The Reason why the Mayweather vs Pac pushed through

[powerpuncher]

if this were a few years ago when floyd was quicker i see absolutely no way that pac wins. at this point in their careers when they have both aged and slowed a bit, i still see just about no way for pac to win but i do think that there is a 5% chance of pac winning now rather than a 1% chance of winning before.

i would be shocked if pac could even make this fight competitive.

did you notice floyd just spent a year struggling with maidana?

do you really think pac has no chance?

their styles are completely different. maidana is a lot bigger and comes forwards and pressures a ton. pac doesnt do that. he relies on his speed jumping in and out. pac cant fight coming straight forward and pressure his opponent. thats not his style and ive never seen him do it. pac doesnt have the speed to overwhelm floyd like he does with other opponents.

[Gandalf]

Bruce, you are overwhelming me with your lexical combinations. We need more threads like this!

[erics44]

if this were a few years ago when floyd was quicker i see absolutely no way that pac wins. at this point in their careers when they have both aged and slowed a bit, i still see just about no way for pac to win but i do think that there is a 5% chance of pac winning now rather than a 1% chance of winning before.

i would be shocked if pac could even make this fight competitive.

did you notice floyd just spent a year struggling with maidana?

do you really think pac has no chance?

their styles are completely different. maidana is a lot bigger and comes forwards and pressures a ton. pac doesnt do that. he relies on his speed jumping in and out. pac cant fight coming straight forward and pressure his opponent. thats not his style and ive never seen him do it. pac doesnt have the speed to overwhelm floyd like he does with other opponents.

pac would whack maidana that suggests to me that pac has a good chance regardless of styles

[AdamGB]

Here we see the Foreman-Frazier-Ali fallacy at play again....

[goti71]

I think an older Mayweather beats an older Pacquiao.

Pac relies on speed, volume and that jumping in and out with weird angles and he's lost a bit of that now, whereas Floyd still has the ring IQ.

I see an interesting fight with a SD for Floyd but a few years ago it might have been closer than today (and interesting too).

[powerpuncher]

if this were a few years ago when floyd was quicker i see absolutely no way that pac wins. at this point in their careers when they have both aged and slowed a bit, i still see just about no way for pac to win but i do think that there is a 5% chance of pac winning now rather than a 1% chance of winning before.

i would be shocked if pac could even make this fight competitive.

did you notice floyd just spent a year struggling with maidana?

do you really think pac has no chance?

their styles are completely different. maidana is a lot bigger and comes forwards and pressures a ton. pac doesnt do that. he relies on his speed jumping in and out. pac cant fight coming straight forward and pressure his opponent. thats not his style and ive never seen him do it. pac doesnt have the speed to overwhelm floyd like he does with other opponents.

pac would whack maidana that suggests to me that pac has a good chance regardless of styles

Styles make fights. Just as Castillo and Corrales had a pretty even first fight with Corrales winning, Floyd struggled against Castillo but destroyed Corrales. Floyd has really only struggled against fighters that pressure him and push him to the ropes. Pac won't do that.