Official Floyd Mayweather- Manny Pacquiao Postfight aftermath discussion

[AllBoxingAD]

what about parking, food, and any concessions? you think people are parking for free? are they going to drink and eat, same as they would at any fight?

We talking hot dogs and beer man. Doesnt amount to much compared to everything Vegas can charge you for. Wait until you see the closed circuit prices.

[HeGotPacProblem]

We talking hot dogs and beer man. Doesnt amount to much compared to everything Vegas can charge you for. Wait until you see the closed circuit prices.

It's not just Nathan's and Coronas...it's Mayweather promotions hot dogs and beers.

[The Big Dunn]

We talking hot dogs and beer man. Doesnt amount to much compared to everything Vegas can charge you for. Wait until you see the closed circuit prices.

True-the parking though would be huge.

I agree the MGM makes more

[The Big Dunn]

It's not just Nathan's and Coronas...it's Mayweather promotions hot dogs and beers.

My man-you shouldn't be so upset that Floyd gets a cut of everything you should be asking why don't all major boxing stars get a cut?

[Mayabang]

How does manny look so far?

Pacquiao punch #mannypacquiao #mayweathervspacquiao

A video posted by Nick Giongco (@nicksneaks) on Feb 26, 2015 at 6:05am PST

LOL at the end.

[Mayabang]

Who would want to watch this fight in a stadium monitor? I'd rather watch it in my 70" hdtv along with my friends and families. Soul food + Pinoy food + Alcohol = ultimate boxing party!

[Carpe Diem]

The problem here ...Floyd is NOT that much taller than Pac...even with the pumps he wears to Heat games...check out those soles..gotta be a 2 inch.....Algeiri was much taller....so that game plan could have worked with a better fighter...but once again, Floyd is NOT that much different in height...

It doesn't matter if your opponent is tall or short, the strategy is to keep him at the end of your lead hand and keep him from setting his offense. Floyd has the same reach as Algieri. Algieri mostly threw a few stiff jabs and constantly backpedaled with his lead hand down. Manny easily chased him down and walked through him. There's no logical reason for you to drop your lead hand and invite your opponent to easily run through you. Make your opponent try to bypass your lead hand so that he can walk/lunge into your straight right hand.

It's the same thing when you're in the high guard stance, you automatically give your opponent the leverage he needs to set up a straight punch downstairs because your lead hand is kept up high to the front of your face and your opponent doesn't have to worry about tryng to get through it to use his own lead hand to set up his offense against you. He'll easily move closer to you when you have both of your hands so far up the side of your face.

Watch the Pacquiao- Clottey fight, Clottey did a great job and defended well against punches that were thrown at him from upstairs because he kept both his lead hand and right hand squared tight in front of his face, but he gave Manny the leverage to sneaked a lot of punches downstairs because Manny didn't had Clottey's lead hand reaching at him on the way in. Manny just used his own lead hand to feint with a pawing right jab or double pawing jabs, then threw a straight left downstairs. Clottey did caught him a few times with some straight right counters upstairs when Manny threw a few right hooks around the left side of Clottey's body.


It's all about the lead hand control. Using your lead hand to set up your offense is just as important as trying to gain lead foot positioning. I don't see what advantage Floyd gains when he fights with his lead hand down. Other than baiting/anticipate his opponent(orthodox) to throw a jab, so that he can pull his upper body out and lean forward with a straight right hand counter. Maidana was the first opponent who made him paid when he tried that move. Floyd always fights better when he uses his lead hand to measure the distance and at the same time set up his offense behind it. Floyd still has amazing reflexes, but at 38 years old, he needs to stop constantly dropping his lead hand down by his waist and relying heavily on his reflexes to react in time for oncoming attacks.

[Shapopojoe]

Yes, but those seats do not provide a very good view of the ring. I get the point that more people can go, but if you can't see the fight in the ring and have to watch the monitor, that takes away from the viewing experience for many.

Some arenas, there "isn't a bad seat in the house". that wouldn't be the case in Texas Stadium. I would actually argue there will be more bad seats than good ones for a fight.

As to the cost-I gave a low end on the # of cheaper seats. It may have been 25k or more. Bad seats at the MGM would literally be the same as 7 or 8 of the Texas seats, which exceeds Texas Stadium being 4 or 5 times the size of the MGM arena.

I get your point about wanting to be there in person, but it would be hard to see the fight. MGM or MSG seems much better.

It would not be difficult to see the fight at all....Which is why the place is packed out for every event held there, sporting or otherwise...The largest HDTV screen in the world makes it seem like you are front row from anywhere in the place, not to mention the multiple other huge screens everywhere in the place....bad points, sorry.

[The Big Dunn]

It would not be difficult to see the fight at all....Which is why the place is packed out for every event held there, sporting or otherwise...The largest HDTV screen in the world makes it seem like you are front row from anywhere in the place, not to mention the multiple other huge screens everywhere in the place....bad points, sorry.

Football v boxing dude? the ring is 20 x 20 in the center of the field the rows of seats on either side. then the stadium seats. those in the stadium seats would have to watch on the monitor. during the football games they don't.

The people in the "best" seats for football would have tremendous difficulty looking up the whole night. Their viewing angle would suck.

What about if you have a seat on the field? the football field isn't flat. its more like a pitchers mound, but the angle isn't as steep. How do you overcome the fact people closest to the ring are higher than those behind them?

You are severely underestimating the difference between stadium seating and an arena designed specifically for boxing.

[MPX309]

Floyd has the same reach as Algieri.

Almost certain Pac had the longer Reach, and I made a comment about how short Algeri's arms were.