Comments Thread For: Inside Mayweather-Pacquiao: 4-Part Documentary on SHO

[Rath]

I doubt it.

Floyd already said this fight sells itself.

Then why the need for TMT to do the lead promotion? what is the need to promote when the fight sells on it own.


oh, Floyd fans can't bash TMT with the way promotion of this fight is being handled.

You are so right. "it is better than nothing"

[Rath]

You don't necessarily need a bad guy

Then why is, it as Floyd fans said "pretending to be a bad guy to sell a fight" ?

[mathed]

^^^^ this, in all likelihood

Right, remember, it was Showtime that has been getting hosed by Mayweather for 32 million per fight and ripped off by Hymen at the tune of millions for bar fights, not HBO. HBO has a budget that makes Showtime look like Goodwill.

[Mike D]

HBO has a budget that makes Showtime look like Goodwill.

Yeah man, for real. The thought that HBO is hurting for money compared to Showtime is laughable

[Rath]

I think it should be more concerning for pacquiao fans, that the mayweather camp hasn't said a word, basically...maybe it's just me.

it is just you, it is more concerning for Floyd fans that the mayweather camp has not said a word basically.

Because Floyd fans now are lost. They don't know what to do. Since Floyd stop talking Floyd fans don't have anything to hold on to.

They now resort to just saying "oh is that an excuse" ?

They were alive and kicking when Ellerbe made an statement about 5 milion penalty.

That time Floyd fans were jumping up and down the board about this, they forgot the "oh is that an excuse" for a while.

and now they are left to dry again by their idol they are now fending for themselves.

[mathed]

Yeah man, for real. The thought that HBO is hurting for money compared to Showtime is laughable

It's Mayweather doe, it's Hymen doe....they da best, lol. Phuking con artists just about bankrupted damn Showtime, that's why Moonves told Floyd if he didn't get his candy ass in the ring to take his beating like a man, that he wasn't going to see his other 64 million guaranteed payout. Tha damn gravy train stops on 05-02-15 son....remember all that schit you talked when you are getting fed a straight left supreme at the leather buffet.

[Rath]

The buildup to this fight has ****** donkey balls. LAME.

blame Floyd, TMT is the leading promoter for this fight.

Look how many Floyd fans will use cost, budget, expenses, and sell itself to justify the mediocre promotion TMT is doing for this fight.

[RespekonMyName]

blame Floyd, TMT is the leading promoter for this fight.

Look how many Floyd fans will use cost, budget, expenses, and sell itself to justify the mediocre promotion TMT is doing for this fight.

Ok. Did you even read the press release?

[Scipio2009]

Fair enough in regards to the 3rd Marquez fight. And I do agree that Bradley/Pac 1 was closer than it was portrayed -- particularly by HBO, but that said Pac hurt Bradley far worse in the fight than Bradley hurt him (did Bradley even land a single shot that really stood out in that fight?) and Manny completely dominated every punch category across the board. It may have been closer than what HBO portrayed...but it was still in every way a clear Pacquiao win. Well in mine (and most people's) opinion anyway. It's hard for me to see how people could have it any other way when you look at this:

Total punches landed:

Pac 253 of 751 (34%)
Bradley 159 of 839 (19%)

Jabs:

Pac 63 of 258 (24%)
Bradley 51 of 449 (11%)

Power punches:

Pac 190 of 493 (39%)
Bradley 108 of 390 (28%)

http://compuboxonline.com/compubox-s...w-12-pacquaio/

If there was a round-by-round breakdown of those numbers, you should be able to draw a conclusion from that; Pacquiao wings so many punches, with no real care for if any of them actually land. Pacquiao may have hurt Bradley worse than Bradley did him, but people need to remember that this is boxing that we're talking about; Bradley controlled the first two minutes of most rounds (behind his movement and a busy jab) before Pacquiao tried to blitz him in the final minute with his super-flurries.

With Pacquiao not dropping Bradley in any of the rounds, there were more than enough rounds where the "Leonard flurries" to close the rounds out didn't make up for giving away the first two minutes.

[Scipio2009]

What were U Smoking, when U judged the Fight for Timmy?

Simply sat and watched the fight, with no horse in the race tbh.

For whatever reason, Pacquiao refused to fight the first two minutes of at least 9 of the 12 rounds. Go back and watch the fight again. Maybe it was his legs cramp, maybe he didn't properly prepare, maybe things were falling apart around him outside of the ring, whatever. The pattern for the fight for most of the rounds was pretty straightforward: Timothy Bradley, through sheer activity, would box his way out to a big lead over the first two minutes, before Pacquiao would blitz him late, hoping to make up the deficit.

With Pacquiao not dropping Bradley in any of the rounds, I found the late flurries not to be enough to make up the deficit. If Pacquiao had started his flurries at a minute and a half instead of just a minute, he might've dropped Bradley once and sealed the fight for himself. he didn't.