MAYWEATHER / PACQUIAO - Saturday Night - FIGHT THREAD- TR/HBO/SKY

[Dia bando]

Yeah it was bit of a dud but we all knew that could happen. We discussed how anticlimactic it could be 2 years ago. I was a little surprised how fast Floyd got complete control. I thought it was a guarantee that Manny would prove at least difficult for Floyd in the early going. Floyd almost looked like he carried him a bit.

They can both laugh to the bank though

It went the way I expected the fight to go, Floyd was a bit more aggressive at the beginning of
the fight, and Manny followed him round landing very little, a fight for the purists both make
a lot of money.
Some would say the build up and hype were better than the fight,! there again Floyd was Floyd
and he won the fight his way, people were expecting fire works and they end up holding a sparkler.

[smashup]

Boxing will lose so many casual fans after that.
It needed to be a mega fight and something special after so much hype and fell well short.
What Floyd did in the ring was amazing though.
He's just too good

[Master]

What a borefest, Floyd is the new Wald and the sooner he retires the better. No one will watch his fight in September.

[Batman]

Boxing will lose so many casual fans after that.
It needed to be a mega fight and something special after so much hype and fell well short.
What Floyd did in the ring was amazing though.
He's just too good

I think the first post I made on this forum just a few days ago predicted that this is exactly what would happen, the casual fans were expecting something absolutely amazing whilst the boxing fans knew it was never going to be explosive but that we would be more than happy with the skills on show.

[Manos de Piedra]

Strange fight for Manny IMO.
He did somethings well, like cut off the ring (to his right) and recognised Mayweather's traps and even did an okayish job of dealing with Mayweather s right hand (for all his flaws) but for my taste, he didn't feint Mayweather out of position on the ropes not nearly enough and completely failed to see how key the right hook could have been, up close... even after landing it.

I think maybe his his tactics and possibly even his camp were more concerned with his Mayweather's counter punching than his own offence.

I agree. I had a feeling pac will end up standing there when i heard they were working on nullifying Floyd's traps. Pac would have made it alot better if he focused on his offence more rather than what Floyd will do. But his post fight interview was ridiculous.

[fan johnny]

That wasn't even close to being a sparing session. I was disappointed in Manny just trying enough to out point Floyd stupid fight plan. I feel sorry for all thousands of people that paid mega bucks to sit ring side. One thing for sure. A mega ppv will never happen again.

[redxiii]

may had the fight we expected, I was just disappointed in Bayless not deducted points for holding.

[Master]

may had the fight we expected, I was just disappointed in Bayless not deducted points for holding.

It would not have made much difference as Manny was not engaging enough. 2 old men past their primes milking the fans with this non event.

[fan johnny]

may had the fight we expected, I was just disappointed in Bayless not deducted points for holding.

Sure mayweather held, but you can count the number of times on your fingers. There was not enough engagement on the inside for Bayless to justify a point deduction. Most fighters will hold as a tatic, for it to be on the forefront the other fighter has to formally complain that the other fighter uses it iillegally. Once that happens the offending fighter is on notice. It was obvious mayweather would hold, but Im guessing pacs corner would use holding if mayweather came to fight. Look at the punch count, I haven't seen it but. It should absolutely dismal even for floyd.

[Master]

may had the fight we expected, I was just disappointed in Bayless not deducted points for holding.

Sure mayweather held, but you can count the number of times on your fingers. There was not enough engagement on the inside for Bayless to justify a point deduction. Most fighters will hold as a tatic, for it to be on the forefront the other fighter has to formally complain that the other fighter uses it iillegally. Once that happens the offending fighter is on notice. It was obvious mayweather would hold, but Im guessing pacs corner would use holding if mayweather came to fight. Look at the punch count, I haven't seen it but. It should absolutely dismal even for floyd.

Punches landed are awful, they are very low. Embarrassing.

[redxiii]

Yes I know that warning and point deductions are up to the referee, but Bayless in my opinion should have deducted at least one point or giving sterner warnings to Mayweather. It was just a bit too much holding for my liking, but what I like doesn't really matter in the scope of the fight. I'm just hoping that people are so jaded with this spectacle that this ends pay-per-view. More fights on network television!

[chris6878]

No version of Manny ever beats Floyd. He has always slowed his pace when being countered. You just can't beat Floyd with out a jab. Floyd is older than Manny, the whole waited him out argument is just sad. Arum always knew and that's why we waited. This fight wasn't just boring, it was easy, really easy for Floyd. Because Manny has no jab.

You have to have a good jab to open his defense for your big shots.

oscar was jabbing floyd to death till age caught up

[ruthless rocco]

oscar was jabbing floyd to death till age caught up

Funny that Manny's destruction of a severely weight drained Oscar is considered one of his shinning moments since he fought Oscar a year and a half after "age caught up" to him against Floyd.

Hahaha!

[chris6878]

pac and may just ensured that casual fans will not return to watch boxing, even though there are tons of other great exciting matches to watch

[chris6878]

oscar was jabbing floyd to death till age caught up

Funny that Manny's destruction of a severely weight drained Oscar is considered one of his shinning moments since he fought Oscar a year and a half after "age caught up" to him against Floyd.

Hahaha!

I never wanted to see oscar again after the floyd fight, that was a pay day for oscar, he didnt care. But in his prime he beats floyd