Did that fight really make people believe that Manny will be able to beat Floyd?

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I am convinced of it. I know styles make fights, but Pac is the all round package. Floyd is getting on now and has only recently beaten fighters who are getting on themselves or are totally out of their weight class. I question Floyds hunger and I question just how far beyond his own peak he is himself. The younger Floyd was a beast, but the older one is so much more conservative. He potshots and his legs are going. He cannot trade with Manny because Manny will keep on trading after Floyd has finished his 2-3 punch combination. And while Floyd is shelled up Manny will just hit everything else. Not scoring punches, but enough to keep Floyd from taking too many risks. Floyd can't take risks because Manny is quicker and will hurt him more.

Manny is just too good right now and I don't think anybody, not even Floyd, can keep him at bay over 12 rounds.

Why would Floyd trade with Manny? Marquez doesn't throw the same combinations that Manny does and he outboxed Manny at points in their fights, and he is nowhere near as fast as Floyd. And watching Manny throw anything except combinations Floyd is faster than him when it comes to individual punches, and Pacquiao won't be able to unload combinations when everytime he's about to get started he gets popped hard by Floyd.

We've seen time and time again that Manny doesn't throw as many punches when guys are landing cleanly on him and he isn't landing cleanly in return. Against Clottey I consider it landing while not landing, He wasn't hitting Clottey cleanly 90% of the time, but it's different missing the target all together. There are no signs that Floyd's legs are going at all, We've seen him fight more physically in his last two fights, and he didn't really need to use footwork, but we did see when Floyd pulled back and away from Marquez and Mosley they weren't fast enough to land anything on him.

I was very surprised by the amount of times I saw Margarito land horribly slow punches on Manny. Pacquiao has become such a combination punching machine that he hasn't developed a slow, methodical style as well, and Floyd will slow his output down, and make it his type of fight. Manny will be lost by the middle rounds and Floyd might even stop him late with the consistent body attack he uses on southpaws.