I liked Margaritos performance better than Cotto, but Cotto did better than him.
Pacman was very sloppy by his standards yesterday, in the Cotto fight he came in with close to maximum preparation and was very focussed. Despite that Cotto still managed to win at least a round or two.
Margarito paced himself very well and expected the fast combos and tried to put a strategy together to force him into the ropes and let his hands go but hmmm...
Every time Margarito lead the exchange Pacman would throw combinations through them and they should have stopped the fight in the 11th.
I felt he pulled his punches in the 11th round and obviously the 12th. They should've stopped it in the 11th it was ridiculous the punishment he was taking...
I know Pacquiao is the peoples champion and he was just magnificent against another very good opponent. But PBF is just a different kettle of fish.
Pacman's blueprint to be beaten is the Eric Morales 1 or either of the Marquez battles. PBF's blueprint to be beaten is in the Castillo 1 fight and just by observation PBF is closer to Marquez style of fighting than Pacman is to Castillo's style of fighting. Pac is smaller than PBF, PBF is faster and hits harder than Marquez and is better defensively than Marquez.
My problem is that the fight depends on styles, I'm still trying to figure out how Pacman is going to beat PBF. Simply saying power or speed is not conclusive enough. I'd say its Pacman pressure vs Floyd counter punching.
I think the key to the fight is AGE. Has Floyd aged to the point that his reflexes have slowed enough for Pacman to catch him? Imagine if that was Pacman that wobbled him in round 2 instead of Mosley?
Can Pacman at this advanced age of 32 continue his high work-rate and pressure to break through that defense? Remember its easy to look fast against a guy like Margarito, even still he looked alot faster and less sloppy vs DLH 2 years ago.
Ahh the options are unlimited.
I'd pick Pacquiao at 140 and Floyd at 147. Maybe at a catch weight of 143 or 144 I'd say this fight would be a pick'em. People kinda forget Mayweather had trouble with Judah the first 3 or 4 rounds. Pacman has faster handspeed, Mayweather has faster foot speed. Mayweather better defense, better counterpunching, better boxer. Pacman better brawler, better toe-to-toe fighter, better stamina (PBF paces himself rather than the all out style of Pacman).