Comments Thread For: Roach: Pacquiao's Speed Will Overwhelm Mayweather

[fabie]

The saddest thing for me as a big fan of this pugilists' sport is that this Mayweather and Pacquiao match up boils down to mere speculations and white paper comparison. At this point, seemingly we would just have to console ourselves into barbershop talks of who is the better fighter.

[JJRod]

You can't see it ?

I cannot see a scenario where Mayweather quits. I can't.

I could see a KO for Pac or most likely a UD for Mayweather.

Can't see any scenario where either man quits.

[waxfondler]

Floyd will walk Manny down and put that jab in his face all night.

at this stage, floyd beats pac. period.

but walk him down? that might work for the guerreros & baldomirs of the world, pac is neither. jab? pac would counter that jab with a straight left down the pipe.

floyds lead right and inside game would do the business on pac, imo. also, floyd's stick to the body is unmatched. floyd would need to potshot and move to beat pac, it would be a finesse game.

[elfag]

Roach must know something we dont. Maybe when he was in Vegas this last weekend he saw them building the mandatory outdoor stadium that Arum REQUIRES in order to make the fight.

Roach was out there in a hard hat inspecting the construction site. Fights on guys.

[waxfondler]

This will only happen if Floyd stands in PacMan's kitchen but he wont. Floyd talks big but he knows pac would khtfo if he lets of one of those 5 punch combos. With that being said, Floyd hasnt age enough to not be able to stay out of range. Floyd could pot shot, duck, and clinch making the fight a 12 round snooze fest. Pac wouldnt be able to get of the combos because he doesnt or can't cut of the ring. I like both fights because each represent a different expect of the sweet science, but I just cant see Pac winning without cutting the ring off or having floyd fight toe-toe.

good post. you got to be able to risk it all to land big on pac. jmm needed 4 tries to do it, he also got a battered face for his efforts. in his case, the risk was worth the reward.

we all know floyd would NEVER stick his hand in the blender like jmm. floyds a finesse fighter, he would probably pick pac apart from the outside. maybe do some good work on the inside as well.

[Frank Ducketts]

Toe to toe, blow for blow, boxing etc... Floyd will beat Manny's ass. Manny has never faced a guy like Floyd. Now you can say the same about Floyd, but then when do we inject Marquez's name into this convo, lmao?

[Pacquiao'd]

I cannot see a scenario where Mayweather quits. I can't.

I could see a KO for Pac or most likely a UD for Mayweather.

Can't see any scenario where either man quits.

How you can see a ko for PAC is beyond me

[Suavecito80]

Roach must know something we dont. Maybe when he was in Vegas this last weekend he saw them building the mandatory outdoor stadium that Arum REQUIRES in order to make the fight.

Roach was out there in a hard hat inspecting the construction site. Fights on guys.

[BoxingArtist]

I can't see any scenario where Pac will ever beat Floyd. Not at anytime in all their careers. Never. If anything, Pac goes right to sleep.

[JJRod]

How you can see a ko for PAC is beyond me

Not saying it would happen. Like I said most likely Mayweather wins via UD, but if Pacquiao did win, it would have to be in the form of a KO. Couldn't see it any other way.

As you know in a boxing match many things could happen. Mayweather could fight perfect for many rounds, but have one slip, one second where Manny throws a 4/5 punch combination and have a few slip through his guard. Manny is fast enough and heavy handed enough to do it, and I could see him hurting Mayweather. Will it translate to a KO? That's the million or rather 100million dollar question we all want to know.