Pac -Floyd comes down to how you like to score it.

I was looking over the compubox statistics for Pacquiao and Floyds last few fights- and without getting a calculator out-
Floyd tends to throw around 45 punches a round- landing 25 or so
Pac will throw around 95 a round and land about 30.

of course im not being accurate by any means here- i ve done the sums quickly in my head, but what i think the fight last nite showed us and these numbers show, is that these guys fight the way they fight- they dont really change up from these stats. the thing is that against floyd- pac would probably land and throw at about the same rate- being that floyd nowadays prefers to use his upper body and roll defence- rather than move his feet and evade.

so...
after thinking and thinking and thinking about it

that if pac and floyd stay true to form:

- that each man will probably land a similar amount of punches on one another
- but with floyd more likely to land slightly more- and to have the clearer, cleaner shots. ( as clottey did last nite- but with more control of the tempo)
- but pac will have far more activity and aggression.
- pac will land more power shots- as he tends to throw nothing but power.


what im getting at - is that i think that the fight will come down to how you like to score your fights- with more clean crisp punching- or with active aggression and activity and workrate. I see pacquiao landing as he did against clottey- frequent but never quite clean. pacquaio showed when he is countered he is liable to get hit hard and crisp.

either way- i guess what im saying in a long winded fashion- is that it will be controversial without a ko. i think it will come down to who controls tempo- and who has the illusion of control in the fight. they both fight at their own pace- and whomever forces the other to match that pace i think will win the judges favour.


let the abuse begin....

 

i think a similar comparison will be the hagler leonard fight- where people are still debating to this day who won.

i think floyd would do well to take a page out of sugars book and steal rounds and showboat, and i think pac would do well to take a page out of marvins book- and NOT allow floyd to steal rounds ...

i think its unlikely either of these men knock each other out- seriously now. as much as we wanna see it- how often does floyd get tagged- and his defence is much much itghter than clotteys.

 

i agree that shane and pac is the most exciting fight that can be made.

if floyd beats shane- but cant come to terms with pac, and if shane is competitive against floyd- and its close- then i still would prefer shane and pac to face off- rather than to go thru another 3 -4 months of back and forth betwen pac and floyd in the media. this time they each will have fewer options- but **** going thru that again.