can a "manny mayweather" hybrid fighter ever exist?

[DontHitMyNuts]

offensive skills of pac and defensive skills of pbf? what style would it take to beat such a fighter?

[El Jesus]

No. Mannys offensive style comes at the sacrafice of defense. Mayweathers defense and IQ would never fall into the strategic mistakes that manny makes. Manny gets away with what he does because hes got incredible speed and a great chin. Very few defensive fighters like mayweather have his beard. The answer is no, period.

[mr.thraz]

cosign.....!

[talip bin osman]

not the style of PBF, not the style of manny pacquiao...

but roberto duran has an excellent mix of offense & defense.

a perfect mix of everything really... chin, inside & outside game, can lead, can counter, can box or brawl...

thats roberto duran for yah... and james toney too. that skillset they possess enabled them to compete in weight classes where they have no business competing in otherwise... really amazing fighters.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Pernell Whitaker had a really good workrate and defense to go with it. But I gotta agree with El Jesus here, don't see a combination like that ever happening.

[SuperTrooper]

Never. Manny and Floyd are in the opposite ends of the spectrum. I would consider Floyd as a Republican/Conservative and Manny as Democratic/Liberal.

[RightCross94]

No, because to develop an offence like Manny's you need to take risks and get hit, and to develop a defence like Floyd's you sometimes need to be conservative and cut down offence.

[civicvx]

Yes it can and here's proof

no fear Floyd Mayweather...even taking on the Heavyweight