There is a reason why people's workrate seems to drop when they face fighters like Hopkins and Mayweather. Pacquaio will be no different. The fight will be good for the first 4-6 rounds, if that, then it will be a complete wipeout.
That is the story with all of Mayweather's fights.
Well lets look at some facts.
Pac has a great work rate not only that he has great foot work and speed/power.
The Mosley Mayweather fight was a crucial match to get a solid base of how a pac and mayweather fight would go.
Shane gassed and was looking for power shots that wasn't there. To me Shane was gassed from round 4 on. That will not happen with pac not only does he throw in his 7 punch combos but he can do it from all angles spinning and pivoting for 12 rounds. Come in and out with his quick foot speed.
Shane was getting pop-shotted and seemed scared to pull the trigger (pac/clotty) . I have seen Pac get tagged really well, and not only does it seem that he enjoys it he encourages it. (which is why you got to love that warrior)
Hard one to analyze, we all want the fight to happen. But I think pac will be a huge test for floyd and vice versa.
You make some good points. I generally don't like to use prior fights to base analysis because they generally don't translate well, if you know what I mean.
But, if you want to look at prior fights, you can also look at the trouble Marquez gave Pacquiao in both fights. You could also look at when Cotto boxed in the early parts of their fight, and even Hatton in the 2nd round of their fight until he ran into Pacquiao's fist. Boxers give him problems, the only issue with those fighters is that they had horrendous defense.
You could even look at the Clottey fight. Clottey was landing that right hand all night and busted Pacquiao up. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if Clottey had wanted to win that fight.
I disagree. In the Marquez fight Pac was getting countered effectively by. Marquez and I seen Pac getting frustrated. PAC has improved since then but I think he will start to get flustered w/ Mayweathers style. People talk about Mosely getting tired but I actually think he was getting flustered because everytime he would intiate something he would miss and Mayweather would make him pay. He wouldn't let his hands go because he was being punished when he did. Everyone wants to say Mosely gassed out but he actually got his spirit broken.
I saw the same thing. I think it was in the 3rd round when Mosley tried to land that right again and Mayweather blasted him. After that Mosley seemed real hesitant about throwing that punch again. You could see when they went to his corner during rounds. He had a defeated look on his face.
If Pacquiao is tailor-made for Mayweather, why the OST demand?
Is Mayweather a chicken or something?
Educate me.
I'm not going to call names or anything. But if you suspect someone is on something it would be silly to get in the ring without knowing for sure. That would be like bringing a knife to a gun fight.
Take the test, show everyone you're clean, and if you're the better man you'll win. All these excuses as to why he doesn't want to take the test (scared of needles, mental distractions, giving Floyd an advantage, and now the Floyd is the bigger guy) makes him look like he's got something to hide.
In truth, instead of suing the Mayweather's and Golden Boy, he should be suing his own team. Their silly excuses have made him look a lot more guilty than anything anyone else has said.
Klitschko looked like Ruiz tonight
Klitschko won the fight. Can't take that from him. But, I can't understand why Cortez didn't warn him for the consistent holding. Anytime, Thompson actually started throwing punches, Klitchko held. The accidental headbutt was caused by Klitschko trying to hold instead of throw punches.
Very boring fight. I think Peter will KO him the next time they fight, if Klitchsko fights him like this.
Thompson was brave but didn't do nearly enough. Klitschko was there for the taking and he didn't take advantage.
What makes this look bad is the comments that were made a couple of weeks ago in an interview with Pacquiao's strength trainer Ariza. I don't remember the exact quote but to paraphrase he said that Pacquaio did not know what he was taking that he (Ariza) made up his own mix of stuff. Just a stupid comment in my opinion in this age of BALCO, etc....
The fight was a travesty. Yes, Khan looked good but there is no way the fight should have went past the 1st round. I have seen fights stopped on cuts that were not as bad as that one. I do find it ironic that the doctor waited until the 5th round to stop the fight. No way that happens in Vegas or any American venue.
It sure looks like he's scared
Since when do you put 2 rematch clauses in a contract? To my knowledge that has never been done. And if it is agreed to, it will set a horrible precedent.
Got to love Paul's confidence
I really like Paul Williams, and I thought he may have given Floyd the most difficulty a welterweight because of his size and punch output.
Still, I don't see how he can win this fight.
Pavlik is just way too big and strong for him at this point of his career.
I'm a little puzzled. Wasn't it initially Roach who said that March was too early of a date to prepare Pacquiao for Mayweather? Now, he is stating that it is Mayweather that doesn't want to fight in March? Something is just not right.
This is nothing more than a public execution
I wrote a blog about this fight in particular and the state of boxing as well.
Check it out.
http://thewizardspeaks8.blogspot.com/2008/11/what-has-happened-to-boxing.html
Arum is funny
Arum is criticizing HBO for not ordering Calzaghe/Pavlik, so now he counters by having his man fight someone who is much smaller than he is?
Pavlik is a huge middleweight. By the time he enters the ring, he is a light heavyweight. Paul Williams will be right around 160 on the night of the fight. While I like both fighters, I don't like the fight. Pavlik should knockout Williams.
If Williams took a couple of fights at middleweight, and got used to the added weight, then this would be a competitive fight. As of right now, I view this as nothing more than an execution to help raise Pavlik's stock.
That is the real problem with boxing. Arum did the same thing with De La Hoya. He had him fight a bunch of people smaller than him to gain him more fame.
Pavlik should be fighting other the other middleweight champions like Abraham, and Stern. Or, he could fight Kessler, which would be an entertaining fight.