Are Pacquiao and Mayweather the same size?
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Floyd is the bigger guy. Floyd's most effective weight imho was 140-135, while Pacquiao's most effective weight was at 126-122.
at 140 Floyd had no problem hurting his opponents, but struggled to hurt Baldomir and DLH.
Pac was a buzzsaw at 122 and 126 but he doesn't fight with the same intensity at the higher weights. at 126 he knocked down JMM 3 times. at 130 he only knocked down JMM once and couldn't put away Mab in the rematch.Comment
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I think they are actually close to the same size, Floyd might be a shade bigger but it really is not by that much.Comment
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Let's have a look at Roy Jones as a Heavyweight and a prime Mike Tyson to put things into perspective. Same height, within about 10 pounds of each other, but no one would argue that Roy is the same SIZE as Mike. Mike is clearly the bigger man in terms of frame. Bigger neck, bigger hands, bigger bone structure.
No one has bigger calves than Manny though, lol.
Pac would still KTFO of Mayweather anyway.Comment
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Any two fighters can make themselves weigh the same amount of measurable units. Mayweather is a larger framed person though, genetically speaking.
Let's have a look at Roy Jones as a Heavyweight and a prime Mike Tyson to put things into perspective. Same height, within about 10 pounds of each other, but no one would argue that Roy is the same SIZE as Mike. Mike is clearly the bigger man in terms of frame. Bigger neck, bigger hands, bigger bone structure.
No one has bigger calves than Manny though, lol.
Pac would still KTFO of Mayweather anyway.Comment
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In terms of the height, you're right. However, Paul Williams is taller than Mike Tyson, and I'm still not calling them the same size for that.
Furthermore, the 2 pounds are a lot more than they sound. Mayweather comfortably eases down to that weight and can walk about floating around at 150 to 160.
Pacquiao walks around at about 140, to 150 and gets down to 130 (now 135) for the weigh in, only to BLOW UP to the size that Mayweather fights at. BIG difference.Comment
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In terms of the height, you're right. However, Paul Williams is taller than Mike Tyson, and I'm still not calling them the same size for that.
Furthermore, the 2 pounds are a lot more than they sound. Mayweather comfortably eases down to that weight and can walk about floating around at 150 to 160.
Pacquiao walks around at about 140, to 150 and gets down to 130 (now 135) for the weigh in, only to BLOW UP to the size that Mayweather fights at. BIG difference.
This is Pacquiao at 147:
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