Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: This Shows How Superior Mayweather Is

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Yes triangle theory territory.

If Manny KO'ed Hatton at his best weight in 1/5th the time it took Floyd to at 147... If Mosley landed more on Floyd than he did against Manny in the same amount of time... If Floyd got a split decision against Oscar but Manny pummeled Oscar into oblivion and made him quit on his stool... See where we are all going?

Delusional , Hatton was at his best weight with Floyd 153 on the night the same weight he beat KT at , Ricky is a face first fighter that looked like **** in his comeback and then changed trainers , lol , keep dreaming kid Floyd is on another level and will stop your hype job .

Idiot , Oscar was a middleweight against Floyd , he was a starving 145 lb with Manny the CW hype job .

JMM goes 36 rounds with the hype job at 38 with a CW that slowed him like they planned but the hype job is just not good enough and poor JMM is still being robbed . lol and Floyd made JMM and Mosley look like clowns , its not gunna be close .

[IronDanHamza]

I agree with everything in this post. I was thinking along these lines as I watched the fight last night. After his victory over Marquez, Mayweather was given no credit by some people because "he beat a smaller man." Last night, JMM proved that Mayweather's victory over him should be highly regarded. A dominant victory over a live ATG like Marquez is an impressive feat.

Absolutely.

Completely agree with you on that one.

[NECK SNAPPER]

pacmans style would be target practice for floyd just like everybodys has been.
floyd is just the best ww in the world period. pac with the 1 punch power is
gone have not seen it in a long time now. he would get eaten up every rd.

[Mr. Ryan]

Get the fuck outta here Oscar.
If one should know triangle theories don't work it should be De La Hoya.

De la Hoya is a promotional partner with Mayweather, and that should be the light in which his statements are viewed.

Meanwhile, what does De la Hoya think his fights with Pacquiao and Mayweather say?

[DoktorSleepless]

It's not simply triangle theory. It's just that whatever JMM did to give Pac trouble, Mayweather could probably do better. Just how we pretty much know slick southpaws will give Paul Williams trouble, we know counterpunchers give Pac trouble.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Absolutely.

Completely agree with you on that one.

After watching Casamayor (expectedly) look every bit of 40-years-old against Bradley, I wonderered what Marquez would bring at 38. Turns out, JMM hasn't crossed that invisible line into old age yet. Juan Manuel looked great last night.

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Of all the Mayweather-Pacquaio common opponents, JMM is the one that is most telling.

DLH certainly put up a better fight against Mayweather. That said, I think even the most hardcore of hardcore Pacquaio fans would agree that Mayweather fought a better version.

They both destroyed Hatton. Pac did it quicker. But this will always be the case. When Mayweather outclasses someone, he systematically takes them apart. When Pac outclasses someone, he blows them out.

Mosley was eaten alive by both. Although I don't think Mayweather necessarily fought a better version, he did fight a more confident and motivated version.

As for JMM, he's the most telling of all the opponents because he's the only fighter one of the two fighters in question have literally struggled with. The saving grace on Pac's side has always been that Pac fought JMM at his more natural weights and Mayweather fought a bloated, slower version of him. But now Pac has fought JMM on the same terms as Mayweather and many feel he lost the fight. That's telling.

Trianlge theories don't always hold true. And yes, styles make fights. But, triangle theories can reveal class. And after that last night, I don't think one is outta bounds in feeling that Manny Pacquaio may not be in Floyd Mayweather's class.

[Check_hooks]

all floyd did was run for Marquez

Pacquiao actually walked marquez down the entire fight and out threw and outlanded him by far.

Oscar needs to stfu cuz if he got in the ring right now he would go the distance against mayweather but would get hattoned by Pac.

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all floyd did was run for Marquez

Pacquiao actually walked marquez down the entire fight and out threw and outlanded him by far.

Oscar needs to stfu cuz if he got in the ring right now he would go the distance against mayweather but would get hattoned by Pac.

Keep believing and fighting the good fight buddy. You're a true Manny Pacquaio fan.

[J-Smooth]

all floyd did was run for Marquez

Pacquiao actually walked marquez down the entire fight and out threw and outlanded him by far.

Oscar needs to stfu cuz if he got in the ring right now he would go the distance against mayweather but would get hattoned by Pac.