Mayweather vs Pac

[Chino]

he dominated by making Oscar miss damn near everyshot if that counts. but Oscar got undeserved rounds IMO. i also heard Mayweather said himself that Agustus was the hardest fight he ever had.

None of them connected as they did in previous fights. Look at both of their faces after the fight, how they were not tired, etc. I think a lot of it has to do with people disliking ODLH. And it is clear he is disliked. So no matter what, he won't get anybody's favor.

i dont dislike ODLH i dislike Calzaghe Floyd might not have dominated offensivly but he did defensivly. But oscar did get alot of rounds in but i dont see how.

I am not sure if you can win a fight with defense. ODLH kept pressing the fight and when you are facing a champion shouldn't it be the other way around?

[eddiegil]

Floyd Jr. came out of retirement after De La Hoya fight because he knew he could beat Hatton. The fact that he is still in retirement now is because there is hesitation on his part, that he cannot beat Pacquiao. No one knew that Oscar doesn't have it anymore until Pacquiao uncovered it on Dream Match. Is Floyd Jr. still the guy we knew or will it be Dream Match Part Two?

[Dizaster]

Floyd Jr. came out of retirement after De La Hoya fight because he knew he could beat Hatton. The fact that he is still in retirement now is because there is hesitation on his part, that he cannot beat Pacquiao. No one knew that Oscar doesn't have it anymore until Pacquiao uncovered it on Dream Match. Is Floyd Jr. still the guy we knew or will it be Dream Match Part Two?

I'd also like to see Floyd fight on, or never have retired in the first place and maybe taken another 5 or 6 fights before retiring..

I am not one of those people who always wants a fighter to keep going just one more fight,to prove themselves against the "next" fighter to come along.. or not retire until they lose... As much I used to criticize his attitude outside the ring (because of the fact that a champion as quality as he just doesn't need to act like that) I was in awe of what he could do in the ring..... It's funny that I always wanted a fighter to beat him in most of his fights.. A little because I didn't like his attitude, but mainly because I just wanted to see Floyd's limit.. I wanted to see him pushed to his absolute limit, and possibly beyond... I wanted Floyd to fight on and constantly push himself until him and all his fans found his limit... Many time's he was underrated by some going into fights, and he would just impress so much that you'd wonder how you could ever doubt him... Then the next fight would come up and people could talk about how this new fighter will beat him... He ended his career a cut above everyone else around his weight...
I wanted him to continue on and continue to test himself, if not at 147 but even up to 154... Some fighters don't have the intention of just continually rising the bar until they meet someone tougher, but I believe we never saw the absolute best/peak of Mayweather.. Once he was at the top of his game, we never got to see him really have to dig deep and use every ounce of his heart and skill to beat an opponent who was better than him... I think he was capable of it, and wish that we got to see it of probably the best fighter of my era...

I would love for him to come out of retirement for anything.. Especially if Pac continues on to be a dominant fighter in 2009,,,, but it's pretty clear Mayweather is pretty much done with the game.... He doesn't have that hunger and thirst to find and push his limits, and that's an incredible shame.. Now that it's clear he's pretty intent on staying retired and out of the game, it's an end of an era that I and many others wish could have continued on into even more glorious days...

There was no doubt of his potential, I just wish even with all we saw, that we could have seen more of him...

[C-Lo]

Floyd Jr. came out of retirement after De La Hoya fight because he knew he could beat Hatton. The fact that he is still in retirement now is because there is hesitation on his part, that he cannot beat Pacquiao. No one knew that Oscar doesn't have it anymore until Pacquiao uncovered it on Dream Match. Is Floyd Jr. still the guy we knew or will it be Dream Match Part Two?

I'd also like to see Floyd fight on, or never have retired in the first place and maybe taken another 5 or 6 fights before retiring..

I am not one of those people who always wants a fighter to keep going just one more fight,to prove themselves against the "next" fighter to come along.. or not retire until they lose... As much I used to criticize his attitude outside the ring (because of the fact that a champion as quality as he just doesn't need to act like that) I was in awe of what he could do in the ring..... It's funny that I always wanted a fighter to beat him in most of his fights.. A little because I didn't like his attitude, but mainly because I just wanted to see Floyd's limit.. I wanted to see him pushed to his absolute limit, and possibly beyond... I wanted Floyd to fight on and constantly push himself until him and all his fans found his limit... Many time's he was underrated by some going into fights, and he would just impress so much that you'd wonder how you could ever doubt him... Then the next fight would come up and people could talk about how this new fighter will beat him... He ended his career a cut above everyone else around his weight...
I wanted him to continue on and continue to test himself, if not at 147 but even up to 154... Some fighters don't have the intention of just continually rising the bar until they meet someone tougher, but I believe we never saw the absolute best/peak of Mayweather.. Once he was at the top of his game, we never got to see him really have to dig deep and use every ounce of his heart and skill to beat an opponent who was better than him... I think he was capable of it, and wish that we got to see it of probably the best fighter of my era...

I would love for him to come out of retirement for anything.. Especially if Pac continues on to be a dominant fighter in 2009,,,, but it's pretty clear Mayweather is pretty much done with the game.... He doesn't have that hunger and thirst to find and push his limits, and that's an incredible shame.. Now that it's clear he's pretty intent on staying retired and out of the game, it's an end of an era that I and many others wish could have continued on into even more glorious days...

There was no doubt of his potential, I just wish even with all we saw, that we could have seen more of him...

Great Post!

If Pacquiao beats Hatton, Mayweather is going to fight Pacquiao. I wanna talk about how Pacquiao would be a fighter Mayweather has never seen before or how the potential matchup would put the fire back in Floyd's belly, but in reality, the money would be too big to give up.

[Rantcatrat]

I am not sure how I would enjoy this fight because I want to see them both loose badly. Mayweather, well, I admire all his talent and I am yet to see someone nowadays be as complete as him. Offense, defense, speed, accuracy, you name it! Floyd Maywetaher Jr. HAS IT ALL! It's not like we can say "Oh, he has this and that weakness" nope, come on, name one that is clear in every fight. He has fought pretty much all kinds of styles and has come out victorious. I am not so sure about his first fight against Castillo and De La Hoya though. If someone ever cuts or bruises him, that would be impressing.

Anyways, I want someone to shut his loud mouth! Would Pac be the one to do that? Then we have Pac who I admire in and out of the ring. But certain fans can just be annoying and if it wasn't because of those fans, I would be cool with him. I just want to see him loose and then see how fans take it who seem to see Pac as the complete perfect flawless boxer who's victories against JMM were 100% clear/convincing and will never ever loose even if he jumps to the heavyweights. I just hope Pac gives Mayweather all the honorable credit and respect with no excuses "My socks had the wrong color...It was a bit cloudy outside...etc."

are u sayin that his fight with Oscar was close or that he had a difficult time with his style??

No, all I am saying is that ODLH was passed his prime, old, worned out, drained, no gas left in the tank, and pretty much everything else that Pac and his whole team even mentioned. Even they all knew this was an opportunity to add a nice name to the resume. It happens all the time when boxing legends decide to stay in the ring longer than they should: Ali, Leonard, Tyson, Chavez, etc. etc. etc. and now ODLH. I am surprised people ignore this fact. Pac is good, no doubt, and keeps improving in my opinion. He just happened to fight an old, worned out, drained, passed his prime, ODLH. Just like ODLH did when he faced JC Chavez. What goes around comes around I guess.

KananKrus,
I'll give it a try.

The funny thing is that before the fight NO ONE knew that ODLH was washed up. The media thought that the fight was a mismatch and thus bad for the sport. Most boxers thought pacman would lose. The sports books had pacman as a heavy underdog. Even a philipino politician thought pacman would lose. Many people even thought pacman would get knocked out! Going into the ring as such an underdog and still beaming with confidence and courage speaks for itself. The win was huge. This was not a case of Calzaghe v. Jones where the boxing public universally thought Calzaghe would win on points because RJJ was passed his prime. This was a HUGE upset.

Did ODLH change that much from May of 2007 - when he battled Floyd to a split decision loss - to ODLH in December of 2008, when he was destroyed by Pacquiao? It is obvious he changed, but Mayweather didn't maul ODLH like Pacquiao did and Mayweather is naturally a bigger man than Pacquiao.

Because of his accomplishments and ability, PBF should be heavily favored in a fight with Pacquiao, but the intrigue for the fight is justified.

[brucelee]

Pac will be very very different from all the fighters Mayweather had faced so I give the win to Pac.


Mayweather's shoulder roll will be no problem for Pac.

[JT Rock]

Pac will be very very different from all the fighters Mayweather had faced so I give the win to Pac.


Mayweather's shoulder roll will be no problem for Pac.

How So? I notice both you and Julius have said similiar things but are yet to back it up with an in depth analysis or well thought plan..

So Im curious to hear what that is... Because a questionable desicion against JMM a win against an overrated Diaz and victory over a drained ineffective lethargic plodding old Delahoya, dosent give one Ioda of an idea today more than it gave last year that Pac had a snowball chance in hell of beating PBF.

I admit I picked Oscar to destroy Pac and believed that up until they announced HBO's unofficial weigh in were Oscar was a pound less than Pac. Everyone in the world though it was a foregone conclusion that Delahoya was going to come into the ring about 155-160, not being lighter and giving up every advantage he would have had.

Congrats to Pac for moving up in weight and demolishing Delahoya, I will say this if Floyd fought Delahoya under the same circumstances and weighed 147 without gaining a pound come the fight night, Im sure it would have been close to the outcome of the Gatti fight

[levi#1BoxingFan]

Im sick and tired of the mayweather brown nosers. Pacman will stop mayweather. I dont care who mayweather has fought before, he has never fought the caliber fighter like a pacman. The reason manny will stop him is for three Big reasons. #1 manny's footwork is the best around. He bounces around on both feet constantly throwing fighters off their game, slipping in and out. #2 manny throws combinations. Im not sure floyd knows what that means as of late, sure floyd can throw combinations against someone like Gaitti, but i believe i could do that. Mayweather has not impressed me at all lately, he throws one punch and then goes back into his little peek-a-boo style, thats not gonna work against manny. #3 is heart. I've followed manny for a while and i've never seen someone with the will to win like him. Even in the first morrales fight with the huge gash from the headbut the man kept coming, thats heart, thats a passion to win, and thats something floyd has never faced before. Even tho i just registered here on the forums, i told my whole family that manny would beat oscar up, while the rest of them said that oscar was just to big. Please dont even mention ricky hatton against pacman, Hatton would be taking a nap on the canvas within 6 rounds. Hatton does not impress me at all, i mean who has he beat? Mallinagi, who else.....? This may sound crazy and im gonna go out on a limb, but i dont even see mayweather giving manny any problems at any point in the fight. This fight is gonna happen soon, and I believe without a shadow of a doubt that not only will the pretty boy be handed his first defeat, but will be stopped similar to oscar, but im gonna go with 11th round TKO. WINNER Manny "The Pacman" Pacquiao. PS. all of you "mayweather is boxing God" people your fixing to see your man get brutally exposed. And you can quote me on that!

[C-Lo]

Im sick and tired of the mayweather brown nosers. Pacman will stop mayweather. I dont care who mayweather has fought before, he has never fought the caliber fighter like a pacman. The reason manny will stop him is for three Big reasons. #1 manny's footwork is the best around. He bounces around on both feet constantly throwing fighters off their game, slipping in and out. #2 manny throws combinations. Im not sure floyd knows what that means as of late, sure floyd can throw combinations against someone like Gaitti, but i believe i could do that. Mayweather has not impressed me at all lately, he throws one punch and then goes back into his little peek-a-boo style, thats not gonna work against manny. #3 is heart. I've followed manny for a while and i've never seen someone with the will to win like him. Even in the first morrales fight with the huge gash from the headbut the man kept coming, thats heart, thats a passion to win, and thats something floyd has never faced before. Even tho i just registered here on the forums, i told my whole family that manny would beat oscar up, while the rest of them said that oscar was just to big. Please dont even mention ricky hatton against pacman, Hatton would be taking a nap on the canvas within 6 rounds. Hatton does not impress me at all, i mean who has he beat? Mallinagi, who else.....? This may sound crazy and im gonna go out on a limb, but i dont even see mayweather giving manny any problems at any point in the fight. This fight is gonna happen soon, and I believe without a shadow of a doubt that not only will the pretty boy be handed his first defeat, but will be stopped similar to oscar, but im gonna go with 11th round TKO. WINNER Manny "The Pacman" Pacquiao. PS. all of you "mayweather is boxing God" people your fixing to see your man get brutally exposed. And you can quote me on that!

Big words for a first post! Welcome to the forum! This is the best place to talk boxing.

[JazMerkin]

Im sick and tired of the mayweather brown nosers. Pacman will stop mayweather. I dont care who mayweather has fought before, he has never fought the caliber fighter like a pacman. The reason manny will stop him is for three Big reasons. #1 manny's footwork is the best around. He bounces around on both feet constantly throwing fighters off their game, slipping in and out. #2 manny throws combinations. Im not sure floyd knows what that means as of late, sure floyd can throw combinations against someone like Gaitti, but i believe i could do that. Mayweather has not impressed me at all lately, he throws one punch and then goes back into his little peek-a-boo style, thats not gonna work against manny. #3 is heart. I've followed manny for a while and i've never seen someone with the will to win like him. Even in the first morrales fight with the huge gash from the headbut the man kept coming, thats heart, thats a passion to win, and thats something floyd has never faced before. Even tho i just registered here on the forums, i told my whole family that manny would beat oscar up, while the rest of them said that oscar was just to big. Please dont even mention ricky hatton against pacman, Hatton would be taking a nap on the canvas within 6 rounds. Hatton does not impress me at all, i mean who has he beat? Mallinagi, who else.....? This may sound crazy and im gonna go out on a limb, but i dont even see mayweather giving manny any problems at any point in the fight. This fight is gonna happen soon, and I believe without a shadow of a doubt that not only will the pretty boy be handed his first defeat, but will be stopped similar to oscar, but im gonna go with 11th round TKO. WINNER Manny "The Pacman" Pacquiao. PS. all of you "mayweather is boxing God" people your fixing to see your man get brutally exposed. And you can quote me on that!

Erm... there was this fella called Kostya Tszyu who wasn't a bad little boxer a few years ago. Go on, google him, he's not bad. & as we seem to be talking on a Malignaggi level, there was these guys called Luis Collazo & Jose Luis Castillo who managed to beat. I'm not even a Hatton fan & that's a stupid question.

[kingfrnk]

Pac will be very very different from all the fighters Mayweather had faced so I give the win to Pac.


Mayweather's shoulder roll will be no problem for Pac.

and mayweathers is the same as all of the other fighters that Pac has fought..............

look how much problems JMM gave him. i wouldnt be surprised if Pac gets KTFO. and that shoulder roll would drive Pac crazy when he realizes that he cant hit him like he did Oscar

[levi#1BoxingFan]

Pound for pound, Barrera, JMM, and Morales are much better fighters than castillo and callazo. Those names shouldnt even be mentioned in the same sentence. I'm not taking anything away from JMM hes a good fighter and gave pac a run for his money, but he never pulled threw. Besides I believe Manny has improved even more so his last two fights. By the way man im new to the forum but not new to boxing. And as for Kostya Tszyu, he'll never be remembered. Mark my words people, Pac-man will win this fight! Im not saying that hatton is awful or anything but i think theres plenty of fighters that can beat him: Pacman, cotto, margarito, berto.

[:::PSL:::]

Pac will be very very different from all the fighters Mayweather had faced so I give the win to Pac.


Mayweather's shoulder roll will be no problem for Pac.

How So? I notice both you and Julius have said similiar things but are yet to back it up with an in depth analysis or well thought plan..

So Im curious to hear what that is... Because a questionable desicion against JMM a win against an overrated Diaz and victory over a drained ineffective lethargic plodding old Delahoya, dosent give one Ioda of an idea today more than it gave last year that Pac had a snowball chance in hell of beating PBF.

I admit I picked Oscar to destroy Pac and believed that up until they announced HBO's unofficial weigh in were Oscar was a pound less than Pac. Everyone in the world though it was a foregone conclusion that Delahoya was going to come into the ring about 155-160, not being lighter and giving up every advantage he would have had.

Congrats to Pac for moving up in weight and demolishing Delahoya, I will say this if Floyd fought Delahoya under the same circumstances and weighed 147 without gaining a pound come the fight night, Im sure it would have been close to the outcome of the Gatti fight

Lol! I've been gone for 6 months. But I took the chance of reading some of your pre DLH-Pac comments. And I gotta tell ya, you weren't alone with your prediction. 28 out of 30 of so called "boxing experts" picked DLH to win. And most of them are using the same reason the one that you are using right now why Oscar lost (the weight issue).

Oscar De La Hoya didn't just lost. He got tortured.

I guess the real beauty of that Pacquiao victory is he made most of his doubters as believers, and made some of his haters STFU.

[JT Rock]

Pac will be very very different from all the fighters Mayweather had faced so I give the win to Pac.


Mayweather's shoulder roll will be no problem for Pac.

How So? I notice both you and Julius have said similiar things but are yet to back it up with an in depth analysis or well thought plan..

So Im curious to hear what that is... Because a questionable desicion against JMM a win against an overrated Diaz and victory over a drained ineffective lethargic plodding old Delahoya, dosent give one Ioda of an idea today more than it gave last year that Pac had a snowball chance in hell of beating PBF.

I admit I picked Oscar to destroy Pac and believed that up until they announced HBO's unofficial weigh in were Oscar was a pound less than Pac. Everyone in the world though it was a foregone conclusion that Delahoya was going to come into the ring about 155-160, not being lighter and giving up every advantage he would have had.

Congrats to Pac for moving up in weight and demolishing Delahoya, I will say this if Floyd fought Delahoya under the same circumstances and weighed 147 without gaining a pound come the fight night, Im sure it would have been close to the outcome of the Gatti fight

Lol! I've been gone for 6 months. But I took the chance of reading some of your pre DLH-Pac comments. And I gotta tell ya, you weren't alone with your prediction. 28 out of 30 of so called "boxing experts" picked DLH to win. And most of them are using the same reason the one that you are using right now why Oscar lost (the weight issue).

Oscar De La Hoya didn't just lost. He got tortured.

I guess the real beauty of that Pacquiao victory is he made most of his doubters as believers, and made some of his haters STFU.

No one in the world though that Pac would weight a pound over delahoya.. Crazy to think Oscar gave up his size and weight to try to be faster... The Oscar of 4 years ago wouldnt have been faster than pac... I knew he was going to get destroyed when he was lighter

[Chino]

The funny thing is that before the fight NO ONE knew that ODLH was washed up

Actually, people were commenting about that on the Forbes fight. I even said that if Forbes, who is not known for being a dinamite KO puncher, could hurt ODLH then Pac would be a bigger threat. Now, you have all these people praising Pac for beating ODLH, which is fine, but people forget what it means to be "passed their prime". The only ones I have heard mention that are boxing analists and critics. Same thing with Mc Bride beat Tyson, when Norris and Camacho beat Leonard, when ODLH beat Chavez and ended up taking a taste of his own medicine when facing Pac and so on. Happens all the time in boxing.