Official Floyd Mayweather- Manny Pacquiao Postfight aftermath discussion

[Szef]

Question to all, if Pacquiao wins convincingly, where does he rank all time?

i'd say top 25ish

[IronDanHamza]

Question to all, if Pacquiao wins convincingly, where does he rank all time?

Top 25 for me.

Winner of this fight gets a huge bump legacy wise.

Floyds 38 and past his best but the fact is he's an ATG who's P4P #1.

Same goes for Floyd if he beats Pacquaio.

The winner is undisputed the best of this era.

[ironmt]

URAGONAKO, the list you created Is spot on.

[bigfo0t]

Is Ariza gonna be in Floyds corner replacing Elerbe for the chest rub job?

that look on his face..
he is enjoying it waaaaayyyy too much

[GRUSTLER]

Is Ariza gonna be in Floyds corner replacing Elerbe for the chest rub job?

Was Ellerbe biting his lip?

[jas]

Whoever wins this fight needed to happen

It will be competitive

Close points win either way

[King_]

Easy work Floyd. I honestly believe Pac lunges in wildly like he did against JMM and gets put to sleep by the 3rd round. This will most likely be his last fight, IMO. He's had a fantastic career and now he's about to cash out BIG time.



Still can't believe this is happening, though.



War Boxing!

[Beercules]

Think I'm going with Pacquiao on this one. The obvious pic is Mayweather, but I'm not too confident Mayweather will be able to adjust to Pacman's style. Pac brings way too many strengths that are hard on Mayweather's style: speed, volume, feints, and southpaw stance.

Speed/Volume: I don't see Mayweather timing Pacquiao. It's one thing to time a guy who throws a 2 or 3 punch combo, but Pacquiao at times throws 6-7 punch combos and has much more speed than past opponents. Pot shotting is not gonna do the trick, Marquez had success because he is a combination counter puncher, Mayweather isn't. Speed will be a factor in this fight. Yes, at times Pacquiao is predictable, but the speed is there. I can see Mayweather potshotting after Pacquiao's first 2 jabs in his 1-1-2 combos, though. Pac needs to feint a lot. I think Pacs feints are gonna bother Mayweather, and this is gonna mess his timing up. Feints, force mayweather to back up into ropes, and throw 6-7 punch combos.

Southpaw stance: Battle of stances for Pacquiao is a plus. He has had success against his orthodox opponents, but against Mayweather he will have to make use of lead lefts more often. In terms of adjusting to stance, you have to favor Pacquiao given how often each has faced orthodox or southpaw stances. I think the lead left hand can have success with the head or chest target easier than orthodox stance punches,

Power: I think Pac's power will surprise Mayweather, since it comes with speed. It's not ncessarily a thudding kind of punch like Maidana, but it's the speed that really does the trick. I think Pacquiao may drop Mayweather, similar to how he dropped Mosley: off of a feint. More of a push kind of knockdown too, or off balance.

Again, I just think Pacquiao brings way too many factors that go against Mayweather's timing style: speed, power, volume, feints, southpaw stance. I think it will be hard for him to adjust to all these things.

Like people have said, Mayweather must keep the fight in the center of the ring. I think he has a good chance of boxing Pacquiao; pulling back when he sees Pacquioa coming in, turn him, make Pacquiao reset. Mayweather can control the tempo this way, and with clinching. But, will there be enough Mayweather offense to warrant a victory? I don't think potshotting will do the trick, he will have to be busier against Pacquiao, but this means having to engage more and be left open for Pacs offense, speed, volume, power. I don't see Mayweather winning this fight.

Think Pac Monster is showing up for this fight, given what it means for the history books.

Exactly how I see it.

[jas]

Sup spark man

How's the training going?

[Beercules]

Easy work Floyd. I honestly believe Pac lunges in wildly like he did against JMM and gets put to sleep by the 3rd round. This will most likely be his last fight, IMO. He's had a fantastic career and now he's about to cash out BIG time.



Still can't believe this is happening, though.



War Boxing!

Bollocks.

It won't be easy for either, Floyd isn't knocking Manny out either.