Comments Thread For: Larry Merchant on The State of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao

[mushahadeen]

Everybody hating on Mayweather becaus he's seemingly ducking Pac but truth be told, he'd probably be the favorite imho.

That is dumb. I could probably beat up a roided up midget but I don't want to find out! So even though I'd be the favorite, I don't necessarily want to get in a scrap with a crazy midget guy if I can avoid it. HELLOOOOOOOOOO.

[GRUSTLER]

I garruntee if Pacquiao gets by Mosley in dominating fashion (and I assure you he will), he would be favored to beat Mayweather if they were to fight sometime in the next year or so. Manny will knock Floyd out in the fight, Floyd's scared

????? Mayweather beat Shane already when he was #1 at WW.
Mosley hasn't looked good since. Applying your logic, that means
Floyd is favored to beat Pacquiao now. I don't buy Floyd is scared
of Manny. Pac can't beat Floyd in my opinion. Pac KO'd Oscar and
Ricky in a more entertaining fashion but Pac still ain't got the nod
going into the fight if it happens. No one is banking on Mosley
to beat Pac so if Pac was to win, then it would be like it was
expected. Now Mosley beating Pac would show that Pac was
never on Floyd's level. Floyd chilling with Arum is a good sign,
so lets see what develops. The Cotto/Margarito topic is far
overdrawn. Not willing to believe that Floyd ducked guys that
he told Arum to set up but Bob didn't want to meet the price.
By Larry's logic, that would mean, Pac has been ducking fighters
in his career as well.

[V.WEBB]

Nope, it's a fact. I can prove it, but i don't want to.

[GRUSTLER]

Fact is, manny had more demands than mayweather. Mayweather, just one. If he can agree to ring size, glove size and 10 mill for every pound over weight, then why not take a drug test? Sounds like he's scared to me or hiding something. Manny's fans are to ignorant to see this

My shordeh is from the Philippines and she took a look at the situation
at hand and called Manny Pacquiao a P****. I am not refusing blood
tests and turning down the biggest fight of my career and BIGGEST
opportunity of a life time. No ATG does that and I don't care what no
one says. That was Manny's opportunity to prove that he deserves
to be P4P#1 since Floyd left it to him. Not buying his excuses on
why the fight didn't happen. Throughout both boxers careers, you
can plainly see that Manny has been the toughest to deal and negotiate
with, so the excuse of Floyd using the tests not to fight Manny is
moronic considering Manny is not too comfortable giving blood
even now.

[saguirre057]

Iam not a Pacquiao fan nor a Mayweather fan but it is obvious Mayweather is hesitating. He is just letting Pacquiao essentially get worn out in order to have the advantage of being the "fresher fighter", Mayweather is a punk he has avoided all the best fighters in their prime especially Cotto and Margarito; Im sure one of them would have beat him; just look at the number Castillo did on him in their first fight; Castillo was robbed!

[V.WEBB]

^ Best Boxing fans group..

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[Chopper417]

I don't know what the heck is going on lately but my God there has been some VERY strange things happening. Kahn firing Ariza, rumors of Manny firing Ariza, Arum and Manny leaving HBO, Roach admitting he actually wanted the Marquez fight, Floyd hanging out with Arum, Floyd finally interviewing after a long silent spell...does no one else think some of this stuff is ****ing weird?

I will say this, I have been watching a TON of tape lately, like multiple fights per day from both Manny and Floyd. I don't know if they will fight, but if they do mark my words, this is going to be a MASSIVE technical mismatch. Manny is a great fighter, but he has been relying on his hand speed and stamina to beat these guys lately. He has been fighting guys who simply haven't been able to deal with his hand speed and conditioning. IMHO those are the 2 biggest advantages Pac has in every fight. However against Mayweather both of those advantages would be nullified, Mayweather is equally as fast and equally as well conditioned. I rewatched the entire Cotto fight yesterday and it was an EXCELLENT performance by Manny, top notch. However all of this talk about him all of the sudden being a fabulous 2 handed technical boxer simply isn't true. His right hook has improved, and is a decent weapon now, but his jab is still nothing more than a range finder for his straight left. And after watching the Cotto fight again, I think Manny's defense is actually WORSE than I had thought it was before. Cotto literally couldn't miss for the first 5 rounds, and then Manny's hand speed and conditioning were simply too much for him after that. However, one thing Mayweather doesn't get nearly enough credit for is just how accurate of a puncher he is. People, Floyd Mayweather is the most accurate puncher in the HISTORY of Compubox. Since its inception no one has landed a higher percentage of punches than Mayweather. If Cotto, Clottey, and Margs can each land well over 200 punches on Pac what the heck is the most accurate puncher of the last 20 years going to be able to do?

[Pullcounter]

Everybody hating on Mayweather becaus he's seemingly ducking Pac but truth be told, he'd probably be the favorite imho. He'd have a reach advantage, a height advantage, and size advantage. You add that to the guy's superior technical skills and theres no doubt in my mind he'd beat Pac. The only thing that might affect him is the long layoff. I'm not a May nuthugger by the way, and I respect both fighters skills equally but you gotta call it like it is.

with all those advantages, wifebeater still won't sign to fight pac.... what does that tell you? hint: he's shook.

[brick wall]

Totally agree. His fans are too ignorant to believe it. Fact is, Floyd is scared of Manny.

***Knights of Ako Pa Ha!***

no matter how you 2 try your best to pretend...your ***** asses still stink

[al-Xander]

I don't know if they will fight, but if they do mark my words, this is going to be a MASSIVE technical mismatch.

with all those advantages, wifebeater still won't sign to fight pac.... what does that tell you? hint: he's shook.

There is your answer to this MASSIVE bs.

What the f*** are you Floyd fanboys doing? Don't you wanna see
this fantasy fight in real life? Can't you do a intervention type of thing
like this show on A&E and collectively tell Floyd to grow balls and stop
being a pu$$y and make your dreams come true? Of all people, Floyd
fans should be pushing for this fight. Floyd would beat Pac!