Floyd Mayweather Jr. "I'll Beat Manny Pacquiao's Ass"

[Mr. Ryan]

Mayweather will win for sure.

It'll play out in either one of two possible ways....

He will either stand center ring with Pacquiao, and slaughter him at close range ala' Gatti.

Or, he will fight him on the inside like he did Hatton, starching him in a late TKO when Freddie Roach tearfully comes to Pac's rescue by throwing in the towel.

Mayweather has beaten most of his best opponents by being in better shape.

When Judah ran out of gas, that's when Mayweather took over.

When DLH ran out of gas, that's when Mayweather took over.

When Corley ran out of gas, that's when Mayweather took over.

When Hatton ran out of gas, that's when Mayweather took over.

Mayweather won't be in better shape than Pacquiao. Pacquiao rarely, if ever runs out of gas. Mayweather will run out of rounds biding his time for Pacquiao to slow down.

Plus, Pacquiao throws in combination. A guy like Mayweather, who is the quintessential counterpuncher, likes it when an opponent throws one shot at a time so he can counter that one shot. In the meantime, Pacquiao will be letting his hands go while Mayweather tries to slip them all.

I'm going with the active fighter over the inactive fighter's reflexes. Especially without a tuneup? Wow, Mayweather will have lots of problems.

Mayweather has always had trouble with people who use an effective jab. Hatton never got anything done with Mayweather because he walked straight in. Pacquiao comes in from angles behind a jab.

I just can't favor Mayweather coming off of almost 2 years inactivity prior by the time they get in the ring.

Mayweather himself once told me that the reason he hasn't looked sharp is because he's fighting once a year. Now he's fighting less than that.

Going from not thinking about boxing at all to trying to unseat the prime pound for pound best in the world is not as easy as some may think.

[Mr. Ryan]

Throughout Mayweather's career, his toughest opponents have always been southpaws.

Zab Judah gave Mayweather a hell of a fight early, so did Corley. Both had Mayweather hurt but lacked the conditioning to really follow up.

In the amateurs, Mayweather's banes were Carlos Navarro and Terrence Cauthen, both southpaws. Mayweather could not beat those guys to save his life in the amateurs.

[trainhard_187]

What sucks is that Mayweather never fought the top in his division and Pac steamrolled through his and even beat a Welterweight which was uncharted territory for him. Now Floyd is possibly considering a match with Pac only to gain P4P status but really he never fought those top Welterweights.

[The Noose]

I wanted to fly to Vegas to see the all action Hatton-Pac war.
Now maybe il have to fly there so i can call Floyd a wanker until my voice gives out.

[pbftxrs316]

Throughout Mayweather's career, his toughest opponents have always been southpaws.

Zab Judah gave Mayweather a hell of a fight early, so did Corley. Both had Mayweather hurt but lacked the conditioning to really follow up.

In the amateurs, Mayweather's banes were Carlos Navarro and Terrence Cauthen, both southpaws. Mayweather could not beat those guys to save his life in the amateurs.

you're absolutely right about navarro and cauthen, i always hated to watch those fights, but you have to be ****ing kidding me to believe he hasn't improved against southpaws. i mean, yes, zab and corley gave him competition, not trouble. corley lost almost every round, hell, he may have lost every round in that fight. he landed some crisp punches on floyd and the only punch that floyd felt was the hook in the 4th round which floyd recovered, not because of the lack of corley's conditioning, but because of floyd's brilliance in the situation. he made adjustments and deserved to have the kd of corley later on in the round, where it was a kd, just a couple of shots corley fell from, that were ruled slips, bull****. and zab deserved the kd of floyd in the 2nd round, but zab is no where near as intelligent in the ring as floyd is, he called floyd smart in his interview before the fight, and said there was nothing mayweather could do do beat him, and floyd broke his ass down to the body in almost every round and messed up his face also. floyd fights at a pace he loves to fight at, and his pace is very methodical, remember this word, i have used it many times on here, and will continue to use it until you get it.

pacman's reach is at least 4inches smaller than floyd's and floyd would land lead right hands on pac all night. what can pacman really land on floyd? he would have to jump in on floyd all night, and would get countered, just like with marquez. tell me this. do you see manny beating floyd on the outside jumping in and moving to his left afterwards without eating a left hook, that is much better timed than oscar's and can land to the body better than oscar's? floyd can throw his left hook like a power left hook or a slapping left hook and land it like he did with zab and corley in a powerful way and slapping way, both very effective seeing how they didn't know what type of hook he was throwing. pacman is vey hittable to his body and head. floyd is too intelligent in the ring, and stays in shape, he's a gym rat. you really think he's out of shape? i don't think so.

[pbftxrs316]

Mayweather has beaten most of his best opponents by being in better shape.

When Judah ran out of gas, that's when Mayweather took over.

When DLH ran out of gas, that's when Mayweather took over.

When Corley ran out of gas, that's when Mayweather took over.

When Hatton ran out of gas, that's when Mayweather took over.

Mayweather won't be in better shape than Pacquiao. Pacquiao rarely, if ever runs out of gas. Mayweather will run out of rounds biding his time for Pacquiao to slow down.

Plus, Pacquiao throws in combination. A guy like Mayweather, who is the quintessential counterpuncher, likes it when an opponent throws one shot at a time so he can counter that one shot. In the meantime, Pacquiao will be letting his hands go while Mayweather tries to slip them all.

I'm going with the active fighter over the inactive fighter's reflexes. Especially without a tuneup? Wow, Mayweather will have lots of problems.

Mayweather has always had trouble with people who use an effective jab. Hatton never got anything done with Mayweather because he walked straight in. Pacquiao comes in from angles behind a jab.

I just can't favor Mayweather coming off of almost 2 years inactivity prior by the time they get in the ring.

Mayweather himself once told me that the reason he hasn't looked sharp is because he's fighting once a year. Now he's fighting less than that.

Going from not thinking about boxing at all to trying to unseat the prime pound for pound best in the world is not as easy as some may think.

i would agree with this if floyd didn't stay in shape outside of the ring, trust me, he does, i have seen him run in training and not in training. he trains , he loves to stay in shape.

[AntDawg]

easy fight for floyd, hes young and in his prime and wont have to be dehydrated to make the weight...pacquiao nuthuggers think pac can beat anyone at welterweight cause he beat a dehydrated dlh, ***ing hilarious, cotto will break pacquiaos ribs... mayweather will outbox him like marquez did.

Dude De la Hoya wasn't dehydrated....

[5punchcombo]

I laugh everytime I read what floyd has to say.

He said he wants to fight any big money fight? WHy not fight Cotto Shane or Margarito? Or take on Paul Williams?.

Those will all get him some pretty big paydays.

Mayweathers such a *****

[xcaret]

Dude De la Hoya wasn't dehydrated....

right because only gaining two pounds on fightnight doesnt mean anything, right? u obviously dont know **** about boxing

[Mr. Ryan]

i would agree with this if floyd didn't stay in shape outside of the ring, trust me, he does, i have seen him run in training and not in training. he trains , he loves to stay in shape.

Staying in shape and actually fighting are two very different things. Mayweather will likely be in shape but he would be fighting someone with fast hands who throws in combination and doesn't stop punching.

What Pacquiao won't do is wait on Mayweather to let his hands go and get off first. Pacquiao will take the initiative and once Pacquiao has control of a fight, he doesn't give it up easily.