Comments Thread For: Mayweather Outpoints Pacquiao Over 12 Rounds

[HanzGruber]

So much for that killer instinct...

He bought the clearance version. Shoulda got it in bulk

[radioraheem]

I agree, he was fighting smart, any time to throw another punch, is extra time for pac to get off shots, he just wanted to use the hook to escape with. Papa Floyd wanted him to sit down on it.

Yeah, Floyd Sr. wanted that left hook because if it landed, Pac would never see it coming. He'd see the right coming, but not the left after the right landed. And that left hook is what would hurt him real bad, cause he wouldn't see it coming. Floyd Sr. wanted him to stop Pac.

But yeah, the flip side is that another punch is taking a risk where Pac could get off a shot and land.

[!! Shawn]

It's so predictable that all those wishing the fight had happened 5 years ago, stop short of acknowledging WHY it didn't. If Pacquiao had agreed to the conditions then as he did now, we'd have had this fight. As I keep saying, only two things changed in 5 years:

1) Pacquiao accepted 10% less

2) Pacquiao agreed to more stringent testing with no cut-off dates.

It may hurt to accept it but it is true that only one side changed their stance and THAT is why it never happened 5 years ago.

Even though Manny Pacquiao is a legend of the sport, I have to call him on his poor attitude to the loss. First insisting he won (I thought only Marquez did that, right?) and then crying injury afterwards. So much for the humble man of God. The roles were truly reversed in this fight.

Testing was never an issue, it was always about the money, and Floyd was never going to jeapordize lessning his earning potential by taking a loss.

Even if it was a mega fight at the time, Floyd made much more money in the last 5 years than he would have made with the earnings from that fight, and the reduced paydays he would have collected afterwards, so it was prudent business to defer the fight until the latest possible date to maximize his earnings.

Thats what it boils down to. No purse split, no drug testing, thats all just bull**** fed to the media to cover up the prude career management strategy of Al Haymon.

[!! Shawn]

Yeah, Floyd Sr. wanted that left hook because if it landed, Pac would never see it coming. He'd see the right coming, but not the left after the right landed. And that left hook is what would hurt him real bad, cause he wouldn't see it coming. Floyd Sr. wanted him to stop Pac.

But yeah, the flip side is that another punch is taking a risk where Pac could get off a shot and land.

I think Floyd Realized that he wasn't going to seriously hurt Pacquiao, and decided correctly it was more prudent to score the point and use the hook to escape with instead of trying to hurt pac and risking being there to take a shot that he already knew could shake him up himself.

[Sosay]

I am hoping so the check hooks, larrys,hectari idiot and many others hope these sons of bi!t!c!hes leave

You know it's two more groups us fans want to get rid of! The FLOYD/Pac haters. And you guys fall in that group!

[rao007]

Nah. The bigger con artist was Bob Arum, marketing Pacquiao to be the bogey man for Mayweather. He was built up as the one Mayweather scared of, the hero, the man of the people, the humble champion and the one with the all-conquering style to beat the man they all love to hate with the style fans love to watch.

All of it was debunked last night (during the fight and after it) and may well have been 5 years ago if Pacquiao had agreed then to what he agreed now. Bob fooled a lot people. Hate on him.

I' still picking Mayweather on that:...he promised action, a KO...gave points....that's all...verbatim from Mayweather: "we did what we had to do tonight." Pacquiao on his part looked terrible...he just didn't have the skillset to offset Mayweather's defense...

[gmc_rfc_06]

That was an absolute stroll for Mayweather. He made it look beyond easy.

I had it 10 rounds to 2 and an absolute lesson in boxing.

That was a very good fighter being utterly outclassed and made to look ordinary by a sensational fighter.

[Hype job]

Pac has ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS attacked in straight lines. He ALWAYS drops his left hand when he throws a right handed punch and he has ALWAYS been open to right hands. These are FACTS from watching all of his fights since Morales 1. Floyd was always faster (Manny has quicker hands but Floyd is faster to the punch) than Manny and had better ability to land his counters in 09. Trust and believe it would have been a much worse beating for Pac in 09.

Like the first KD in the Cotto fight?

Pac doesn't have the unpredictability and explosiveness he once had, nor the footspeed.

Not to mention how tentative he's been since that brutal KO.

[Sosay]

Actua lly, pretty much yeah. The four or five times Manny cut him off successfully Manny put leather on him (or came damn close).

That's your expectations for Pac though? 4 or 5 times? I can say that for at least 5 Floyd opponents! That's less than 1 hit every 2 rounds, PATHETIC! Pac has to throw at least 800 punches to challenge Floyd! 2NIGHT showed no proof, that Pac can beat Floyd, EVER!

[Marvellous1]

Testing was never an issue, it was always about the money, and Floyd was never going to jeapordize lessning his earning potential by taking a loss.

Even if it was a mega fight at the time, Floyd made much more money in the last 5 years than he would have made with the earnings from that fight, and the reduced paydays he would have collected afterwards, so it was prudent business to defer the fight until the latest possible date to maximize his earnings.

Thats what it boils down to. No purse split, no drug testing, thats all just bull**** fed to the media to cover up the prude career management strategy of Al Haymon.

Ahhhhhh, the: "I klow something nobody else knows" excuse. Look it has been acknowledge by all parties and well documented that the fight broke down because Team Pacquiao refused the very conditions they now signed up to. I won't deny that all parties benefitted financially by not losing this fight 5 years ago. Won't deny it. But the fact will always remain that if Pacquiao had accepted the conditions then as he did now, we'd have had a fight. So don't just lament it not happening if you're not going to accept why.