortable when Mosley challenged him and that would be a far more exciting fight than Pacquiao.

 

It really wouldn't. Shane is too easily hit, hes basically a gunslinger. Standing there in the pocket with Mayweather is never going to work, Mayweather would block all his punches and return the favour in kind. It has Floyd UD12 written all over it and I don't think theres anything Mosley could do about it.

Pacquiao still has the best chance as long as he shows he can take a solid punch against Cotto. If he can't he'll likely lose anyway.

 

Nothing to do with being a Floyd fan, im just fed up with the whole Cotto weight limit issues. Anyone who knows Cotto knows he really struggles with weight draining issues and team Pac know that full well. If Pac wins the victory will be hollow as he required Cotto to be drained beforehand.

 

What about the fact Mosley almost matches Floyd when it comes to speed and is definitely more powerful? Floyd backed off at the merest hint of a punch from JMM last night so I don't see how he will stand in the pocket with Shane.

Cotto weighed in at 146 for his last fight.

 

He hardly backed off IMO. Moving out of the way of a punch is preferable to blocking it...you want a fighter to do that. Apart from that most of the time Mayweather was the boss as you'd expect in the circumstances.

Mosley is not even close to matching him for hand and certainly footspeed based on last night and power doesn't concern me. You have to actually land and Pacquiao has the best chance of doing that.

 

He also looked slightly gaunt at the weigh in(something I hadnt seen since his days at 140)

That extra lb will be tougher to remove than some people think. Cotto is being ordered to put his title on the line but isnt allowed to fight withing the ww limit :?

A lot of people say its only 2 lbs what does it matter, but if its so insignificant then why are team pac demanding it? They too know full well Cotto is a different fighter when he is drained

 

There's still a chance Pac would be too small against Mayweather and could be knocked cold with one clean right hand. At least we know that won't happen with Mosley.

 

They're making that demand because they know how much Cotto will weigh come fight night. Someone made a good suggestion which was to have the fight at 147 but demand a same day weigh in.

 

No boxer has 5% body fat, but I take your point.

 

That's why I say 'if he takes some punches from Cotto'. I don't think Mayweather is a noticeably harder puncher than Cotto, far from it.

That being the case, and Pacquiao then has a serviceable welterweight chin (and wins) he'll be a very live threat.

 

Negative. Theres a few that do. Most notably lower weight fighters. It really depends on your build though and metabolism and effectiveness at the weight.

 

A fair few boxer's have 5% body fat.

 

Khan is a tool. He just talks before his brain engages. Haye was more than likely around 8%. He was very tight at 200lbs even though he was well under the limit but would have had to dry out sufficiently to get that low. Floyd also would be around 6-9% judging by how he looked as he has gained at least 7-8lbs in lean muscle mass. He looked VERY good physically.