Official Floyd Mayweather- Manny Pacquiao Postfight aftermath discussion

[Drunken Cat]

It's actually a bit of a paradox that Roid Mayweather has become the most paid athlete.

Most people pay for boxers who are exciting and knock people out.

Roid Mayweather has a 54% KO percentage. And he hasn't KO'd anyone since he KO'd Ortiz via sucker punch 7 fights ago. He hasn't KO'd anyone else since he KO'd Hatton 3 fights prior to that.

Roid Mayweather can't hold a candle to guys like Ray Robinson or Ali. These guys fought everyone. Roid Mayweather has been carefully managed, just like a lot of fighters these days (just look at a fraud like Deontay Wilder).

Roid Mayweather won that fight, by doing just enough. I'd say hats off, if the entire event wasn't such a farce. $100 ppv? A fight designed for rich people? In which no normal people could even get a ticket? Roid Mayweather stinking up the joint?

But cong**** to Roid Mayweather for successfully scamming the public so well.

By the way, I read that Manny donated half his purse to charity.

[Drunken Cat]

Had Mayweather winning 8-4

Pacquiao started too slowly, Floyd got away with holding and wrestling moves, Bayless never even gave him a hard warning and Floyd would also ignore Bayless's commands.

This allowed Floyd to control the range for much of the fight, keep Pacquiao at bay with the jab, and then hold him when Pacquiao got into his range.

The times when Pacquiao did get there and was not held he had the better of the exchanges.

Floyd did not dominate the fight. I thought Floyd would land around 140 punches this fight, I just expected Pacquiao to land more and throw more than he did.

Only the 11th round Floyd won with a big margin, the rest of the rounds he nicked. Pacquiao won 4 and 6 clearly and nicked 9 and 10.

Pacquiao is certainly not the fighter he was 5/6 years ago, it has been a steady decline since Margaritto. Still a top fighter, but the decline as well as the shoulder injury played it's part as well as Bayless inability to penalise Floyd for blatant and deliberate fouls.

Think Roach got the game plan wrong as well, and really should have postponed the fight 3 weeks ago because of injury, no tickets and went on sale at that point as well.

How about the 20+ foot ring?

[jas]

Why do you still sound butthurt.

I'm a boxing fan, you are just a fan of Floyd.

You wrote a great post

Tried to green

[K-DOGG]

So, I got to watch the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao fight last night, thanks to some friends of mine who helped pay the PPV. And, it turned out pretty much the way I've been figuring it would for the last few years.

Not complaining; but this fight most assuredly should have happened at lest 5 years ago when Manny still had the foot speed which made the awkwardness of his style the most effective. Still, props to "Money" for having the skill to deal with even this version of Pac-man as effectively as he did. He looked sharp, accurate, and as impenetrable as ever.

A few thoughts I took away form the PPV:

1. HBO and Showtime's crews worked very well together, though I was hoping for a fist fight at the announce table.

2. Michael Buffer either needs to invest in some lemon juice and Jack Daniels or Halls Cough Drops or Chloroseptic to kill that cold of his......or he needs to retire the "golden pipes", 'cause he sounded as over the hill as Pacquiao looked. Jimmy Lennon Jr. won their "fight" by KO.

3. Jamie Foxx is talented; but everybody has their limitations. He's a funny man. His rendering of the national anthem was anything-but. I think only Roseanne Bar has him beat in the all-time sounds like "fingernails-on-a-chalkboard" competition. Holy Shnikees, that was bad!!

4. Why hasn't someone knocked Jim Gray out of my misery yet? For years I've been watching this 90 Lb weakling ask offensive and insulting questions to men who could make him a greasy spot under the grand stands; and yet.....he lives. Just goes to show you: fighters aren't as violent as their vocation would lead you to believe.

5. Max Kellerman should be thanking whatever God he believes in that Manny Pacquiao found Jesus. Almost as if he was trying to ***** Jim Gray, Kellerman decided to roast Manny in his post fight interview on why he lost the biggest fight in his or anybody's life. It gave the feeling of: "SO, YOU JUST MADE SHOWTIME LOOK GOOD AFTER ALL THE MONEY WE'VE INVESTED IN YOU! HOW COULD YOU LET US DOWN AND RUIN OUR INVESTMENT BY FIGHTING SO ******LY??!!"

( 5b.) Maybe if we asked for it on PPV we could get Jim Gray and Max Kellerman to throw hands in a sissy-man slap fight. Eh, anything's possible. Nothing like watching a couple of talking heads talk tough to men who could sc**** them off the bottom of their shoes if they chose to. Oh well.

6. I think the blonde ring card girl was a man.....at least before the operation. That has to be the ugliest woman I've ever seen smile and wink at me through the TV screen. For the PPV price of this fight, you think they could have gotten a Vegas showgirl or something. Sheesh. She should sue her plastic surgeon for malpractice. Sorry, I know that's mean; but she just gave me the willies.

7. And, finally, my last thought I took away from the event of the century: I hope the result of the fight doesn't effect the Philipino economy. Maybe it's just my impression; but why do I think everybody half a world away just slipped into clinical depression? You could almost feel half the world deflate last night.

Anyway, if you missed the fight, you saved a 100 bucks. It wasn't worth the wait nor the money. It was a good fight.......but "good fights" aren't worth the kinds of dough this event generated. Great fights-yes. Good fights-no; but I guess that's what happens when you hang a carrot on a stick for long enough in front of a starving donkey.

The dumb ass ends up eating a moldy carrot, no matter what the cost.

Peace.

[The Big Dunn]

Why do you still sound butthurt.

I'm a boxing fan, you are just a fan of Floyd.

No, you are not. Maybe now that manny has been exposed, you might just become one.

[The Big Dunn]

You wrote a great post

Tried to green

Were you satisfied with what you saw in the ring and in the presser?

[Spoon23]

Wah, wah wah, snifflflfllflflflfeeee, wah, wah, cough cough cooooooughhhh, wah wah

It was a performance of a lifetime by floyd, who hugged and jabbed and ran to victory.

This is the way of a true samurai ehem runner ehem,, fighter.. ehem..I don't know what the fuvk you call that? A hugger, a lover? who cares..

[joseph5620]

Lol that has a lot to do with boxing , doesn't it. It was in response to Floyd fans defending the riots And I apologised and said it was a joke to chiefz- a guy who I respect a lot and didn't wanna offend.

And my favourite fighter is a black fighter Bernard Hopkins which is well known on this forum but you wouldn't know because you only follow one fighters fights and are not a boxing fan

And my last 2 posts in this thread before the fight :





Enjoy your victory

I got a lot of respect for mayweather as I've said in this thread before.

You're right. It has nothing to do with boxing. But you singled out "Floyd fans" as the only people defending the injustice in Baltimore. Although there were very few Mayweather fans posting in the thread. Why is that? I already know the answer. It's too late for your "t has nothing to do with boxing" talk after your agenda failed.


As far as the prediction you were all over the place. At one point you wee constantly pointing out how " scared " mayweather looked LOL.

[D4thincarnation]

No, you are not. Maybe now that manny has been exposed, you might just become one.

You still sound like a loser, what is your probelm.

Rather than talk about the fight, you prefer talking about poster and how upset they are.

Says something about your juvenile mindset.

You really are a fanboy.

[Johnwoo8686]

Why do you still sound butthurt.

I'm a boxing fan, you are just a fan of Floyd.

I actually thought your analysis of the fight was very fair and balanced. I saw it the exact same way you did and I'm a fan of Floyd. There were a lot of close competitive rounds that Floyd mainly edged. Pac clearly won 2 rounds and edged two others.

Roach's strategy was awful. Manny should have let his hands go more.