Comments Thread For: Pacquiao, Marquez Debate on Manny Beating Mayweather

[V.WEBB]

I want to punch Stephen A. Smith. I can't imagine a much more annoying person on TV, he has to be the worst personality I've ever seen.

You're trippin bro! I don't EVER watch 1st and 10 nor listen to him concerning BOXING, but Stephen A is the man.

[Stl_Buay]

Sorry but Manny has lost a step or two also. He no longer has the stamina and if he plans on putting pressure all night against Floyd, at this point, he'll be exhausted by the 6th round. Floyd knows how to preserve his energy.

You are missing my point... POWER carries the day now... Floyd's body language told me a lot in his last couple of fights and he wanted to avoid Cotto's punches and couldn't... He was fustrated because he knew if he was 3 to 5 years younger Cotto wouldn't touch him... Manny would not throw himself out and he finishes strong... I never seen Manny fade down the stretch either... They both have lost a step and will get hit so like I said it comes down to POWER, CHIN, and WILL... I think Manny wins but it's fair to disagree with my prediction... But sluggers and power punchers do better later in their careers vs. boxers...

[tredh]

Nobody knows who wins the fight until it actually takes place. I do not suscribe to the belief that Floyd steamrolls Pacquiao though. Not even now. The shot Floyd was getting tagged with against Cotto was the left hand, and Pacquiao has a doozy of a left hand. I will say this though, if Floyd and Manny fight, I absolutely think the fight ends in a KO for one of the two. I still want to see it. Call me a glutton for punishment.

Did you really just compare a person landing a left jab to a person landing left hands from the southpaw stance?

SMDH WOW!!!!!

[coolka]

I think it's tough to tell if Floyd's skills have eroded like that. He is fighting more aggressively than he used to in his past 3 fights so yes he may have been hit a lil more than before. If u saw Floyd's sparring session before the the cotto fight, he fought just like he sparred: chilled on the ropes and countered. That was by design. The only punch cotto could hit him with consistently was the jab when which people have always said is Floyd's weakness. Floyd even had his hands down when cotto landed it good. Even With Floyd in his face cotto's connect percentage was still low. Floyd ain't gonna use that roll as much against manny. After Mosley landed his big shot, u saw that left hand guarding his head more. He adjusts and takes away your strength. I want Floyd to go to war and try to knock manny out but he probably won't. You'll see more of the younger Floyd. Like Marquez said, manny chases and loses.

Chasing doesnt necessarily means chasing like a fool, it is bringing the fight. The funny thing is floyd is the only known potshotter coz he s good to market his fights no matter how boring it is...

[djeffectz]

You Floyd lovers are talking about Floyd as if he is 28... I can't analyze a fight that can't happen... We can't go back in time and put a 28 year old Floyd against a 26 year old Pac... At 36 years old Floyd has lost a couple of steps, NOBODY can defeat time... Roy Jones would have never lost to the bums he lost to if he was in his 20's with all his reflexes and skill... I believe Ali beats Frazier the first timee without the 3 year lay off and etc... If the fight takes place next year Floyd would be 36 and Manny 34... With reflexes slowing down on both fighter it would come down to power, chin, grit, and heart. Manny KOs Floyd!!! In their late 20's and early 30's Floyd wins a defensive stinker.... At this age Floyd has to fight and during the fight at some point he is going to try and use the speed and reflexes he once had to avoid a punch and when they fail him lights out just like Roy Jones... Cotto would have never busted up a younger Floyd... Not to mention Floyd style is southpaw friendly... He was rocked even in hid 20's by southpaws Chop Chop and Judah.... Sorry Floyd lovers but your boy would be going to sleep!!!!

Very easy fight for Pac, good info, people needs to understand.

[Bermuda]

it would be nice to finally see mayweather vs pac next year (assuming pac wins against marquez)..but definitely the fight should have happened in early 2010. i think pac can still give floyd a damn good fight better than cotto did tho.

[coolka]

BTW here's the ESPN clip, the guy who wrote this article is partly misleading his readers tsk tsk

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=8403165

[coolka]

You are missing my point... POWER carries the day now... Floyd's body language told me a lot in his last couple of fights and he wanted to avoid Cotto's punches and couldn't... He was fustrated because he knew if he was 3 to 5 years younger Cotto wouldn't touch him... Manny would not throw himself out and he finishes strong... I never seen Manny fade down the stretch either... They both have lost a step and will get hit so like I said it comes down to POWER, CHIN, and WILL... I think Manny wins but it's fair to disagree with my prediction... But sluggers and power punchers do better later in their careers vs. boxers...

Dude I think Pacquiao faded on Margarito bout LOL he got tired of punching the guy, Margarito is tougher than a punching bag.

[coolka]

pacquiao: "I think Hatton hit him a lot"

Ricky: "I remember the next day thinking how hard it was to hit Floyd. You can throw confetti in the air and not hit him."


lolololol

Ricky after the Pacquiao bout turned into a drug user, hamburger eater, drunkard, retired in boxing. LMAO What's better?

[The Big Dunn]

I was always told Manny doesn't use floyd's name to sell fights. Yet he goes on espn with JMM and the highlight is discussing manny floyd. its as if jmm/manny 4 is nothing but a tuneup for floyd/manny.