Why Rashad Holloway feels that Pacquiao would stop Mayweather

[Chuckguy]

This dude can have his own opinion. Kind of funny that the kid downs Mayweather but who is he and what has he done? Instead of talking about Mayweather, he should get his career going. All I know about this boy is that he sparred Pac. Floyd is a counter puncher. Marquez is a counter puncher. Pacquiao would get picked apart before getting stopped late. Just watch the Marquez vs Pacquiao 2 fight.

that doesnt mean he doesnt see certain things that we as fans fail to see
look at Freddie Roach he ****** as a fighter but is a great trainer
Brotha Naz never even fought and neither did Manny Steward yet they are really good trainers

[-MAKAVELLI-]

i've always liked Rashad Holloway

[Khalid X]

Great article, Great read also but i disagree with some of the stuff Holloway came out with.. I would rather someone who spar both fighters, someone who has no bias predict the outcome, The thing is someone who has sparred with Mayweather in the past would probably pick Mayweather etc But this was a great article very insightful.

Honestly everytime Holloway comes out with this stuff people laugh and say he is biased....and everytime we eventually find out he is right.

This guy knows his stuff. Remember when everyone thought he was lying when he said Pac hits harder than Margarito and bunch of other guys? Everyone laughed and then we saw Hatton get crack in two rounds and Cotto get beat senseless.

more people should learn to pay attention to what he says.

[| THE KING |]

Honestly everytime Holloway comes out with this stuff people laugh and say he is biased....and everytime we eventually find out he is right.

This guy knows his stuff. Remember when everyone thought he was lying when he said Pac hits harder than Margarito and bunch of other guys? Everyone laughed and then we saw Hatton get crack in two rounds and Cotto get beat senseless.

more people should learn to pay attention to what he says.

they just dont want to hear it man..

[HaglerSteelChin]

I didn't read the entire article but i don't think its impossible that Pac stops Mayweather. I can see a scenario where Pac loses the rounds but slowly starts to work the body and take the legs away. That is what he did in the 2nd Morales fight. He lost 4 of the first 5 rounds against Morales but wotked the body with surgical precision. In the second half of the fight Morales was pretty much shot and got stopped for the first time in his career in Round 10.


But I don't think he will be able to land the quantity of punches to get the job done. If it was 15 rounds I would favor Pac, but the fight is 12 rounds and i think Mayweather would be able to block or slip most of the punches. He also will counter by blocking the lead left with one glove and countering with the other as JMM did. In addtiion, there will be alot of holding and clinching. Mayweather is not a guy who runs on the bike like Ali and SRL, he is made to fight in a phone booth without taking many clean blows.

If you guys have the time watch Whitaker vs Chavez. Chavez was 87-0 and was seen as a monster but look at how great defense neutraized him.

I do think Pac can win and even stop mayweather, but i think in a 12 rd affair he not land enough to stop him.

[Pullcounter]

lols, I dunno why this thread got this many pages. *****s getting butt hurt for no reason

[ErikTheGreat]

Pac/Floyd will be a close fight. I totally agree with Holloway that the longer they are in that fight the more dangerous it is for Floyd.

[trainhard_187]

This article states the facts..

Again great win for Floyd but that Shane he fought that night was not the same Shane as a few years back... End of Story..

[champ_kw]

[QUOTE=pasawayako;8287265]Behind the scenes revelations: Why Rashad Holloway feels that Pacquiao would stop Mayweather
May 5, 12:16 AMLas Vegas Boxing ExaminerChris Robinson

Welterweight hopeful Rashad Holloway has had a lot on his mind these days. Sitting and speaking inside of the Bistro Buffet at the Palms Casino, it was hard to decipher what all has been going on in his world but Holloway certainly had a way of keeping the conversation interesting.

The 29-year old relocated to Las Vegas from Los Angeles, California earlier this year and despite having much on his plate he has kept a fresh outlook and his confidence is as high as ever. Holloway has teamed up with good friend and trainer Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and has a May 28th fight lined up in Norfolk, ******ia that he has been eyeing.

While Holloway speaks daily on how much he misses the scenery and life in L.A. he does point out that living in Vegas has it’s perks, most notably being how easy it is for him to lock himself away and keep focused. Holloway is a student of the fight game and always has his eye on the sport and despite a hectic and trying weekend he was still able to witness the Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley encounter at the MGM Grand. While many people came away from the fight praising Mayweather, Holloway wasn’t as impressed.

“I thought Mosley was old,” Holloway stated. “His coordination was gone and his legs were gone. They weren’t there. The first things you look at in a fighter when they are old are whether their hands and feet are working together. And you could see that Mosley’s hands would come out before his feet. He was off balance and he would throw one shot, maybe two at best. He would always hold and he was off balance. He couldn’t’ do anything. He couldn’t even throw a solid jab. Part of that was because he was old.”

In the fight Mayweather showed a newfound aggression in key spots and was able to rattle Mosley with right hands almost at will over the second half of the contest. Holloway does concede that Floyd fought well and isn’t past giving up his respect to the undefeated fighter.

“To be honest Floyd wasn’t really moving,” Holloway noted. “Floyd was pretty much right in front of him. But he was very guarded because of Shane. Floyd is a technician and he is very sharp. You can’t mess around with Floyd and I think that was on his mind too. I thought Floyd did a good job of recovering and coming back and he looked strong. He looked physically strong. He’s not a puncher at all but he’s a game fighter.”

In hearing Holloway speak further it’s obvious that he doesn’t have any particular resentment towards Mayweather and is instead simply frustrated that he hasn’t found a way to test himself against the world’s best over the years.

“He’s one of the best who ever did it in my eyes but I still don’t see him fighting those upper level fighters,” Holloway said. “He’s fighting guys at the end of their reign. The only guy I have ever seen him fight who was on the top of his game was Diego Corrales. And Corrales wasn’t even on top of his game, let’s be real here. He’s a hell of a fighter but he’s so set on being undefeated that he won’t use those skills against a fighter of his caliber in his prime. I remember when he fought someone else and made four million when he could have made eight million fighting Margarito.”

With Mayweather’s convincing win over Mosley the attention has again turned to a potential showdown with WBO welterweight king Manny Pacquiao. Many people are still buzzing over Mayweather’s win and point to his speed, skills and ring generalship as key factors to him upending Pacquiao. Sound enough reasons but Holloway isn’t taking the bait.

“Manny by KO all day,” Holloway said resoundingly. “Floyd is a better boxer, way better boxer, but Manny is a better fighter. [B]Styles make fights. Floyd sits back and waits too much. That will play right into Manny’s hands. Manny jumps on you so quick and with so many different angles that you don’t know what to do. He catches you off guard and I pretty much see that happening. Every time Floyd has been hit flush he has been hurt. Chop Chop [Corley] hurt him bad and he cant’ crack an egg, Zab hurt him, and Shane hurt him. He’s very hittable

I stopped right there.....