Comments Thread For: Canelo: Angles and Boxing Takes Away Pacquiao's Speed

[ThePunchingBag]

This kid is the next Paul Williams of this board.

Overrated until brutally KO'd.

I'll admit the kid has talent, but if he rushes it too quick he becomes the next Fernando Vargas.

Too little, too soon.

[bunnybounce]

Exactly.. its one thing to know and its another thing to have boxing ability to pull it off. Whenever Pac faces a pure boxer he looks sloppy, sluggish, confused, and a bit redundant. People have fallen in love with Manny but there isn't much to him outside of his step out and in technique. The in and out disguises his sloppy defense by stepping away from his opponent (making them feel comfortable enough to invite them forward), then he quickly "refills" the same spot while coming in with a jab, straight left, and finishes with another jab. A slow fighter has no chance at dealing with this. A fighter with any kind of speed can crack him on his way back in as JMM and Morales showed with effective counter-punching skills... Floyd is the master counter puncher in the sport. He is also smarter in the ring than anyone else (Manny is also smart but he isn't skilled at setting up, rather he uses his speed to hit whatever is in front of him). Floyd creates a sometimes painful to watch slow tempo that cripples any fighter... Manny would not be able to get off and Floyd would pick him apart with ripping straight right hands and check hooks that would make him pay. Floyd is all wrong for Manny because Floyd would be the first fighter that wouldn't have to "sell out" to beat him (meaning he wouldn't have to abandon his own boxing style as Cotto, Margarito, had too). He would make Pac chase him and his defense would be too good for Pac.. Manny is a good fighter, but Floyd is just better....Plain and simple. You can't beat what you can't hit...

You keep on saying FLOYD. He's on vacation and not interested in boxing right now. Do you think floyd still has that fast feet when he was younger? I know you watch the Shane - Floyd fight, yes he's fast, but his feet is a bit slower now. Morales and JMM that fought pac few years back is a one dimensional fighter. I think you know that buddy. Let me ask you something, Does Floyd fought an offensive onslaught fighter with a caliber on Manny Pacquiao?

[cezpel]

Scheffer keeps hallucinating about promoting a fight with Pacquiao yet asks for the most absurd conditions then has his fighters mouth off low quality invectives as if such will get Pacquiao to be more likely to pick a fight because his "machismo" has been insulted. This guy has totally no class or sophistication. he has the mentality of a "bully". He's an anachronism. He doesn't realize that bullies are easily dealt with and I don't have to go into detail about how to do that.

[Seiko]

Jeez the guy cant even give his opinion without getting roasted wtf is up with that

[Elfysdemize2212]

Marquez

Marquez knows.. lol.. so did Morales..

[Gary Coleman]

Pacquiao fans are so insecure, it's funny. Truth hurts, don't it?!