Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao - Con Job

[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

[Sleepwalker]

Back when the fight was being discussed years ago, I used to get caught up in who's fault it is that they aren't fighting nonsense. I really doesn't matter in retrospect because they didn't fight when they should have.....and anot her poster stated, the ones who were responsible for it dragging out are the very ones who made out better than anyone else.