Comments Thread For: Daily Bread Mailbag: Golovkin, May-Pac, Canelo, More

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As another fight week approaches, Stephen Edwards comes in with another mailbag discussing WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin, more questions about Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, and more.

Wassup Bread,

Just had a few comments about the May/Pac fight. After the fight I felt a little torn; on one hand Mayweather put on an excellent performance with his boxing ability, defense, accuracy and counter-punching; but on the other hand, I kind of wanted Mayweather to walk Pac down later in the fight. I understand that he may have been hit with something he didn't like and chose to play it safe. You would think after all of the negative media over the last 5 or 6 years calling him "scared" and cowardly" etc, that he would have fought like he had something to prove. My question is: Where do you draw the line when it comes to winning vs entertaining? I know that the ultimate goal is to win, but should you at least try to be as impressive as possible for the fans, as well as, taking the necessary precautions? I think Mayweather fights according to his level of competition, meaning he will do just enough to win; so if you are pressuring him or pushing him to the limit, only then will he respond. What would you do if you were a boxer Bread? Would you fight just enough to win or would you try to balance it out? I think Terrence Crawford is a great example of a boxer who "moves" (often referred to by casual fans as running) but will take you out if he sees you are hurt. Thoughts?
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[BrometheusBob.]

This was an excellent bread mailbag.

'Floyd was hurt twice bro. Everyone talks about the 4th round but Manny hit him with a left hand on the temple in the 6th round. Watch that round again.'

'I've heard 99% of fighters make exuses after a loss or not so great performance. I don't have to name any of them specifically but just about ALL of them do it. Go to youtube bro and look at some post interviews after losses. Shoulders, feet, hands, trainers etc etc. Sometimes it's an excuse sometimes it's a valid reason. It's not a big deal to me.'

'Pacquiao was a greater threat to Floyd in their fight [than Cotto]. For the record, I still say Floyd didn't run from Pac and Pac fought better than people gave him credit for.'

'Team Pacquiao screwed up there is no denying that. But in the grand scheme of things if they went to USADA and got the medication cleared, which all parties seem to agree on, I don't get why they didn't allow Manny to use the medicine.'

All winning sound bites for me.

[tjose385]

This was an excellent bread mailbag.

'Floyd was hurt twice bro. Everyone talks about the 4th round but Manny hit him with a left hand on the temple in the 6th round. Watch that round again.'

'I've heard 99% of fighters make exuses after a loss or not so great performance. I don't have to name any of them specifically but just about ALL of them do it. Go to youtube bro and look at some post interviews after losses. Shoulders, feet, hands, trainers etc etc. Sometimes it's an excuse sometimes it's a valid reason. It's not a big deal to me.'

'Pacquiao was a greater threat to Floyd in their fight [than Cotto]. For the record, I still say Floyd didn't run from Pac and Pac fought better than people gave him credit for.'

'Team Pacquiao screwed up there is no denying that. But in the grand scheme of things if they went to USADA and got the medication cleared, which all parties seem to agree on, I don't get why they didn't allow Manny to use the medicine.'

All winning sound bites for me.

Paulie after the hatton lost blamed Buddie Mcgurt...lol. That's who he was talking about with that line.

[Eastcoast]

Paulie after the hatton lost blamed Buddie Mcgurt...lol. That's who he was talking about with that line.

Macklin blamed McGirt for his loss to Golovkin. Good thing Gatti & Tarver both praised him for their career best wins.

[Goldie]

Seemed a little biased toward Pacquiao in a lot of the related responses. Especially as far as the comparison as to who gave Floyd the better fight. I disagree with his assessment. First of all, his "I know people will say Cotto...." disclaimer gives his bias away. His argument that Cotto only seemed to do better against Mayweather because Floyd was less threatened is almost silly. Floyd had to do more things in the ring with Cotto because Cotto brought more to the table. Unlike Pacquiao, Cotto had some success cutting the ring off against Mayweather cornering him the ropes. he also had timely success with his jab. Those are things that Mayweather had to adjust to in their fight which is why it was more competitive. Mayweather didn't really make any adjustments to Pacquiao because Pacquiao didn't adjust. He just did the same thing over and over for the whole fight. Floyd even admitted that Cotto was the toughest opponent of his career up until that point. Despite being very respectful of Pacquiao immediately after the fight, he didn't say that Pacquiao was the toughest. Matter of fact, he said what many of us had already known which is that he had Pacquiao beat in the first round.