Comments Thread For: Malignaggi: Mayweather-Pacquiao Backlash Came From Casuals That Don't Really Understand Boxing

[Goldie]

The fight went exactly how I said it would. I had no personal stake in it, I was saying all of this going in. I didn't even watch it live. By the time the fight happened I had been ripping Pacquiao left and right for his career choices. If Mayweather had dominated the fight and looked impressive like he did against Mosley or Alvarez, I wouldn't have been upset. I would have commended him for it.

The backlash is not just mad Pacquiao fans, most people thought the fight ****** because it did. Neither guy looked good. They looked like two past it fighters who were content to have a sparring session that made them rich. That's exactly what the fight was.

What backlash are y’all even talking about? There was no backlash to mayweather. He went on to do another 4 million ppv buys with mcgregor in another so-called “boring and garbage” fight. If you people were so disappointed in the quality of the fight with pacquiao and then how did Floyd do another 4 million with mcgregor?

The reality is that to most people, the quality of a fight is determined by if the guy they’re rooting for wins or not. Had pacquiao won then all those that were rooting for him would be more than satisfied and wouldn’t have saw the fight as boring and garbage.

Floyd made it a technical fight and exposed pacquiao’s limitations as a fighter. If you like the science of boxing then it wasn’t boring.

[TheFrog]

Notice how the people who say the fight was boring or garbage, were all rooting for pacquiao lol.

You just can’t help ****** people in their feelings. For years people who picked Floyd to win told the world how the fight was going to turn out. We told you that it was likely going to be the usual Floyd UD where he would give pacquiao a boxing lesson and make it look like a sparring match. That’s exactly what it was and that’s how it was going to always look.

Pacquiao off the juice wasn’t going to do any better in 2009-10 either. That’s why he didn’t want to take the drug tests.

You assume that I was cheering for Pacquiao because you want to belittle my comment. Nice try.

Once again it was the least amount of punches that either fighter has ever landed over the course of 12 rounds. The fight was 12 rounds of hugs.

There`s nothing wrong with being happy for Mayweather winning. I can understand that if you were strongly on his side then the W probably felt pretty good. There is still no reason to romanticize things. The fight ****** regardless of who you were cheering for. You say I cheered for Manny but I actually thought that Floyd would light up Pacquiao more than he did.

Feel free to disagree.

[GrandpaBernard]

Round 10 of this fight was real ugly

Floyd landing clean shots that weren’t very damaging

manny coming forward with ineffective aggression

[bojangles1987]

What backlash are y’all even talking about? There was no backlash to mayweather. He went on to do another 4 million ppv buys with mcgregor in another so-called “boring and garbage” fight. If you people were so disappointed in the quality of the fight with pacquiao and then how did Floyd do another 4 million with mcgregor?

The reality is that to most people, the quality of a fight is determined by if the guy they’re rooting for wins or not. Had pacquiao won then all those that were rooting for him would be more than satisfied and wouldn’t have saw the fight as boring and garbage.

Floyd made it a technical fight and exposed pacquiao’s limitations as a fighter. If you like the science of boxing then it wasn’t boring.

You can keep trying to generalize me into some ****** casual box all you want and it's not going to make you right.

It was a boring, disappointing fight because both fighters struggled to look good, there wasn't much action, and it was a huge letdown after 5 years of waiting. Simple as that. You can pretend there weren't tons of disappointed fans, or that they were disappointed only because Pacquiao lost, but it's not the truth.

Get outside the NSB bubble for once.

[Goldie]

You assume that I was cheering for Pacquiao because you want to belittle my comment. Nice try.

Once again it was the least amount of punches that either fighter has ever landed over the course of 12 rounds. The fight was 12 rounds of hugs.

There`s nothing wrong with being happy for Mayweather winning. I can understand that if you were strongly on his side then the W probably felt pretty good. There is still no reason to romanticize things. The fight ****** regardless of who you were cheering for. You say I cheered for Manny but I actually thought that Floyd would light up Pacquiao more than he did.

Feel free to disagree.

This is where I introduce you to aspects of boxing such as “defense” and “ring generalship”. The most impressive things about Floyd in the latter half of his career were the subtleties imo. His defense and the way he neutralizes his opponents offense is about a lot more than his ability to dodge and block punches. Floyd was great at disrupting timing, controlling distance, taking away his opponents best weapon, etc.

I agree with you, I thought Floyd would’ve been able to touch him up more than he did but you’ve got to give pacquiao some credit on his defense and ability to play chess with Mayweather without getting completely embarrassed. Mayweather clearly best him though and it was impressive just off of how he neutralized pacquiao alone. I can appreciate a strategic chess match fight the same way in similar ways that I appreciate a well pitched 2-1 game in baseball. It’s not all about offense.

[Goldie]

You can keep trying to generalize me into some ****** casual box all you want and it's not going to make you right.

It was a boring, disappointing fight because both fighters struggled to look good, there wasn't much action, and it was a huge letdown after 5 years of waiting. Simple as that. You can pretend there weren't tons of disappointed fans, or that they were disappointed only because Pacquiao lost, but it's not the truth.

Get outside the NSB bubble for once.

Look, you’ve already admitted that you had a bias against the fight going in. You can get frustrated all you want. You’re full of sht.

[ELPacman]

Yet, with the exception of Horn, Manny has not lost since AND won two world titles - Bradley and Keef.

This "not in his prime" excuse has to stop.

That's a testament to his gym ethics and how weak the division is right now. It doesn't matter that he's winning. Perhaps more concerning at just how weak the division is that they let a 40yr beat them. Nobody in their right mind would consider a 40yr old in his prime. In fact at the lower weights the majority of fighters look old as f*k at 34. Prime years of a lower weight boxer is between 28 and 32.

[Oregonian]

Bradley knew that just because judges declared him winner against Pac that wasnt enough for him. Bradley also wanted to convinvce doubters.
Floyd not so much..keeping zero is all that mattered to floyd he didn't care while world thought Pac beatbhim. Floyd s seen all those YouTube vids from Spain and other parts of world.

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Like I said before, Manny is undefeated to all Filipinos.

And your proof that Floyd lost are YouTube videos from Spain.
Ha ha ha!!! Wonders will never cease. Let me guess, Imelda Marcos was a great leader too

[Oregonian]

Watch the video in youtube where every people watch and judge the fight by their own and most of the comments says that pac won the fight. SORRY guys u can't fool the people now for saying this guy won the fight because they can watch the fight anytime anywhere to see who really won the fight..

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Manny uses PED’s. He’s used it ever since he moved to 135.
It’s true because I said so just like you keep saying the same shït about Floyd.

Manny is undefeated to all you Filipinos

[TheFrog]

This is where I introduce you to aspects of boxing such as “defense” and “ring generalship”. The most impressive things about Floyd in the latter half of his career were the subtleties imo. His defense and the way he neutralizes his opponents offense is about a lot more than his ability to dodge and block punches. Floyd was great at disrupting timing, controlling distance, taking away his opponents best weapon, etc.

I agree with you, I thought Floyd would’ve been able to touch him up more than he did but you’ve got to give pacquiao some credit on his defense and ability to play chess with Mayweather without getting completely embarrassed. Mayweather clearly best him though and it was impressive just off of how he neutralized pacquiao alone. I can appreciate a strategic chess match fight the same way in similar ways that I appreciate a well pitched 2-1 game in baseball. It’s not all about offense.

I love Floyds defensive game and ring generalship. I agree with every point that you make about his skills and the way he fights. I just feel that he has put on far better performances than that particular fight. The fight just resulted in a lot of clinching and (imo) not that much boxing. Regardless of the reasons why, I think most of the world (myself included) was bored by that fight. I think Floyds other big events against Oscar and Canelo are better performances and a lot more fun to watch. Actually even the McGregor fight ended up being fun.