Who Wins Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao?

[imp]

If pac is such an easy fight for floyd then with all that he loves why hasn't he made the fight? It's a rhetorical question. Floyd knows best how to pick fighters he can handle. If floyd wins on points it will be by split decision. Floyd will lose to both pac or Bradley for the simple reason that that have a higher work rate.

Yep.

Bradley and pacs output will destroy floyd.

[Julius Rain]

Anybody who thinks this would be easy for either guy is disqualified from debating.

I think if Floyd will win, he will need to have enough pop in his punch (like jmm) to lower Pacs volume of punches. Floyd will also have to counter well and should not settle with a few punches a round to win the fight. He may catch pac cleaner but if he doesn't get Pacs respect, pac may accumulate enough damage on Floyd's arms, shoulders, and eventually some may get in to slow Floyd down mid to later rounds. No doubt Floyd would need to beat Pac to most punches and be prepared to trade but get out. The straight right is Pacs weakness, Floyd should throw this in disguises.

I think this would come down to hand speed and foot work. If Floyd can counter well and get Pacs volume down, he wins. IF Pacs awkward all angle volume gets in and overwhelms a flat footed Floyd, Pac wins.

Very interesting how this would go, why can't they make the god damn fight already?

[chris6878]

I think Floyd doesn't have the energy to run all night. I think he knows he is slowing down and pac can really get to him. Floyd is scared of something.....

[Silkeyjoe]

I think Floyd wins an easy enough UD. Cant see Pac winning more then 3 or 4 rounds. Speed is something that would cause floyd trouble but with the speed i think you need the physical attributes that Manny doesnt have like height and reach. I still think Khan has a better chance of beating Floyd then Manny does.

And before any fan boys start saying how stupid I am thinking Khan would beat Manny I dont. I think Manny would stop Khan. Styles make fights and I just think how Khan fights will cause more trouble for Floyd then how Manny fights.

[Beanflicker]

Pac has to be careful to because Floyd can hurt him. Floyd doesn't hit as hard as a lot of people Manny fought, but it's not the power in the punch when it comes to a speedster like Manny, it's hitting him with something he doesn't see coming. Floyd's not Paulie Malignaggi. It's funny people say "ohh why didn't (insert name here) throw more punches vs Floyd", like it's voluntary or they think it's a good idea to not throw many punches. Floyd makes guys timid to throw. Manny's going to be no different. He got put to sleep lunging in by a guy who isn't a one-punch KO artist, it can happen against Floyd.

I've seen Pac befuddled by JMM too many times to think he's going to just go out and do what he likes vs Floyd.

[mikeeod]

Pac has to be careful to because Floyd can hurt him. Floyd doesn't hit as hard as a lot of people Manny fought, but it's not the power in the punch when it comes to a speedster like Manny, it's hitting him with something he doesn't see coming. Floyd's not Paulie Malignaggi. It's funny people say "ohh why didn't (insert name here) throw more punches vs Floyd", like it's voluntary or they think it's a good idea to not throw many punches. Floyd makes guys timid to throw. Manny's going to be no different. He got put to sleep lunging in by a guy who isn't a one-punch KO artist, it can happen against Floyd.

I've seen Pac befuddled by JMM too many times to think he's going to just go out and do what he likes vs Floyd.

Very good points. Personally, I see Manny coming out fast and Floyd having issues at first. Floyd will land something Manny doesn't see and buzz him and Manny will shift to a speed based Attack where he tries to throw inaccurate combos n use his foot speed to get distance before the counter. Similar to his third fight vs JMM where he tried to to change styles and just outhustle JMM n eke out the win. Floyd is bigger and better than JMM though so I see Floyd really picking him apart late in the fight. I love that Manny is chasing this fight n feel that anything can happen. That being said: careful what u wish for Manny...

[Beanflicker]

Manny really doesn't have anything to lose. He's going to make an insane amount of money and so what if he loses, he already got put to sleep by JMM so a loss to Floyd isn't really going to make people think less of him. And of course his fans will go to their graves saying that Pac was washed up when Floyd beat him, and Pac would have killed Floyd if they fought 4 years earlier. He's got 5 loses on his record, a 6th loss isn't going to make anyone love him any less.

Floyd's earning power and legacy really hinges on that undefeated record, because people hate Floyd. The second he loses to anyone, people are going to go "see, he was never good, he just fought hand picked stiffs and when he finally fought someone good he lost."

[fan johnny]

Pac has to be careful to because Floyd can hurt him. Floyd doesn't hit as hard as a lot of people Manny fought, but it's not the power in the punch when it comes to a speedster like Manny, it's hitting him with something he doesn't see coming. Floyd's not Paulie Malignaggi. It's funny people say "ohh why didn't (insert name here) throw more punches vs Floyd", like it's voluntary or they think it's a good idea to not throw many punches. Floyd makes guys timid to throw. Manny's going to be no different. He got put to sleep lunging in by a guy who isn't a one-punch KO artist, it can happen against Floyd.

I've seen Pac befuddled by JMM too many times to think he's going to just go out and do what he likes vs Floyd.

I beg to differ on JMM, he bulked himself up specifically to do just that. I think the danger for Pac here is more of timing shot where he runs into it and if you listen to both Bradley and JMM hitting Pac with that punch aint easy. They both say you have to preprepared to take a punch to make it happen. As the fight goes on and Floyd nails Pac a few times with that counter, Pac obviously should get more cautious. But hearing him, I'm not sure he has the mental state to do that against Floyd. The questions are can Floyd slow down the pace enough or is Pac fast enough to keep that higher work rate going and his he willing to back off what he says the people want. He picked it up in the last fight with JMM, so I'm guessing if Floyd is going to stick with the same fight plan, Pac gets more agressive.

[Beanflicker]

I beg to differ on JMM, he bulked himself up specifically to do just that. I think the danger for Pac here is more of timing shot where he runs into it and if you listen to both Bradley and JMM hitting Pac with that punch aint easy. They both say you have to preprepared to take a punch to make it happen. As the fight goes on and Floyd nails Pac a few times with that counter, Pac obviously should get more cautious. But hearing him, I'm not sure he has the mental state to do that against Floyd. The questions are can Floyd slow down the pace enough or is Pac fast enough to keep that higher work rate going and his he willing to back off what he says the people want. He picked it up in the last fight with JMM, so I'm guessing if Floyd is going to stick with the same fight plan, Pac gets more agressive.

Yeah but Floyd is a few steps above JMM and Tim Bradley.

I'm just saying I listened to people talk about what so and so was going to do to Floyd for the last 10 years. People championed his opponents and talked about how all they had to do was throw punches. Especially after the DLH fight, people said "oh that's the key, just keep throwing a jab".

It's all easier said than done. Floyd shuts guys down, it's what he does. He's an expert at hitting without getting hit, and when guys know they are going to get hit first and hard when they make a move, it makes them freeze, it breaks their rhythm, and they shut down. Pac's no different, for all his speed and flashiness, he's a very rhythmic fighter, he does his best work when he's fighting slow plodders who allow him to fight at his own pace. He doesn't get to do that with Floyd.