Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao - Con Job

[Primo Carnera]

Floyd was at his best, Manny wasn't

that why the fight happened

Was that because of age? oh no, I forgot , Floyd's older than Manny. and then Guess what ? Manny fights Bradley and he's back to his best!

[erics44]

Floyd was at his best, Manny wasn't

that why the fight happened

Was that because of age? oh no, I forgot , Floyd's older than Manny. and then Guess what ? Manny fights Bradley and he's back to his best!

mannys best was 5 years ago, the cotto, hatton, dlh, margarita stage (although he was pretty awesome before that too)

Floyd didn't show any sign of deterioration over those 5 years

Manny was nowhere near as good as he was

[Primo Carnera]

Floyd was at his best, Manny wasn't

that why the fight happened

Was that because of age? oh no, I forgot , Floyd's older than Manny. and then Guess what ? Manny fights Bradley and he's back to his best!

mannys best was 5 years ago, the cotto, hatton, dlh, margarita stage (although he was pretty awesome before that too)

Floyd didn't show any sign of deterioration over those 5 years

Manny was nowhere near as good as he was

it's amazing, everybody hates Floyd, doesn't want to see him, but they all want to talk about him.
Floyd did deteriorate , but because he is so professional and because he was so much better than the rest, it didn't show up as much. He's 2 years older than Manny , so it should've benefited Manny.
The truth is, that if the fight had taken place 5 or 6 years ago, the result would've been no different. Infact I reckon Floyd would've won easier.
Floyd "has no power, runs , is boring , and 39 years old", but he was and is way too good for anyone on the planet.
it's laughable really that people try to make some case against him.
yeah, as a bloke, he's a bit of a cock , but not as bad as he used to be. But you cannot deny his record nor his total domination of the sport.
and the biggest piss take of the lot , is that you all still talk about him. He must be laughing his cock off!

[erics44]

it's amazing, everybody hates Floyd, doesn't want to see him, but they all want to talk about him.
Floyd did deteriorate , but because he is so professional and because he was so much better than the rest, it didn't show up as much. He's 2 years older than Manny , so it should've benefited Manny.
The truth is, that if the fight had taken place 5 or 6 years ago, the result would've been no different. Infact I reckon Floyd would've won easier.
Floyd "has no power, runs , is boring , and 39 years old", but he was and is way too good for anyone on the planet.
it's laughable really that people try to make some case against him.
yeah, as a bloke, he's a bit of a cock , but not as bad as he used to be. But you cannot deny his record nor his total domination of the sport.
and the biggest piss take of the lot , is that you all still talk about him. He must be laughing his cock off!

mate, ive been at work all day, bored shitless wanting to do anything but work

all I have is this forum for company

id rather talk about other boxers and boxing related matters but I think ive commented on just about every other thread on the forum

so I had nothing left to do but to comment on this thread and it happened to be about Floyd!

[J_Undisputed]

It fooled many people for the same reason many of the PPV are purchased. FOMO... fear of missing out. Its kind of a common social phenomena when it trumps logic. Its the same reason little kids look up directly into an eclipse when when they are told not too.

I believe the writing was on the wall for most of the boxing fans and those that have been watching the situation for a while.
- I was at the time a floyd fan for many years up until that point and convinced floyd was too much for manny because manny (and especially the way he set up his punches) was too predictable... Worked off the jab, flicked it as a range finder and used it to get his opponents back up before following with the uppercut or left
- Erik Morales of all people beat manny by turning him with a jab all night whenever he set up off the jab.
- At the time it should have happened. Manny was tearing through fighters because freddy changed his approach by managing his attack angles and in an out attacks. This worked on most every fighter because they were a touch slower than him and even then ones that maybe could match him for speed weren't defensive fighters. A guy like mosely was fast but in bursts and counted on you sitting in the pocket so he could counter you. Manny was gone by the time Mosely knew what hit him and began his counter.
- Floyd started all this business about testing and accusing manny of being a roided up freak that defied nature by carrying power up through the ranks. The entire Mayweather clan got in on it. Spouting nonsense that ceased making sense-- see Rog's crack fueled "A side Meth" paranoia. At the time I felt like pac should just take the test and make the fight happen so we could see the fight and what floyd was doing was good for the sport and it didnt matter because floyd would beat him anyway-- I had friends calling for floyd to just waive whatever and fight manny and beat him even if he was juicing to prove he was the best. I bought the clean sport propaganda. In retrospect, I realize now that Floyd was scared of losing not just to a juicer but anyone. It went from testing, to the split, to network issues, to manny needing money etc etc. for all the reasons floyd shouldn't fight him. This alone to me meant if the fight was going to happen, that floyd was going to spoil his way through the fight by tying manny's hands up after landing first similar to the way Holyfield had smothered Tyson.
- At the points after that, it became apparent who was taking on all comers (it honestly felt like Manny would don a pair of Gene Simmons Platform shoes and challenge Paul Williams) and who was clutching their zero while being forced to fight.
- Manny's Injuries and cramping issues had started becoming more frequent and he seemed to be more and more deliberately dismissive of marquez making a case that he had/could beat manny.
- Floyd seemed more desperate to keep his zero, resorting to prefight stips, Vegas home court advantage, suckerpunching ortiz... all the time while campaigning harder than ever and flaunting his money more.
- Manny gets knocked unconcious by marquez and it was apparent that he would never be the same after that. Immediately, the fight seems more appetizing to floyd than ever.
- Then all business before the fight with floyd just trying to exert leverage over every facet. Even buying out mannys sparring partners.
- Freddy outright denying every rumor of pac injuries but not seeming to be working on anything special against floyd.
- It all started to seem like a cover to preserve profits.

[Primo Carnera]

Mate, try doing some work, you never know, you might like it. 😂
Otherwise you need to find a new job!
Ps. I ain't offering you one because you spend too much time posting on forums!😂😂😉

[Silkeyjoe]

I still can never understand how Floyd became such a PPV star. Yes hes the best boxer but for casual fans I dont think hes ever really had a really exciting fight. Compare him to Rigo or Ward who are equally dominant but noone wants anything to do with them. Their fights are much more exciting than Floyd fights for me.

[erics44]

Mate, try doing some work, you never know, you might like it. 😂
Otherwise you need to find a new job!
Ps. I ain't offering you one because you spend too much time posting on forums!😂😂😉

give me a job, ill try hard and wont go on forums

[Primo Carnera]

Mate, try doing some work, you never know, you might like it. 😂
Otherwise you need to find a new job!
Ps. I ain't offering you one because you spend too much time posting on forums!😂😂😉

give me a job, ill try hard and wont go on forums

Yeah, I bet that's what you said at the interview with your current boss!

[erics44]

Mate, try doing some work, you never know, you might like it. 😂
Otherwise you need to find a new job!
Ps. I ain't offering you one because you spend too much time posting on forums!😂😂😉

give me a job, ill try hard and wont go on forums

Yeah, I bet that's what you said at the interview with your current boss!

the subject of posting on forums during working hours never cropped up

at least me and you can be honest with each other from the start

leads to a healthy working relationship

[ruthless rocco]

p4p atg tbe

[Master]

p4p atg tbe

Sugar Ray Robinson sure was. Well said.

[X]

Floyd was the biggest PPV draw in the world because the largest market by far is in America. US fighters were going through their worst period EVER .... no marketable fighters in any of the traditional weight divisions, no exciting heavyweight, no good middleweight, nothing at lightweight.

Floys was the ONLY world class American fighter during a large part of his career (who fought fairly regularly anyway)

Of course he was going to be a huge PPV star.

Undoubtedly, he is a great great fighter .... but his style is a lot like Rigo's, who stinks at the box office because he is a Cuban.

PAC started his career at flyweight, so I think Floyd always knew he wouldn't get bullied by him, plus he was five years past his best and hadn't stopped anybody in years. Floys knew PAC would never outpoint him .... so, logically, he knew he would win.

I was very disappointed in PAC, not so much for losing as Floyd nullifies everyone he fights, but for going through with the fight with such an injury.

[El Kabong]

People are still on about this? Listen, Floyd Mayweather Jr is a great fighter.....the greatest of all time? Simply put, not just "no" but "HELL NO" he picked out his opponents carefully, he took little to no risks when compared to what past greats did. He saw the opportunity to keep a perfect record and he went with that rather than try to endear himself to fans and EARN his greatness. Manny Pacquiao is a great fighter and he has fans worldwide because he was WILLING to take risks, he was WILLING to seek out the best fighters and win fans over and of course the style in which he fought was entertaining as well.


The Mayweather-Pacquiao fight was window dressing for Floyd's career, it did nothing for Manny, it did little to nothing for any of the boxing fans, it wasn't an exciting fight, it wasn't an epic that will be burned in our memories forever. It was a fight that took too long to happen, they had a 4-5 year span where they COULD have had an epic, a classic fight, but this was nothing but to line promoter's pockets and pad Floyd's resume.

[brocktonblockbust]

No it's absolutely true Mayweather has filed for the trademark and copyright for the best ever 50. He will not go over Danny Garcia because he can make 2 million pay-per-view buys with Pacquiao. If the fightins only half with the previous fight made it is well worth both Fighters time and effort