For the posters who think Pacquiao's work rate will trouble Floyd..

[Versatility]

oscar, hatton, mosley, marquez, corrales and gatti all had a great workrate before fighting floyd.

pacquiao's work rate decreased in the two fights with marquez and we all know floyd has better timing, movement, counterpunching ability, faster hands, accuracy and actually doesnt get hit as much as Marquez. The only reason the Marquez fights were as close as they were because of the knockdowns and Marquez hasnt got great defense...

[Russian Crushin]

None were up to Pacs level and type of work rate and didnt have his attributes like speed power and his unorthadox way of fighting. Manny is just a different monster then all the rest....y did you leave out Castillo btw?

Plus you never know how 2 styles will mix and Floyd had a little trouble with southpaws

[infamous larryx]

floyd..just like hopkins minimize workrate with their defense,movement and counterpunching..you CANT throw 100punches a round against floyd

[flexxx145]

I think a lot of people are in for a shock if this fight goes down like I think it will.

Why do people think pac will through a thousand "punches from all angles" against someone who isn't a sitting duck like Clottey?

[El Protagonista]

Pacquiao's workrate will not trouble Mayweather. Mayweather's timing and counter punching will decrease Pacquiao's workrate. What WILL trouble Mayweather however is Pacquiao's stance and his ability to punch from odd angles.

[illmaticfighter]

Pacquiao's workrate will not trouble Mayweather. Mayweather's timing and counter punching will decrease Pacquiao's workrate. What WILL trouble Mayweather however is Pacquiao's stance and his ability to punch from odd angles.

exactly,also it'll be hard to see pac's punches because of his speed it'll be tough fight early on for floyd no doubt.

[Russian Crushin]

floyd..just like hopkins minimize workrate with their defense,movement and counterpunching..you CANT throw 100punches a round against floyd

Yea Floyds defensive style doesnt allow a person to throw so many punches...if someone did try to throw 100 per round 85 would miss and they would simply gas themselves out

But you never know how 2 completely different styles will mesh

[Russian Crushin]

Pacquiao's workrate will not trouble Mayweather. Mayweather's timing and counter punching will decrease Pacquiao's workrate. What WILL trouble Mayweather however is Pacquiao's stance and his ability to punch from odd angles.

Yea Pacs stance will def trouble him and his speed and punches will trouble any fighter no matter who it is....Manny also has great stamina, heart and is a great finisher....so if FLoyd gets hurt, he in trouble

[Versatility]

Pacquiao's workrate will not trouble Mayweather. Mayweather's timing and counter punching will decrease Pacquiao's workrate. What WILL trouble Mayweather however is Pacquiao's stance and his ability to punch from odd angles.

this i can agree with, once 2 or 3 rounds are over in this fight and pacquiao hasn't knocked floyd down or hurt him him big time, then he will be in BIG trouble once floyd has figured him out, the timing and angles, etc. Floyd adapts after he gets in that square circle and figures his opponents out, i didnt see pacquiao adapt in the actual fight e.g. the morales and marquez fights, once he was getting outboxed he didnt have an answer to their straight right hands, floyd has the best straight right hand period and has a 5 inch reach advantage over pacquiao.

what i know is pacquiaos best chance to make it a close fight and maybe even win is to win the first 3 rounds and have a knockdown in the first 3 rounds, otherwise after the 3rd it will get as one sided as it gets, and floyd will dominate from there.

[Bogart2010]

exactly,also it'll be hard to see pac's punches because of his speed it'll be tough fight early on for floyd no doubt.

Pac can throw big punches