Posted on 11/16/2009 10:17:17 AM PST by pissant
Floyd Mayweather Jr says he will beat Manny Pacquiao "easily" and will walk away from the biggest pay-per-view event in the history of boxing with up to $75m (£45m).
Only obduracy of the most perverse kind can scupper a mega-showdown between the new WBO welterweight champion and Mayweather some time in 2010, almost certainly in Las Vegas. But Mayweather dismissed the little Filipino's brutal stoppage of the formidable Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto in the 12th round at the MGM Grand on Saturday night as one-dimensional, even though it has been universally hailed as one of the finest ring performances in many years.
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Mayweather is talking smack and such. PacMan the quite professional.
Great match up, perhaps more than one fight.
ah my subject and sport, boxing.
If mayweather wants this then get it set up, right now.
Everyone chases him around the ring. I never could figure out how any manager with a brain wouldn't tell his fighter to stand in a corner and let him come to you.
There should be no escape clause for Mayweather as there was in the Marquez fight. Let Floyd come to Manny’s weight class, no waivers for money. That levels the field.
I hope that fight happens
I was invited to a Filipino party just to watch it. Pacquiao is always gracious and he never “stalks” another fighter to make money, deferring to Bob Arum.
Just like the SI guy again noted on today’s Jim Rome show, Cotto’s corner should have STOPPED the fight by the 9th because his face was bleeding in and out, and it was a disgrace for the 32 yr old trainer to let it go the distance. When you are getting beat 8 to 1 in the round card, throw in the towel to a far more superior fighter.
bingo!
No way Mayweather can win by pecking Manny Pacquiao with a soft one two and then running away for 2 minutes 45 seconds.
Oscare De Lahoya tried that and lost miserably.
IF the fight comes off between Mayweather and Manny, Manny should sit back and wait. Let Floyd be the aggressor, that's where Manny is the most dangerous.
I now coach boxing and one of my sons does boxing which I train him and I still love the sport.
It went bad when Don king got in there and ruined many a fighter but now I thnk in th elast 3 to 5 years boxing has got better.
Shame the American media do not follow the sport now we have no decent fighters but Mayweather .
The American boxing association is a terrible run group which needs to be got rid of and then put together again without the politics which goes with it .
As for Manny and Mayweather then that is one fight which I will pay for if it is PPV as we will see two great technical fighters in the ring together.
It should be a great fight and I say it will be Manny who will win
cott
s corner was a disgrace.
They gave him no advice at all but instead just kept saying use the jab and come on , come on.
Manny turned the skill on and half way through you could see cotto just gave up in his heart which for a fighter to do is indeed a bad thing
ESPN shows some good (and bad) new fighters on their way up. But it's often sloppy fighters, refs, and judging. Sometimes you get a quality fight, but mostly mismatches.
Both Floyd and Manny have great hand and foot speed. Both good at slipping and dodging punches. Both can hit you straight on and then the next punch they're at your side. Coming from different angles.
I think Manny is peaking and I'll pick him, but I look for a great fight. Besides. my wife was born in the Philippines. What choice do I have?
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