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Some of you are so delusional. Watch Hopkins-Trinidad or Pavlik. In both these fights, Hopkins used movement to the outside of his opponents' left foot, and as a result, neither of these fighters were able to get off against Hopkins. Meanwhile, Hopkins' punch count was much higher than both fighters. Nobody said "Trinidad didn't come to fight", or "Pavlik had an off night", or even like one poster says "THE FIX WAS IN!!". No. We said, wow, Hopkins' strategy worked to brilliance, and it did.
Enter in last night. Pacquiao moving to clottey's left, throwing almost a hundred punches a round, winning every round in my book, reiterated his status as #1 P4P. Regardless of how "vulnerable" he looked, he completely dominated a fighter that's never experienced being dominated, or even beaten clearly. Sure he stood in the pocket sometimes playing around getting hit, but he did so because in his mind, he is invincible, nobody can hurt him.
Just because Clottey hit him with 4 or 5 good punches doesn't mean Floyd will beat him. In fact, Floyd telegraphs his punches more than Clottey does. It's much harder to know when Clottey is punching than Mayweather. Even Ricky Hatton was able to duck and slip Floyd's right hand. Besides, Manny knows how to make the right hand ineffective about 85-90% of the time.
So in my mind, the Mayweather fight is still a 50-50 fight. Still need to see Mayweather-Mosley, I'm not sure May can get through Mosley to begin with. It's very likely we will see Money May fall from grace in the next two fights (if he fights Pacquiao).
Enter in last night. Pacquiao moving to clottey's left, throwing almost a hundred punches a round, winning every round in my book, reiterated his status as #1 P4P. Regardless of how "vulnerable" he looked, he completely dominated a fighter that's never experienced being dominated, or even beaten clearly. Sure he stood in the pocket sometimes playing around getting hit, but he did so because in his mind, he is invincible, nobody can hurt him.
Just because Clottey hit him with 4 or 5 good punches doesn't mean Floyd will beat him. In fact, Floyd telegraphs his punches more than Clottey does. It's much harder to know when Clottey is punching than Mayweather. Even Ricky Hatton was able to duck and slip Floyd's right hand. Besides, Manny knows how to make the right hand ineffective about 85-90% of the time.
So in my mind, the Mayweather fight is still a 50-50 fight. Still need to see Mayweather-Mosley, I'm not sure May can get through Mosley to begin with. It's very likely we will see Money May fall from grace in the next two fights (if he fights Pacquiao).