ROUND 9
Nice lunging left from Manny gets through. But apart from that hard-charging spell in round four, Manny’s been one shot at a time. not able to put enoguh combos together. Think we could get a fishy decision here though, maybe. Floyd not exactly looking to knock his man out. It’s classy, it’s composed - is it a bit bloodless? Will the judges judge it harshly?
ROUND 8
Manny taking some more risks now. Lands a left, swings wildly and misses now. Jim Watt says: “you have to take risks against FM. You cannot beat him at his own game.” Couple of flurries. Pac chasing it in this round but he’s not really finding Floyd. Floyd dropping the hands now, starting to large it up a bit, Manny looking the more tired of the two I would say. It’s been engaging and Mayeather’s defence has been super, but there have only been sporadic squalls of real excitement. Floyd back in calm control in this round.
Gareth: “Winging left, then left uppercut from Pacman but Floyd still setting traps. Notice that straight right land from the ropes ? MP cannot afford to get reckless. Floyd could knock Manny out as he falls in. Couple of great left hooks from Floyd, That’s new in this fight. Pacquiao 10-9”
You have to do a lot of running to catch Mayweather
sounds like a much better fight than i expected it would be.