I know, dating back from the Oscar de-LaHoya fight, Floyd has only been hit cleanly two times.
The first was the infamous Shane Mosely fight, where he was rocked in the second and took some time to recover. Even at that age Shane still had pop and if it were most other Welters or Jr. Welters and even Super Welters, they would have unravelled and gave up the spirit to fight shortly thereafter.
The second time was in the Maidana 2 fight where he lost a tooth after being popped flush in the mouth. He wobbled back to the corner, as the shot came right at the end of the round. Had there been a minute left in that round, I'm not sure what would have happened, but it would have been interesting to see.
Enter in Manny Pacqiuoa- who will CERTAINLY hit Mayweather more times than he has been hit in his last ten fights combined. Probably harder than Shane can at that age, and definitely not as hard as Maidana, but certainly more frequently with a little less pop.
This is fight will be more than a testament of Floyd's defensive skills, but it will also test Floyd over the long haul of being hit so, so many times.
If Manny can catch Bradley, he will catch Floyd.
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