What shocked you about Mayweather vs Pacquiao?

Great post. Agree on pretty much all of this.

 

1. Every ****yst was saying Manny had the better corner man. Well it sure didn't look like it during the fight. Floyd was in control for a majority of the fight but his crew were the only ones expressing in sense of urgency. Was Roach high or something?

2. I thought Floyd's speed was slowly leaving him prior to the fight but physically he looked as good as ever. Not prime good, but a definite improvement over recent fights. I guess Ariza's S & C coaching is better than I thought.

3. Manny being gun shy so quickly. I thought it would happen later in the fight, but I expected him to come in guns blazing for at least the first half of the fight.

4. Manny's team playing mind games leading into the fight and yet Floyd thoroughly winning the mental battle inside the ropes. I think when Manny threw those flurries and had zero affect on Floyd it really screwed his confidence.

5. Manny's team making excuses post fight. If you lose, you lose. Give credit where it's due. Injury or no injury, you suck it up, and win. Floyd has done it as well as many other fighters. If the injury was that bad he should have informed the commission so he could get his shot. No one's fault to blame but himself and his team.

 

Come on. Floyd keeps it at neutral unless he thinks he's losing or his opponents are hurt. Why would you expect that to change now when's 38 and his fighting a power puncher with speed?

 

Itw as duran leonard 3 man

imagine if duran leonard 1 never happened

no one would ever say duran beats him if they just saw duran leonard 3

waiting 6 years makes mayweather look great now

 

What surprised me the most is what manny said post fight,"he didn't stand there and let me hit him, he kept moving".

If that's not the most asinine thing I have ever heard.

It shows how much of a joke his team really are.
You had plenty of opportunities to watch the tapes on Floyd, your head coach is a seven time trainer of the year, and this is the **** you come up with.

 

Manny was so hesitant to throw and not risk much. I expected Manny to open the first couple of rounds with guns blazing.

Floyd's speed was not like it use to due to age, but he was still pretty darn quick.

Manny able to counter the countering king.

I expected Roach to do more. He pretty much quit on Manny and had no advice to offer during the entire fight. Quite sad actually considering all the hype around him as a hof coach. He needed to slap Manny around more and tell his ass to wake up without having to hurt his feelings.

What surprised me the most was Floyd's post fight conference, he was pretty humble for the most part.

 

Didnt think this fight would be that easy for Floyd. Thought pacman would have been more active. But, missing most of your punches takes alot out of you and getting tagged as well.

 

Pac's English is poor and he was about to say he was "running" but he wanted to be polite and not use the word run. He's said it before, he didn't want to use the word run because his opponents get offended.

Floyd ran and held. He won clearly but boxing lost, no way of beating a bigger, taller, extremely skilled man when he's playing like Floyd.

Also I understand illegal moves are part of the game, but illegal is illegal. Kenny bayless wouldnt allow Pac to repeatedly low blow Floyd, so why allow him to use all these illegal moves without point deduction?

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Pac never thought he lost a fight, except for those where he got knocked out. He's never been a gracious loser(in a decision) during the post fight interviews.

 

Most fighters think they didn't lose. I can understand that. The shoulder excuse, the "he pulled my arm" excuse, the testing commission caused me to lose and the rest of the excuses are sad. People talk about Mayweather's character but he is always gracious after the fight(unless talking to Larry Merchant) and I don't believe that he would make any excuses after losing.

 

How PAC can't fight counter clock wise !

 

Interesting point.

 

Floyd's lack of power even when on PEDs

 

The level of respect they had for each other in the ring. Both played it safe and didn't dare to be great and really cease the moment

And manny going from saying he is a better fighter now, best camp, killer instinct is back to coming across as a sore loser with tons of excuses