Mayweather - Pacquiao is on !!!!

[Gandalf]

I must admit I am quite excited about it all now. All that half decade preamble nonsense was really annoying, but finally we can debate and build up the fight properly without constantly having to say 'but there is still no fight'. There is a fight, it is on, and it better be bloody good. These two owe the boxing world a spectacle after all the girly antics. I am now a Pactard.

You should know better than that gandalf...I await your excuses on May the 2nd.

I think a lot of fans look at floyd and judge/hate him on his antics outside the ring rather than just compare both their skills in the ring and choose the better fighter.

Manchester United are a great football team but they aren't on that Barcelona level.

Time will tell. I am judging Floyd on his last few fights and he doesn't seem to have it. Manny isn't quite the same either, but his speed and output are still there and Floyd is going to have a tough time negating that all night long. If Maidana can take 5 and Cotto can take 5, then why not Manny who is much better than them? Pac is probably going to land over 200 punches on Floyd and I can't see Mayweather eating them all and staying upright. Plus Manny is so much quicker than anyone Floyd has been in with for years. Floyd can handle southpaws, Floyd can handle power, Floyd can handle speed, Floyd can handle output, but I don't think he can do it against a fighter who has all four of those things. The Maidana fights revealed a lot about Floyd, he is still smart and he can adapt, but he is old and slowing.

He is old and slowing but floyd has quick hands and is the fastest opponent that manny has ever faced as well...

Manny will provide a great test but unfortunately marquez has shown us how to nullify that speed and has set the blueprint on mannys flaws..

True, Floyd is still fast and is the smartest fighter in the game. Marquez worked out Manny, but Manny worked out many of Mayweather's opponents and not only worked them out, but destroyed them. Styles make fights and that is why we are all going to be talking about it a lot, lot more!