1st and 10: Sports-Writers say FLOYD will lose to PAC

[Main Event]

Had the 1st and 10 guys picked Mayweather,

the usual suspects would be signing up to chug on their balls.

Not if Skip Bayless says it.....Dude picked the Hornets to win it all this season

[m00ks]

Look. I fully understand the vastness of Maywether's skills and the extent of his physical abilities. I acknowledge his victories in his career and the fashion that he accomplished them. He's amazing. No doubt.

But so is Pacquiao.

I don't know why anyone would think that Mayweather would simply mop the floor with Pacquiao. The only times in Floyd's career in which he appeared vulnerable was against southpaws. Case in point; Zab Judah, Demarcus Corley. Both fighters have hurt Floyd with right hooks. Pac has a tremendous one. Zab has hurt Floyd with a straight left. Pac has the best in the business.

Mayweather should win. He has pretty much every advantage going in this fight, save for power. But we know that in boxing, that variable plays a factor in fights of this magnitude. If and when this fight happens, and it's way to big for it not to, all those Mayweather fans thnking he'll walk through Pac might be setting themselves up for a huge disappointment.

[El Jesus]

Had the 1st and 10 guys picked Mayweather,

the usual suspects would be signing up to chug on their balls.

yea right. nobody would care, because it was skip bayless, in which case, it no longer matters.

[Mr. Ryan]

Like I said give me a fight breakdown on how Pac will destroy Maywetaher easily...like you said.

You cant do it because your a fan boy...

And lemme guess youll be betting all your points on Pac right??

Just comparing defenses, Marquez's style is much better for handling Pacquiao than Mayweather's IMO. Marquez holds his right hand in front of his face to pick off the straight lefts and then counter with his own punches.

Mayweather's shoulder roll doesn't work with southpaws. The shoulder roll picks off left jabs with an open glove, rolls rights with the shoulder and catches hooks with the right glove pressed up to the cheek.

A southpaw throws right hooks where the shoulder can't catch the shots and the left hand goes straight down the pipe. Mayweather had trouble stopping Judah's straight lefts and right hooks early, same with Corley.

Still, I agree that these two ESPN guys have little to no comprehension of the sport of boxing. They are just easily amused by the spectacle of the knockout. Still, I think this is a fight that will be Mayweather's toughest fight stylistically, but it will also be the axis by which his legacy tilts.

[Benny Leonard]

[Alibata]

Not really 147. He hit Oscar with 150000 punches and couldn't drop him once. At 140 maybe so...but you would hurt any1 if u landed THAT clean...

Tell me who has ever been able to drop Oscar besides a great Middleweight like Hopkins. Oscar should not be a measuring stick of Manny's power.

[Spacey1991]

"Didn't Ali say you can't hit what you can't see?"
"Yeah sooo?"

Sounded like Bayless didn't understand what he meant lol, hes jumping on the bandwagon when saying Floyd has "no chance"... I respect the thing about the layoff though.