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

[VallaeBoy]

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

Wow, there are ****** statements and then there is this. Young guys just need to watch boxing and shut up.

Nothing ****** about what I said...its a FACT. Unless Cotto,Margo,Clottey and Shane ALL weren't coming off a big loss and are ALL under the top rank banner. Facts are facts.......and no matter how manny insults you *******s throw.....you cant change reality. (btw....I've forgotten more boxing than you will ever know)

[twosweethooks]

????? 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.

Hey dude, why don't you smile in those pictures ? Don't be so down, life is not so bad.

You will never give it up for Pac .

Everything May has done Pac has done better.

"IF" Pac KO's or TKO's Mosley and May and Pac NEVER meet in the Ring will you come forth and PRONOUNCE Manny Pacquioa the greater fighter than Mayweather ???????? hahaha

Don't come off with the insouciant verbiage of May fighting fighters before Pac gets there. Thats an indication of lack of boxing knowledge.

[Carpe Diem]

right, keep fooling yourself

You want to expose me, now here's your chance. You can't prove it, can you?

[VallaeBoy]

yea, everything was all made up, it was all just a lie..

Actions speak louder than words.....and looking at Manny's actions....he has no intention of fighting someone who ISNT coming off a big loss. (btw...I gotta laugh at you *******s getting upset when I just state the OBVIOUS)

[mikemurni]

Actions speak louder than words.....and looking at Manny's actions....he has no intention of fighting someone who ISNT coming off a big loss. (btw...I gotta laugh at you *******s getting upset when I just state the OBVIOUS)

You keep sayin' that Pac fights fighters coming out from a loss which is not true since these fighters have already taken fights that they have won after those loses.

And second, these fighters did lose but they lose against each other, who like them are the elite fighters at WW..

Cotto lose to Marg
Marg lose to Mosley
Mosley lose to Cotto and May
Clottey lose to Marg and Cotto

They are losing against each other but they are also winning against each other.. One thing is consistent though is that all these top WW's lose to Pac. Which makes Pac stand above the rest..

Pac has defeated Cotto, Marg, Clottey, and possibly Mosley.. If he continues this run and fights Berto, Bradley and May, he would have clean out the WW division in just 3+ years..

[brick wall]

You want to expose me, now here's your chance. You can't prove it, can you?

awww...how gullible
don't worry son i'm not trying to stop you...just keep going if that makes you happy

[Carpe Diem]

awww...how gullible
don't worry son i'm not trying to stop you...just keep going if that makes you happy

Check Hooks and the rest of the e-gangs welcomed me with open arms. Why won't you do the same?

[GRUSTLER]

Hey dude, why don't you smile in those pictures ? Don't be so down, life is not so bad.

You will never give it up for Pac .

Everything May has done Pac has done better.

"IF" Pac KO's or TKO's Mosley and May and Pac NEVER meet in the Ring will you come forth and PRONOUNCE Manny Pacquioa the greater fighter than Mayweather ???????? hahaha

Don't come off with the insouciant verbiage of May fighting fighters before Pac gets there. Thats an indication of lack of boxing knowledge.

Floyd Mayweather Jr already beat Shane Mosley at a time when Pac
was ducking him. How is the bolded logic? Some People say that Pac
fights with Oscar and Hatton were better wins, so what are you
talking about? May fought them first and beat them all on winning
streaks. The Hatton KO was impressive for Pac but Pac did duck
Mosley.

[mikemurni]

Floyd Mayweather Jr already beat Shane Mosley at a time when Pac
was ducking him. How is the bolded logic? Some People say that Pac
fights with Oscar and Hatton were better wins, so what are you
talking about? May fought them first and beat them all on winning
streaks. The Hatton KO was impressive for Pac but Pac did duck
Mosley.

Pac chose to fight Cotto over Mosley in November 2009. How is that ducking. Cotto defeated Mosley, didnt he?? There was no wrong in choosing Cotto or Mosley. Either fight would have been great for his resume.

And I remember how you were certain that Cotto would demolish Pac before the fight. So stop acting like you were disappointed that Pac chose to fight Cotto instead of Mosley..

[Sugar Q]

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?

With all this being true why wouldn't Floyd wanna make sure that Manny's speed, conditioning and ability to absorb are all natural and not drug enhanced? For Manny to be turning down the biggest fight of his career and in boxing history something is definitely not right with him.