This is the most frustrating part of boxing. People look at the fight through their own lens. There is not an empirical way of judging. I look at the fight and can definitely see how Pac thought he won. He landed the better punches clearly. Mayweather missed a lot.
I chuckle at the Mayweather fans who talk about him landing brain deadening punches on Pacquiao. Mayweather's punches are of the soft variety, and 2-3 are medium hard, but nothing is very hard.
The biggest margin i had was 116-112 to Floyd, but it could have been 115-113 116-114 - 115-114, all to Floyd. I have only seen it once (live) and think Floyd won, but its a lot closer then how its been portrayed. 118-110 was shameful.
I would like to see a rematch, but with in a year, than both retire for good, cant stand the bull******* saga.
Why use a hand defence when you can get out of his range? Why risk a war on the inside when you can nullify his attack, and claim the centre ground? The clinch is much a psychological tactic, as you can show your strength in it and frustrate your opponent.
The best defence to somebodies back hand is to take a half step out of their range - every trainer worth their salt will tell you that.
Yes. Why risk a war on the inside when you can just grapple the guy so the ref can reset the action? The problem is that it's not even boxing. That's MMA.
Why use bother using angles to reposition yourself to attack from a superior position when you can just avoid engagement entirely? If only Mayweather took a half step out of Pacquiao's range. We all saw the fight. There was no half stepping. It was straight up disengagement. Multiple full steps intended to keep both fighters completely out of punching range.
And forget about asking me if I ever took a boxing lesson... did you even watch the fight? Mayweather's best defense against Pacquiao was the few times when he stood his ground and traded with Pacquiao. The exchanges were brief, but were much more effective than that half step bull manure your trying to pass off as "boxing".
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