The greatest trick Floyd ever pulled was convincing us he can lose to Pacquiao

March 13 or whenever the fight will happen, will be a hard reality check for the boxing world so passionately supporting Pacquaio. I will root for the PacMan like a madman and pray to come back here and eat my words, but it ain't gonna happen. It no nuthuggery or hating, it's the rather unfortunate reality.

The biggest trick Floyd ever pulled was to convince us he can lose to Pacquiao.

But he won't. He's too good. He's once in a lifetime good. He's also goddamn smart, and instead of facing perfectly legit challenges, Margarito, Cotto, Mosley, Williams whoever was on the top at the time, he just skipped the hard work and waited for Pacquiao to do it for him and gain an unheard legacy, popularity and money drawing power. So after a smart tuneup vs. a common opponent, he'll just go in there and make the whopping of the wonderkid look easy. And when did ever beating Pacquiao looked so good if not today? No one was more happy to see DLH, Hatton and Cotto get their ass handed to them. Floyd's reaction was not the faked spoiled child vs. Brian Kenny, but "Now we're talking!"

Harsh reality is, we are all being tricked by Floyd.

Too much skills.

Too much reach advantage.

Too good defense.

Too good reflexes.

Too good conditioning.

Too fluid movement.

Too perfect straight right hand.

Whether it's ineffective aggression vs. crisp counterpunching leading to a decision or a statement with PacMan on his ass, Floyd's winning this fight, and I don't like it one bit! Why? Because

He's still skipping the "fighting a legit opponent your size" part.

He's still skipping a legit welterweight opponent such as World Champion Shane Mosley.

He's taking a shortcut to the top vs. a fighter he knew years ago he will face and he can beat, it was just a matter of time and the right moment would came. Just with old De La Hoya, the same shortcut Pacquiao took without facing a true danger. A brave risk I give you that. But utterly carefully calculated. And believe me, Floyd came up with Pacquiao's number some time ago. I only wish he calculated wrong. But has he ever made a mistake coming to opponent selection?

 

All smaller men. All the right style.