Dan Rafael: "Floyd is probably even LESS INTERESTED in fighting Pacquiao now"
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It's funny how you mention this, the one skilled counter puncher Pac has fought in JMM, he arguably lost both fights. How do you figure he'd do against a bigger, faster, more skilled version of JMM in Floyd Mayweather Jr.?The fact that Floyd hasn't lost isn't the question, I can certainly see that. But I also see who he either, hasn't fought, or even more telling (for me, anyway) who he HAS fought. The only negative I can give Manny is for not giving a 3rd fight to Marquez, but it doesn't tarnish his legacy the way FMJ's will be if he doesn't get in the ring with MP. As for CompuBox records, here's one for you; MP ranks #8 on the list of fighters in title fights that have landed more than 400 punches, with 474 vs. Margarito. Guess where FMJ ranks? He doesn't.
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True that. Right hand lands on Mayweather, maybe a southpaw straight left as well (and more often). You're right about the right hand, though.laugh if you want, but if i can see what makes pac effective and also ineffective floyd sees it as well, probably 20x better.
I dont see anything other than an enourmous right hand that would give mayweather major problems and i said this 2 years ago and im saying it now.
The workrate of 5-7 punch combinations is also an issue, but everything else, mayweather has the advantage in almost every way.
I detailed this a long time ago, almost a year ago.
Márquez landed a solid right in round 2 before May came back and planted him on the canvas.
Mosley landed a humongous right hand in round 2 and had May on ***** street.
Oscar landed a good right hand in round 11 that snapped May's head back in the last 4 seconds of the round.
I know it's exaggerated to emphasize such a brief moment of success, but in my opinion these were the most solid punches that Mayweather's last opponents landed on him in his last fights...
The dynamic of the fight is interesting. As of right now, I feel like Dwyer. In other words, Pacquiao's best chance to beat Mayweather is to catch him early. Oscar was gaining an early lead before Floyd started gaining the lead, Hatton had Floyd uncomfortable with the pressure at first, Márquez (while never in the fight) had mild success early before Mayweather realized this was going to be one-sided as it gets, and Mosley could've won the first rounds and more had Mayweather not adjusted so brilliantly and turned into a dragon as Naazim said he would do.
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