The official Mayweather vs. Pacquiao aftermath trash receptacle

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You're right, he even got warned for hitting low AND hitting on the break in a clinch. In another sequence, a slow mo replay showed a Floyd body punch that landed barely on the belt-line, but that replay showed it would have been low had Pacquiao not blocked it, making the punch land higher.

 

I thought Manny would win this, and was extremely disappointed with his quest to pin and contain Mayweather; Manny's lack of 'a second attack' (after first had failed) in his attacks was also very poor. Another thing which spoiled the activity and entertainment in this fight, was that both boxers had far too wide stances (both had their legs wide appart) and this really slowed their hitting scope; punches that hit the target were weak. This type of stand off with both keeping wide legs, is a safe mode of boxing, and lowers risk, and spoils all hope for a fight of the century.....it should have been called the 'stand off' of the century....

I was thinking that the most punches thrown was when Manny threw his right lead and it hit Mayweathers left lead, gloves hitting together....bloody pathetic.

I am giving up on boxing, if these two are supposedly the best in the world.

 

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I made both of these posts in 2009 about the fight.

So tell me? Why is everyone surprised again? I knew the result of this fight, right down to how the fight went, 5 years ago.

 

Haven't got next weeks lotto numbers by any chance, Nostradamus?

 

No, because unlike boxing, knowledge of the game and ability to pick apart styles and understand how the fight would go down has no bearing on numbers coming out of a lottery machine.

This is just a case where people who know about boxing were able to pick this years ago and wondered why anyone ever doubted Floyd would win.

I've always felt the only guy who had a chance against Floyd Mayweather Jr who has ever been within spitting distance of his weight class was probably Sergio Garcia, because he was MUCH bigger than Floyd, was very strong on the inside clinch and was more than happy to soak punishment up in order to give punishment out.

Outside of that, from 130 to 147, there was really no one in the past 15 years who was ever a real threat for Floyd.

Now you see people say Amir Khan, ffs... Amir Khan wouldn't beat Saul Alvarez or Tim Bradley, let alone Floyd Mayweather.

 

Manny came to fight. Floyd came to run away from Manny. :hi:

 

Why did it take 5 years for Floyd to man up then?

Sergio Garcia? GTFO!

 

It seemed like after the dominant Round 1 by Floyd, Pac and Roach's game plan went out the window. After Round 2 I was confident Floyd had it in the bag. Floyd made Pac and Roach look unprepared. Roach should have spent more time preparing a game plan than hogging the camera to tell the world how easy this was going to be for Pac. He talked more than Floyd Sr, and who thought that was possible?

 

I was up for Manny big time before the fight and I gave him a genuine chance here, but I can't believe how badly he fought. From throwing practically no punches in the first three rounds, to not following up on his very rare successful rounds, to not even putting his foot on the gas towards the end, this was a shameful performance by Pacquaio.

When he did actually throw some combinations, he had some success. But that's whats so frustrating, why the hell did he not throw more? I know Mayweather was tagging him but if you want to be known as one of the greatest, you have to take punches in the face. Manny disgraced his fans by taking no risks in the fight.

Mayweather on the other hand boxed exceptionally. He landed enough punches to win any fight, why should he throw more? He was actually the aggressor for the most part too, consistently claiming the centre of the ring. It was a flawless performance by Mayweather both defensively and offensively and he's gained a fan in me.

I agree it wasn't a great fight for boxing but I lay the blame at Manny more so than Floyd. Floyd threw more punches than he usually does, Manny threw a lot less than he usually does. Manny spoiled the fight by giving up.

 

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hahah.. Sorry, it's late.

I meant Sergio Martinez.

 

Floyd's not the one making excuses.

 

Round 2 was a round where I would probably score it 10-10 because it was even, but since we are in this era where 10-10 rounds are discouraged, I believe if you had to choose one guy or the other, it was Pacquiao because he was throwing combos and being the aggressor. Do you agree?

The scoring of this round is hugely debatable, I don't think Floyd did enough that round to win it. Farhood gave it to Floyd and Lederman gave it to Pac. I will have to re-watch it.

I am asking you this question because you seem to be pro-Mayweather. I don't see how that round is given to Floyd. He didn't do enough imho and Manny landed some nice shots. Usually rounds like that are given to the agressor who is pushing the action. Manny also finished the round strong IIRC. (will have to re-watch but that is my recollection)