Whether or not you thought the fight was close in terms of rounds won or not, I really can't see it as a domination for Floyd. When I think of a Floyd domination, I think of Corrales, Gatti, Mosely, etc. Floyd, especially later in his career, does the bear minimum to win rounds. Now this is not me saying anything bad about Floyd, just an observation.
With all that being said, Pacquiao knew this coming in to the fight. I put the majority of the fight being a stinker on Manny. There were plenty of round where neither man did anything giving Manny a chance to outwork Floyd but he simply didn't; whether he was being too cautious, couldn't figure out Floyd movement, or Floyd got the respect of Pacquiao enough to make him gunshy, he simply didn't.
Floyd won the fight, but he didn't dominate in the way I define domination. He won a very technical fight, but neither man looked good.
If the plan if to fight again next May, the only chance for the public to buy that again is if Manny fights again at the end of the year and ABSOLUTELY DOMINATES a top tier opponent. Even then, they couldn't make people pay 100 dollars for it
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