OT - Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao - YOUR PREDICTION

[FanuSanu52]

On the plus side, that Ukrainian guy in the first undercard looks both promising and exciting.

But WTF was with 2 undercards and 4 hours of "years in the making" dreck for $90 (standard def)?? Nice fight night, ya greedy PsOS.

 

[JPhoboken]

If continuous holding was Illegal, the outcome may have been different. Paciquao needed to get significantly close to Floyd (because of much shorter reach ) to land legitimate shots. But just about everytime he entered striking distance Floyd would wrap his arms around Pac so he couldn't throw punches. Sucks that they allow this, but it is what it is

Agree, I can't stand fighters hugging each other. How is this not been outlawed?

 

[Terry_2426]

Did anyone have issues with the PPV feed? Ordered the fight at 5:50pm on an X1 box but got an error every time we tried to go to the channel. Called Comcast multiple times, only to have them disconnect the call, couldn't get through to anyone on the online chat. Didn't get signal until 11:15pm when we switched the boxes from another room and ordered the fight again...better get a real nice credit from them for that BS

 

[miketd1]

Mayweather's just a smart boxer. Picks fights he can win and doesn't take unnecessary risks in the ring. If I were him, I would do the same thing.

But as a fan, I'm glad I didn't pony up for that.

 

[Rokodesh]

went to the bar and watched it for free after the Eric Church concert in Newark. glad I didn't have to pay for it. Pac had him in the corner the whole time, but didn't work the body enough to hurt him. That would've been his best chance to win.

 

[RUforJERSEY]

Most of the fight I saw was contested in the middle of the ring.

 

[jeff86]

Most of the fight I saw was contested in the middle of the ring.

RUforJersey, I actually was not a huge Ali fan, and I'm not sure from your post if you agree with Mayweather or not, but I don't think any boxing fan of the last 40 years would say that Mayweather is a better fighter than Ali. You're right, a lot of people didn't like Ali, but at least he stood for something, unlike Mayweather. And lost 3 and 1/2 years of his prime while fighting his draft notice, and still had an incredible career with multiple seminal fights. And don't even talk about Sugar Ray Robinson, considered by most boxing experts as the best pound for pound of all time. Plenty of others I can name who were better than Mayweather. All that said, I give your boy credit, he fought his usual defensive fight, and won the fight, which is all that matters ultimately. He's definitely one of if not the best of HIS era, but nowhere near the best of all time IMO.

 

[RUforJERSEY]

I don't necessarily agree of all time but I do think of this era yes.

 

[S.B. Crumb]