Who's that guy that was beating up Pacquaio in sparring?

[pacmanis1]

I don't give much credit to sparring victories, unless it's Valero, than I cream all over myself. Feel free to count that against me.

[A-Wolf]

No idea, but I do remember Shawn Porter on here saying that he routinely had success against Pacquiao in sparring.

I don't put that much stock into winning rounds in sparring, though.

Pfffffffffft. NFW. Porter is 1/10th the fighter Jeff Lacy was quality wise.

[bigcursedawg]

Sparring is like scrimmaging in the NBA. Completely meaningless. Fact: The Miami Heat starters once and a while lose to the backup scrubs in practice.

You know what would happen though if you matched them up in real live games under the lights in a best of 7? The starters would win by an average of 40 and sweep the series.

I wouldn't say its completely meaningless. if your a world class fighter and your getting dropped while sparring, thats a problem. If your not getting good sparring in and not taking it seriously, how are you gonna deal with someone when their bringing it to you in a real fight.

I've seen better sparring sessions in the gym, than televised fights on HBO before.

[Mike D]

Fair enough. Completely meaningless may have been overstating it, but at the end of the day you can only put so much stock into it (and it ain't much). But I definitely get your point, though.

[Light_Speed]

LOL Pac didn't get out of first gear against Mayfield in that one round of sparring. He was playing with his food before eating it later.

[thuggery]

Kareem Hard Hitta Mayfield da FUTURE

[#1Assassin]

These young up and comers like to go all out when they spar a boxing star, or top boxer, to get some kind of hardcore fan recognition. The likes of Pacquiao, Mayweather, etc, don't go hard in sparring. That is why you hear some stories about some young fighter "getting the best of them".

exactly. they are pros going in there to put work in, trying to improve on certain aspects of the game. some kid gets all excited sparring a world champ and fights like hes boxing for the title.

most of the time they dont even put it on em, young bloods just go all out while the other guy is holding back so it looks like they are in control. in reality they arent in control at all.