Don't be melodramatic SUB. Geddy's OP is one of the best in all of SE (More than worth a read to anyone just joining the thread now that somehow missed it) and when/if Pac/PBF happens, it's all we're going to be talking about. The thread didn't get derailed, the fight did, the thread just naturally followed.

Not to argue the post, because I agree 100%, but isn't this kind of obvious though?

I mean, KC said it best earlier, "He's 38!". Mosely looked old, and it wasn't Floyd that did it to him, he just looked gassed. Lampley was even talking about how, with the failure of the Pac-man fight to happen, PBF was in dire need of a fight that he could make look respectable, but that wasn't necessarily respectable.

Your book is pretty awful then

Shane Mosely
Juan Manuel Marquez
Ricky Hatton
Oscar De La Hoya
Zab Judah
Arturo Gatti
Jose Luis Castillo x2
Jesus Chavez
Diego Corrales (his best performance imo)

although manny is going to get killed it would be smart for him to collect that payday. i am not a mayweather fan per se. i was going for mosley in the fight. i just love boxing and i like manny and floyd because both are very very good fighters. i love to watch pac man fight but, i just dont see how he can beat mayweather. imo, the fact that mayweather is bigger and stronger tilts the scale heavily in his favor in the matchup.

and...corrales was UNDEFEATED and floyd destroyed him. toyed with marquez. damn, near killed gatti, decapitated hatton, beat the sh*t out of judah and on and on and on.

pacman's last 3/4 opponents have all been "bigger and stronger" men, looke what happened to them.

he fought De La Hoya like a pussy though

hatton also was undefeated.

i met his former trainer Billy Graham (he was more drunk than me) in a bar at the MGM the night (or early next morning, bit hazy cos i was ****faced) after this fight and i asked him why did they agree to fight PBF at welterweight where Hatton already proved in one fight that the weight was beyond him, Billy's response was that Ricky wanted to fight him no matter what weight class it was but he (Billy) did not want the fight unless it was at light-welter.


a side note on Hatton, he was a money grabbing bastard, and anyone looking to buy a ticket had to go ask his mum or dad and pay way over the odds all to make his parents an extra few quid, all this after he cried that his fans were not getting a fair share of the ticket allocation.

FYP

I like the argument that Mayweather doesn't KO people to "avoid getting hit".

I should've stopped reading after this. At least you've made an attempt to back up your opinion.

So was De La Hoya. And Cotto. Mayweather has one inch on Pac, I think you're overstating the size impact here by quite a bit.

The lack of respect might have something to do with 5 of his last 6 fights going to decision and not even coming close to a KO. I'm not saying Floyd isn't a good puncher, but he's certainly not devastating at this point in his career, by any means.

And if Mayweather doesn't get enough respect for his punching power, then what kind of respect are you giving to Pacquiao's chin? His series of fights with the Mexicans before his jump to welterweight were absolute wars, and when Cotto tested him in the first 5 rounds of their fight, Pacquiao wasn't rattled at all. The man has shown he can take a good deal of punishment.

First of all, your assertion that Mayweather would be a favourite in a slugfest over Manny Pacquiao is just silly, come on. But that's not going to happen anyways, so there's no point talking about it. Mayweather didn't want to trade with Marquez for ****'s sake, why would he want to trade with Pacquiao?

You're making it sound like Mayweather is impregnable. The first two rounds on Saturday night clearly proved otherwise. Problem was, there was no way Mosley had the engine required to sustain that type of pressure. Pacquiao does.

I mean, Pacquiao threw over 1200 punches against Clottey and didn't burn himself out at all. That's just ridiculous. You don't think he wins at least a few rounds just based on punching volume alone? I'm almost positive he'll look like the more active fighter for almost the entire fight, which will resonate quite a bit with the judges; it always does and it was the only reason DLH-Mayweather was a split decision.

I personally don't think Pacquiao will be able to knock out Mayweather, or even knock him down, but he doesn't need to. You seem to think the only way he can win is by stoppage. I think you're wrong. If Mayweather decides he'll let Pacquiao throw high volume early and expect him to tire out later, it'll be a big mistake imo. Pacquiao will win his fair share of rounds in this fight, it won't be a Mayweather sweep.

lol, this was cute.

This will be a great fight because no one knows what will happen. They're light years ahead of everyone else in boxing today and this matchup is much, much too even to call with any certainty.

That's what I thought seeing Mayweather's knee buckle after Mosley landed in the 2nd round. Pacquiao can keep that up through all 12 rounds. Manny will throw the left hook to the body followed by the right cross to the chin. But he won't stop there like Mosley did. He will duck under Mayweather's counters, shift to the left and from out of nowhere angle another left hook then another right - 4,5,6 punch combinations and more.

In all his fights Mayweather has enjoyed being the faster man. If Pacquiao proves faster - and I think he very well may - Mayweather will find himself in the position of being the slower man and very possibly without a solution to the problems this poses. Problems he's never had to solve before and a position he is totally unfamiliar with.

It should be noted that Pacquiao had great difficulty at lightweight dealing with the superb counter punching of Marquez. And Mayweather is an artist at counter punching. But the Marquez style was different than PBF's. Marquez's counterpunches were followed by a kind of counter rush into a counter offensive which bothered Pacquiao. I doubt Manny will be as bothered by Mayweather's counters with two punch flurries.


PairTheBoard

Geddy,

That post was nice. I enjoyed reading it, even if it was a paint-by-numbers response to a troll.

Mosley - a good win, Floyd showed some heart but not a win over a prime HOFer

JMM - give me a break JMM was maxed out at 135, how exactly were his punches supposed to hurt Floyd

Hatton - his one fight above 140 he got a gift decision over Luis Collazo, at 147 hes an average fighter

Oscar - part time fighter past his prime

Zab - biggest frontrunner in the sport not to mention Floyd fought him right after Zab lost to Baldomir

Gatti - great warrior but a B or C class fighter

Castillo - Floyd got a gift the first fight, second fight was a good performance by Floyd

Chavez - good win, Floyds resume at 130 cant be questioned

Corrales - good win again at 130


Good resume but nothing like ATGs like SRL. Fight Pac and Paul Williams.

+9999999

If we learned anything from the fight two nights ago, it's that Mosley is done and Mayweather can be hit, and hit hard. Pac has an engine that just never seems to run out of gas. This fight will be incredible.

ty ty, gotta keep the colouring inside the lines ldo

Also, I feel like I should note that even though I'm pretty open about my dislike for Mayweather, his performance on Saturday was pretty ****ing special. Past his prime or not, Mosley was still the consensus #3 P4P fighter coming into the fight. It was a boring fight from an average fan's perspective, but it was a Mayweather masterpiece none the less.

I was a bit reluctant to say it before because of obvious recency bias and the vaunted history of the sport, but I really think a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight has the opportunity to become the greatest, most important and most significant fight in boxing history.

hopefully the fight will be close and we'll get one or two rematches after that.

12 rounds wouldnt be enough

If this fight does happen, and Mayweather loses, I'm 99.9% sure there'll be a rematch.

If Mayweather wins, I fully expect him to retire.

he'll retire and definitely proclaim himself by far the best of all-time. heh

Anybody else get POd when someone claims Pacquaio refuses to take a blood test?

Kevin Lole of Yahoo sports is reporting that the early PPV buy estimate is 1.1-1.2 million buys. One million is a lot, but not nearly what most people expected. I, for one, thought this fight would easily get 1.5+ million.

If true, this is good for Pac because I don't think Mayweather asking for more than a 50-50 split can be justified. Especially considering Pac's last fight had 700,000 buys with virtually an unknown opponent. I do not believe Mayweather could have done 700,000+ with Clottey.

I like Mayweather more than most but it's pretty impossible not to love Manny. The biggest difference between him and Mosely is that Pac has shown that he's pretty much able to attack non-stop. The dude is a machine. Mosely correctly went for broke and then gassed out. Paq can probably do that all fight long. After watching their last two fights, I now think Paq is a close favorite. Can't count out Floyd though. He knows how to ****ing win. One of the things I took out of the Mosely fight is that Floyd is still lighting fast. I was worried he'd maybe lost some speed. Given that I gave up on boxing but watched Paq/Clottey and Floyd/Mosely, this fight is really boxings last hope short of another Tyson type HW.

Also, just read the OP again and it's just so damn awesome. Gotta be a top ten post in SE history.

troll ?? i have been posting in this thread even before it was created.

i expect mayweather to be like "i beat his azz once for $50+ million, lets do it again for $50+million."