Carl Froch 'It was a one-sided whooping by Floyd Mayweather'

[Dr Rumack]

I never would have thought Hatton and Maidana would give Floyd a rougher and tougher fight than Pacquiao. Though I still think Floyd was handily up against Hatton by the 10th, he still made Floyd work super hard for everything.

Manny isn't a natural pressure fighter in the higher weight classes. Against guys who haven't been stepping into his range he hasn't really laid down a beating at all.

[Weebler I]

I never would have thought Hatton and Maidana would give Floyd a rougher and tougher fight than Pacquiao. Though I still think Floyd was handily up against Hatton by the 10th, he still made Floyd work super hard for everything.

Styles I think, against a mover pressure fighters go well, Chavez another who did relatively well against Floyd.

Also think Manny has become a bit flat-footed since Bradley 1 which didn't help and I don't think he has the same engine any more either, looked gassed at the end of the 10th, breathing hard.

[4Corners]

Manny isn't a natural pressure fighter in the higher weight classes. Against guys who haven't been stepping into his range he hasn't really laid down a beating at all.

I get that, but I always thought Pacquiao's angles would trouble Floyd, and that Manny's foot speed would give Floyd fits. But turns out, Pac couldn't deal with Floyd's jab.

[4Corners]

Styles I think, against a mover pressure fighters go well, Chavez another who did relatively well against Floyd.

Also think Manny has become a bit flat-footed since Bradley 1 which didn't help and I don't think he has the same engine any more either, looked gassed at the end of the 10th, breathing hard.

In terms of his toughest fights.....

Castillo I
Maidana I
Chavez
Augustus
Cotto

[Ray*]

Agree. After the first 2 rounds, I was like "Damn Floyd's got this, he's making this look pretty damn easy". Pacquiao did better in the 3rd, then when he briefly staggered Floyd in the 4th, it got genuinely interesting for a minute. But Floyd adjusted quickly, and was never really again in legitimate trouble, and really had his way with his jab and counters.

Apart from the 4th round there was not at any point that i thought Mayweather is uncomfortable, I agree with Floyd sr TBE should have push more, i know he doesnt like to take unnecessary risks but i believe he had Manny from the very first round like that right hand that he land in the first
50 secs. i believe he could have stopped Pac but he might be dropped or staggered himself.

[SalimShady1212]

Carl Froch is an idiot, jt was a schooling rather than a whooping. Maywather won with his jab, not his power punches and Floyd gave Manny 3 rounds himself. It was as one sided as froch-groves one then you muppet

[Tom Cruise]

Froch is right in that Mayweather nullified Pacquiao's offensive game. However, Mayweather didn't actually do that much himself, which prevented it from being a complete schooling. There were rounds in which Mayweather was clearly comfortable, but I scored to Manny for being the aggressor in a close round. Either way, I still had Mayweather winning 115-113.

I had it wider than you but i agree with what you are saying. It was a 'whooping' only in that he won clearly. Surely you need to land more punches to be in 'whooping' territory?

This was like 1-0 win in football where the losing team never really threatened and the winning team stayed comfortable throughout.

[4Corners]

Can we just all agree it was easier than most all of us thought it would be???

[KillaMane26]

I gave Manny 3-4 rounds

[-PBP-]

Can we just all agree it was easier than most all of us thought it would be???

I can't. I called 117-111 when the contract was signed.