Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao May 2 MGM Grand Las Vegas

This fight happened 5 years too late. Mayweather is like cornflakes and Pacquiao has gone to the trenches to many times. It's time they both bowed out of the division IMO.
 
I'm still disappointed with the Pacquiao comments after the fight, he said he didn't do more in that last rounds as he thought he had it won, when asked why he didn't hit more he basically blamed Mayweather for moving saying he could hit him more if he stayed in the same place. If that's honestly what he expected then it's no surprise he lost.
 
nemtizz said:
47-0 before this fight and people are still shocked by how Mayweather fights. What exactly were you expecting, a back and forth war? Also the entire running thing is funny. If anyone is to blame for that Manny is. He came straight down the pipe and made it far too easy.

I'm barely a fan of boxing but if you didn't score it either 118-110 or 117-111 you're insane.
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exactly my thoughts - I scored it 117-111 at the time. Mayweather is a tactical/technical genius. He's skill/ability to dodge/counter punch are amazing. Poor performance from Manny (injured or not - you decide), and Mayweather was just to good.

Simples - exactly what I predicted - MW on points and if he was 28 and had another 10 fights - i would back him to win everyone the same way. He was never going to change his style that has won him 47 fights before.

MW simply outboxed, outmoved, out-thought Manny.
 
Mayweather out boxed manny. He deserves the win as much as I dislike him as a sportsman he boxed the fight really well. Feel sorry for manny as he genuinely looked upset but it's a good pay day for both of them. Floyds defence can not be beaten it simply works for him. Look how Ali used to dance around the ring, if you can nail that no fighter can touch you.
 
I am not a huge boxing fan but i watch the big fights and the fight went how i expected it to go. Manny got a few good shots in but couldn't follow it up mayweather always looked in control and it look like he had a another gear or 2.

Sometimes i think refs protect mayweather a bit too much though.

If manny was injured like he claims then the fight should have been put back a few weeks. People had been waiting along time and payed a lot of money for the fight so putting the fight back a few weeks would have been better.

But maybe it was said in the hope of getting a rematch.

Oh i should add i think big fights like these should be 15 rounds.
 
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One More Solo said:
Pacquaio was the one that didn't turn up.
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Watching it now and you're right. I'm up to round 5 and Manny has had one burst of punches but that's it. Perhaps he was genuinely injured? If that is the case then they should have pulled out of the fight.

I don't find Mayweather boring - he's a boxer not a fighter. He's actually very clever, if he wasn't a loud-mouth outside of the ring then nobody would watch his fights.
 
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George Hincapie said:
You need your eyes checked.
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Wasn't aimed at you, although the fight being disappointing was Pacquiao's fault alone and Mayweather should be given the credit that is due. One man perfectly executed a winning game plan, the other did not.

It just seemed like Pacman didn't have the condition, injury or not, to fight a winning fight. I expected Mayweather to be more accurate with his shots but I certainly didn't expect him to throw more full stop. I get the impression Mayweather knew he'd waited long enough that Pacquiao was far enough from his peak to not threaten him, but even the punches he did land didn't rattle him.
 
semi-pro waster said:
I've not yet watched the fight but look at it from Mayweather's perspective, why would he go for a KO when he's comfortably winning the fight. He's knows the way to win at this sport so he does what he needs to and if memory serves he's stated before that he's not interested in making it a spectacle - he'll do what he needs to in order to win and he's superb at doing just that with no more and no less effort expended than needed. It doesn't always make for interesting fights but on a technical level you can't help but respect his skills, he makes it look easy and makes good (or even great) fighters look pretty average.

He doesn't seem to be a particularly nice guy (domestic abuse and gratuitous consumption being two of his well lamented failings) but it is perfectly possible that a lot of what he does and says in the run up to a fight is showmanship - he's the bad guy to sell the fight and generate interest (possibly it also comes naturally although after fights he's almost always gracious about his opponent). As you point out though his fights can appear dull if you want action so it's the hype that he can generate which sells a fight - more "exciting" or explosive fighters might find it easier to get the public interested but he's just finished the most expensive fight in boxing history and got millions of people to watch what was by most accounts a technical masterclass in boxing. There have been many technically great boxers but few have marketed themselves quite so well.
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It is a fairly damning indictment of the sport and which has also led to boxing's declining popularity.

Boxing has ingredients to be amazingly exciting but has descended into pomp and ceremony preceding jogging contests.

In a fight between two of the great fighters of the age, neither finished with anything more than a light sweat. Yet the fight was a victory by a huge margin for one of the fighters.
 
It's pay per view that has killed the sport not contests of defensive boxing, which I appreciate as much as heavy punchers. When you have access to so little boxing you expect more from big fights. Again 18 million brits watched Barry Mcguigan win his title and less than a quarter Americans watched last nights fight. I don't think PPV has done anything good for the sport.
 
At the end of the day sport is entertainment, it's the people watching that pay these fighters. The fact that Mayweather earns close to double that of someone like Messi is incredibly sad in my opinion. I wish people would start focusing more on entertainment rather than the records. Of course you can't blame Mayweather though, he's the best defensive fighter easily and people are throwing money at him to see him fight so why not.
 
sigma said:
I don't find Mayweather boring - he's a boxer not a fighter. He's actually very clever, if he wasn't a loud-mouth outside of the ring then nobody would watch his fights.
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Really? The highlight of Mayweathers last ten fights was him sucker punching Victor Ortiz. Even his BS and pre match mouth is boring.
 
Moothead2 said:
At the end of the day sport is entertainment, it's the people watching that pay these fighters. The fact that Mayweather earns close to double that of someone like Messi is incredibly sad in my opinion. I wish people would start focusing more on entertainment rather than the records. Of course you can't blame Mayweather though, he's the best defensive fighter easily and people are throwing money at him to see him fight so why not.
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People called Barcelona boring when they were dominating Europe. Being at the peak of your sport is rarely compatible with entertainment.
 
One More Solo said:
Wasn't aimed at you, although the fight being disappointing was Pacquiao's fault alone and Mayweather should be given the credit that is due. One man perfectly executed a winning game plan, the other did not.

It just seemed like Pacman didn't have the condition, injury or not, to fight a winning fight. I expected Mayweather to be more accurate with his shots but I certainly didn't expect him to throw more full stop. I get the impression Mayweather knew he'd waited long enough that Pacquiao was far enough from his peak to not threaten him, but even the punches he did land didn't rattle him.
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Fair enough, apologies.

I don't think anyone that watched the fight and is honest can deny MW did exactly what he needed to do to win. Was the fight boring? It wasn't boring but it was disappointing. I was hoping for so much more. It was a master class in evasive counter punching from MW, but that doesn't make for an exciting fight. One of the commentators said something about MW taking your strengths away from you and I agree with that. It's not the case the Pac didn't turn up, he did, but he wasn't facing an opponent like SM or ODH who come to fight. Pac still had a few clear rounds in my book - 4, 6 and 7 but was frustrated the rest of the time. When Pac connected he hurt MW - but you can't hit what you can't catch and he was frustrated for much of the fight.

So a master class in evasion from MW, but not a good fight.
 
One More Solo said:
People called Barcelona boring when they were dominating Europe. Being at the peak of your sport is rarely compatible with entertainment.
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They were not boring ;).

I don't 'like' Mayweather, he is a fantastic boxer, he's smart and has great agility. He deserved to win last night, Pacman was not up to it due to either injury or just not being good enough.

Pacman was an exceptional boxer, it was a real shame last night that he couldn't make more of the occasion.

The money man made his money. I don't think it was a bad fight, I think it was disappointing.

Edit, Danny is right btw, Pay Per View has done nothing for the sport.
 
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