Max Kellerman's 2009 retrospective

[fan johnny]

How can you not be excited about the two best boxers in the world fighting each other?

Is it a DONE deal? Maybe once this becomes a sure thing, I will get a little more pumped up. I am still waiting for all the red tape to be cut and why am I not excited? I guess Floyd's style turns me off but if Floyd out boxes Manny like he did to Marquez, then it will be good. I just don't want to watch Floyd run all night because Manny can't do anything to a man who runs. Just watch how Cotto ran in the end. I know what you are going to say, Manny has to learn to cut off the ring better. But if Floyd does not come to fight, it will suck as much as Direll vs Froch or Duran vs Ray Leonard 2. I want to see a fight god darn it.

It's essentially a done deal, but we're going to have to wade through a sea of bullshit before it becomes official. It'll happen within the year.

As for Floyd running, I really think he's going to try and make a statement against Manny. He knows this fight with play a primary role in defining his legacy and I expect him comprehensively outbox Pacquiao, but I don't expect him to run.

Ah....ya.... isn't that what Sugar Ray Leonard did with Roberto Duran? An outside boxer standing up against a brawler? Surprised everyone.... OK.....then, that makes total sense. I sure hope you're right. Sugar Ray Leonard lost that one!