Comments Thread For: Mayweather Outpoints Pacquiao Over 12 Rounds

[B Phontain]

oh yea. 32 pages.....Golovkin where are you?

[radioraheem]

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.

I think Floyd just doesn't like taking those risks when the lights are on. During sparring sessions, he'll throw the right immediately followed by the left, you'll have many combinations, etc. But when it's fight night and those lights turn on, he plays it VERY safe.

I think using the check hook to escape off the ropes was pretty smart too. But after a while, it was kinda predictable. But Pacquaio comically had no answer for it.

[B Phontain]

33 pages.....Mak where you at?

[B Phontain]

33 pages....Rath where you at?

[Marvellous1]

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...

Pacquiao too promised action and a KO. Freddie Roach talked a whole bunch of ish in the build up to the fight. They fell much further short of what was expected of them and Pacquiao couldn't even live up to "Nice Guy, Man of God" image with his insolent interview and now excuses. Don't blame the fox for telling you he's a fox that might bite hard. You know he's still a fox. Blame the tiger for telling he'll be what he is and turned out to be a tabby cat.

[B Phontain]

33 pages......Left hook tua where you at?

[Tay Roc]

easy fight to pick.

[Sosay]

You know I saw the huge size of the ring and I said that is it for Manny. No way can one throw a lot, land a lot, or cutt-off the ring when its 25ft ring. Especially when one is fighting a defensive runner. That is what ticked me off about the so-called experts and tonight's commentators. They think a fighter can cutt-off the ring when its 25ft ring and throw 80 punches a round against a defensive runner in a 25ft ring. It is impossible no matter how good of an offensive fighter one is. You can't force another fighter to stay still, you cannot hold them and make them stay put. It is impossible to keep a high punch output in these circumstances.

As for Mayweather all of a sudden he comes along and overturns decades of boxing thought and that is changing the rule that offense wins fights to defense wins fights. Yes, defense is part of the scoring, but it is the least important part of scoring and counts the least. All of a sudden throwing 35 punches per rd wins u a fight if you land 50% of them. But that is only a pathetic 17 punches per rd. Even the great defensive master Pernell Whitaker had an amazing offense. Hector Comacho later in his career did what Floyd did and judges would not give him the fights and pundits would criticize him for it. Defense was the least important part of scoring. It was always a huge deal that Willie Pep was once given a round just soley based on defense when he won a rd without throwing a punch that is because defense was thought of so little when scoring a rd.

This needs to change; no more 25ft rings, no more giving defense so much weight and no more allowing a fighter to win based on an avg of throwing 35 punches per rd.

Also, I am sick of these fighters who fight Mayweather and give him everything he wants. One thing Manny should of never allowed was a ring that large. That is what killed Maidana in the rematch and that is what was a huge part of Manny losing tonight. Another big issue is Manny is way past his prime and Floyd is not. Smaller fighters have shorter primes, especially fighters like Manny and if u recall Floyd took a 2 yr layoff from the sport which helped him stay younger. This fight should of happened 5 yrs ago and since it did not it should of never happened. Hell, I recall when Sugar Ray fought Terry Norris and he was 35yrs of age and all the boxing pundits never like to really count that fight because Ray was past his prime they would say. Sugar Rays career was never as taxing as Manny's career and Manny is a year older that when Ray lost to Norris.

Dude, you can't complain about Floyd offence, but not reference his opponents output! All of his opponents have opportunities to throw 1000 punches! But he takes it away! Are they not in front of him, but don't throw? What are you watching? Plus, if I land 1, and you land zero, I WIN!
Quit hating and show respect#

[B Phontain]

33 pages....Divine Hammer where you at?

[HanzGruber]

33 pages......Left hook tua where you at?

Don't forget mathed. The bradley fan turned manny fan for this fight