Thread: Pacquiao's next move: Floyd Mayweather or welterweight unification?

I have seen a lot of talk about this topic around the net. What do you think would be better? I think Floyd would be a boring fight that would last 6-8 rounds. A welterweight unification could set the field for Pacquiao to take Floyd, Mosley and whatever else the division has to offer! Including elite fighters, exciting fights and more titles to Manny Pacquiao to snatch!

Originally Posted by Zylaoker

I have seen a lot of talk about this topic around the net. What do you think would be better? I think Floyd would be a boring fight that would last 6-8 rounds. A welterweight unification could set the field for Pacquiao to take Floyd, Mosley and whatever else the division has to offer! Including elite fighters, exciting fights and more titles to Manny Pacquiao to snatch!

I would be on the edge of my seat the entire fight.. Even more than with Cotto where after round 4, it became clear who was going to win.....

The only way Floyd Pac would be boring is if Floyd dominates him...

Which brings me to my question though, how do you see the fight ending after 6-8 rounds? And if you say Pac by KO then............




To answer your question though, Pac vs Floyd.. that's it... should be signed right now..

Pac needs to fight Floyd. If he ever wants his name mentioned among the greats he just needs to. Simple and plain. (and vice versa for Floyd, I believe he'll finally get the respect he deserves if he beats Pac)

Originally Posted by TheBranMan

Pac needs to fight Floyd. If he ever wants his name mentioned among the greats he just needs to. Simple and plain. (and vice versa for Floyd, I believe he'll finally get the respect he deserves if he beats Pac)

At this stage in boxing right now. I think PBF needs to fight PAC more than PAC needs to fight PBF. PBF is losing a lot of credability, so he needs to make this fight happen. He's taking a lot of heat for fighting JMM. A PAC fight could silence a few critics.

I used to be excited for a MP/FM fight without putting much thought into it. But now I think it's not the best fight. Mayweather will run for 80% of the fight after tasting a few hit from Pacquiao making the fight somewhat anticlimactic. I think Mosley makes a fight with Pacquiao.

I also don't think there will ever be a fight that will break 2 million ppv buys. The problem with ppv has is the internet. In just 1 hour after the Pac/Cotto fight it was all over youtube and within 2 hours you could download the fight in HD. There is no way today with the alternative media available that ppv is going to break the old ppv record numbers. Put the fight on podcast, hulu and other web based media, reduce the fight price to $10 bucks and watch the sales skyrocket out of orbit.

Originally Posted by fan johnny

I used to be excited for a MP/FM fight without putting much thought into it. But now I think it's not the best fight. Mayweather will run for 80% of the fight after tasting a few hit from Pacquiao making the fight somewhat anticlimactic. I think Mosley makes a fight with Pacquiao.

I also don't think there will ever be a fight that will break 2 million ppv buys. The problem with ppv has is the internet. In just 1 hour after the Pac/Cotto fight it was all over youtube and within 2 hours you could download the fight in HD. There is no way today with the alternative media available that ppv is going to break the old ppv record numbers. Put the fight on podcast, hulu and other web based media, reduce the fight price to $10 bucks and watch the sales skyrocket out of orbit.

I couldn 't disagree more. The fight needs to happen and all indications have it leading to a record breaker. People who have never purchased anything before, are all already saying they'd buy this fight. You have guys like Bert Sugar out there now calling it the fight of the century as far as mass appeal goes. It will be monumental.

The web-based idea also is wrong. While it would be nice to watch for $10, it is getting pirated up the ass by the internet and people creating free links on the backs of one paid subsription now. The pirating would be about 100x worse in the format you recommend, and easily exploitable.

It has to be Floyd. With all the hype being generated, it will be disappointing if both sides fight different opponents.

Pac/Floyd needs to happen. Anything else is just futile now.