Comments Thread For: Mayweather: Pacquiao, You Will Never Be On My Level

[b00g13man]

A different school of boxing would have put Manny in a win. Say, outside the US?

In the end, Floyd's self promotion is just that. Boxing historians will still feel Manny has had a greater legacy than Floyd. Especially, that Floyd waited for Manny to get old and on the downslide before he fought him.

Wrong!! Try again.

[JasonBoxing]

Yeah, People who write Floyd off against those fighters since "They were around first" and nostalgia is sweet, forget that you cant hit what you cant see and Mayweather can make a great fighter look basic.

Floyd would do well against most of them, but in the case of Hearns it's not a 'he came first' reason. Hearns is just too damn big for Floyd.

A great little man can beat a average or 'good' big man. A great little man can beat a great big man if the little man have a stylistic edge.

But in the case of Hearns. We are talking about a great big man who Floyd have ZERO stylistic advantages over. Floyd isn't a Hagler like fighter who can brawl. He doesn't have the size or strength of Leonard and he doesn't have the power of Leonard.

Hearns would literally dominate Floyd for 12 rounds. The size difference in this case is just too much of a nightmare. And it's not like Hearns is a big clumsy oaf, guy had ATG boxing skills in the same tier as Leonard/Duran. I think Floyd could avoid getting stopped by Herans if he really tried, but he wouldn't win that many rounds.

[HAY-B]

Floyd embarrasses Duran at any weight. Hearns was too reckless to beatFloyd.

Hagler was too big for them to fight.

Leonard would give Floyd trouble for sure. Would have been the two greatest thinkers in the boxing ring ever at one time.

Someone mentioned Vernon Forest, I agree, his reach and jab could have been problems for Floyd.

You might be right about the others, we will never know, but Forest does not beat Floyd for the simple reason that it's easy to get Forest off his game plan.

[V.WEBB]

Pacquiao fans still on massive tilt.

Still talking that 'one armed' nonsense.

Still in denial that Manny had no trouble throwing the right.

Still......hilarious.

I love it John.

I'm bathing in the tears.

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

manny pac man and his fans are thru and i thought u knew

[boksingero]

i don't care about the shoulder injury issue.. but watching the replay of the whole fight specially in slowmo confirms that pacquiao should have won because he landed more than mayweather who just use his sleek moves to looked as if he's dominating pacquiao but when watched in detail floyd just managed to outland pacquiao in rounds 1,5 and 11.. pacquiao outlanded floyd in rounds 2,3,4,6,7,9,10.. they tied at 8 and 12.. and its funny to hear nothing from the biased commentator from hbo and skysports crediting pacquiao whenever he lands a shot on floyd specially when watched in slowmo

[cuzzlo]

Silence of the pac fans, like shhhhhhhhhhhhh......put the baby to sleep!!!

[Amgwanagitbuti]

Clearly Mayweather is the superior fighter between the two, regardless of Pacquiao's injury claim. Floyd demonstrated that he's the best WW of his era. He's earned that distinction.

On another thread someone mentioned that it was on Manny to bring the fight to Floyd. I think most boxing fans shared that viewpoint. They knew Floyd would do what Floyd does to win unless Manny could disrupt that defense-priority style. And Manny was not up to the task.

But Floyd failed too. The fight was a huge event, a world stage on which TBE had the opportunity to display greatness. Instead, he realized after the first round that he had the win in the bag; that, despite Floyd Sr castigating him between rounds to do more, he could coast to a UD victory if he kept to the run, clutch, and pull counter combo. And sure enough, that's what he did.

Essentially, Floyd knew he was the better fighter but was unwilling to risk anything to go for a knock out.

IMO, great fighters leave a resume rich with fights that have fans screaming HOLY FCUK. I wanted Floyd to KO Manny in a stellar performance he could carry to Canestoga. Unfortunately, I was expecting too much. After last Saturday, Floyd will have to continue calling himself TBE because some boxing fans will not.

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[QuebecSTAR2]

I love it John.

I'm bathing in the tears.

No u bathing in piss and u luvvvv it! Lol