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An ATG all around, top 3 defense, and the best of his era
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Floyd is a true defensive genius.
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May 4, 2015:
That terrible fight was Manny Pacquiao's fault, not Floyd Mayweather's
Perhaps you are one of the millions of people who forked over $100 in hopes of watching the fight of the century between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. You bought into the hype and hysteria. Mayweather was risking his 47-0 record against a 36-year-old Pacquiao looking to resuscitate a flailing career. These, you told yourself, were the two best pound-for-pound fighters of this era.
How could this not be a great fight?
Mayweather’s fight was excellent. It was, and if you dispute that, you didn’t bother watching his 47 fights prior. He boxes, he doesn’t fight. This affair was never going to feature a scene from Rocky. Mayweather danced for 12 rounds, carefully picking punches, strategically denying Pacquiao momentum.
Some call Mayweather’s strategy cowardly, others call it boring, but no one can dispute its effectiveness.
Similarly, no one can dispute that Pacquiao threw just 429 punches in the fight, landing 81. That’s approximately half the number he typically throws. Pacquiao plays for knockouts, and it was clear from the beginning that he had no intention of even attempting to bring Mayweather down.
Spectators expecting a fight on Saturday night have Pacquiao, and only Pacquiao, to blame for the mundane spectacle they witnessed. Mayweather executed his plan to perfection, and Pacquiao was happy to oblige. At the end of the night, Pacquiao tried to convince himself that he not only was competitive but also winning the fight, a fallacy Max Kellerman quickly put to sleep. PacMan was there for the money. He got paid to do exactly what he did.
Had this fight happened six years ago, perhaps the outcome would have been different. At the very least, it would have been more bearable to watch. A youthful Pacquiao might have turned the fight on its head with his devastating hand speed and forced Mayweather to adjust – or maybe even knock him down.
But this wasn’t six years ago, it was Saturday, and Pacquiao looked old, tired, and simply happy to be there. It wasn’t the fight of the century. It was a retirement plan.
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you mean the same shoulder that was healed with saltwater???Originally posted by Spoon23 View PostIf your going to believe in Freddy. Don't forget this part as well.
You can't just believe in one thing without the other buddy.
Enjoy!
A piece of the article:
By: JERRY IZENBERG
Roach: "Look, if he means it about retiring, then more power to him, He's earned it. But if he changes his mind after what I saw tonight, yes, I would encourage him and I would not hesitate to train him again.
"When I see Manny Pacquiao like that, this is the best Manny Pacquiao. He hasn't missed a beat. I would like to see him fight again."
And there are big fights out there for him. Canelo Alvarez and Amir Kahn would draw big numbers. And then, of course, anybody who understands boxing knows that when Pacquiao tore his shoulder before and during the Mayweather fight, nothing — absolutely nothing — was truly settled on that night.
the same injury that put you out for atleast a year but he came back in like 6 months...right???...and your gifs are only exposing the fact that nothing was wrong with manny's left shoulder as your gifs show manny throwing his left and landing...before the ring walkout manny was like...
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and your only concern is getting that next hit of crackComment
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Sorry Manny, Floyd's only concern was getting that prefight IV.
"Hey man, my urine was dark, it was really dark!" LOLComment
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These two are fighting each other again and they'll spend the next few months sniping at each other through the media to get the idiots eating up the soap opera again as we can already see it's working. No HBO deal for Bob Arum and Haymon needs a shot of adrenaline..yeah it's happening.Comment
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I want to see this pos viciously ko'ed..... this lil ****sucker is the worst.Comment
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"what? say that again. ellerbe could answer that" LOLOriginally posted by ruedboy View PostComment
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