Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Talks about Potential Fight with Manny Pacquaio

I'm sure vegas will take that bet. You don't have to coax takers on the board. Just wire your money to vegas and once you've done that, be so kind as to take a snapshot photo of the ticket and post it on the board so we know how serious you really are.

 

Lol...

 

Money Boreweather will get his poo smeared all across the ring. He has never fought against anyone that is faster than he is, and Pacman can certainly take a punch, not that Money actually does anything but counter punch and dance around the ring.

Mayweather is a showboat who doesnt actually produce entertaining matches. The most entertaining match he ever had was against the Big Show at Wrestlemania 24.

 

Still won't be fighting anyone faster then he is.

 

Really??

 

this is a big challenge for Manny simply because Gayweather will be running around the ring. but this is all about Roach's genius. i'm sure he'll find a way to knock FG out.

 

Hmmn I dont know about that. Corrales was much slower, especially in between his punches. I dont think he had the footwork Manny has. Im really impressed by Manny's footwork. He is constantly trying to find that angle to go to work. Im amazed how different he is than that one dimensional fighter he used to be.

That said, Mayweather's footwork is better....I think Mayweather's everything is better. I think it'll be a good chess match. Power wise I think they are about equal, but Im not sure with people saying Floyd is the bigger man? What does the tale of the tape look like? Floyd got to sit on his punches though. He doesnt seem to do that until the other guy is breaking down...will Manny break down?

Great defense? Yeah maybe in the sense of Hard to hit(which is what matters I guess) but I wouldnt label bending backwards at the waist and/or running backwards until the other guy stops punching great. Its essentially turning your back halfway so you cant legally be hit. Look up some Sweet Pea or RJJ for great defense. I dont know how you can call yourself a boxing fan and enjoy watching Mayweather's defense.

All that said I like Mayweather. I like the boxers more than the brawlers... always have. I like boxer-punchers even more. Give me Morales over Barrera any day. I dont care who wins, just give me a good fight. It matters to me how the fight was won and it matters to me how the fight was lost.

 

finally, somebody that makes sense about boxing.

 

The fight is set March 13, now we have to wait until where the fight will be located, lets hope it's in Dallas stadium...

 

Manny's footwork has improved a lot but it's still his biggest weakness. He often finds himself off balance when he over commits to his punches. Sometimes he likes to admire his punches too which leaves openings in his defense. I agree with you on angles. Manny is one of the most versatile fighters in the sport in that category.

You are way off on Floyd's defense. He has the best shoulder roll since James Toney. He can tuck his chin behind his shoulder perfectly and counter any punch thrown at him. Floyd is the best denfensive boxer since Whitaker.

 

All you have done this entire thread is hug Manny's nuts and insult Floyd. You have not even bothered to discuss strategy, technique, ect...You are in no position to be making staements like that.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4712939
March 13 showdown!

 

I'd rather shut up if this is all i got. yikes!

 

Fail.

Last I checked the fight was between Floyd and Manny..not Roach.

 

Again, nothing of substance to add. I'm not trying to be a dick, but you don't seem to be in this thread to add anything of substance. All i've seen you do is praise Manny and insult Floyd

 

James Tony. I was going to edit him into my post about ten min. after hitting the submit button. Anyways, heres a vid on Floyd so you can see a little bit of what Im talking about. He often looks out of position to even counter. The kind of counters I usually see from Floyd are the ones where when the opponent tries to throw a punch, Floyd tags him before the arm is even halfway extended . I dont know if that falls under the counter category though.

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One thing I noticed with both the De la Hoya and Marquez fights is the way they started throwing punches. They started throwing these stupid pitty pat punches. I guess the felt they needed to do that to be quick enough. I kept wondering why Marquez didnt throw a right, looping down over Floyds shoulder whenever he would lean back. Instead he kept trying to punch through the shoulder LoL. Punch where the head is goin to be! Im sure Floyd woulda adjusted either way. I wonder how hard it is to come up with a gameplan against Mayweather. Whatever gameplan they have seems to be abandoned after a few rounds.

 

because you think like a roach.

 

i'm a fan not a boxing analyst. if you want to make some analysis or predictions, at least think like an adult.

 

wow... really? you went with that? good stuff.

 

I agree with you on Floyd countering people before their arm is even halway extended. That's one of his favorite things to do. He'll sometimes get in two or three of the same punch. Sometimes Floyd gets a little ahead of himself but normally he is very effective with his chin tuck shoulder roll technique.

I completey agree with everything you said in the second paragraph. Maquez didn't seem like he carried the weight well. Thus, I think he felt really unsure of himself in the fight. He never let his hands go and offered little to nothing to even test Floyd. In DLH's case, he looked like he was just there for the pay day. He abandoned his jab (which was the one thng that worked against Floyd) and didn't do anything else. It seemed he was looking to land his left hook the entire fight and when the opportunity never presented itself, he just threw the pitty pat punches you mentioned. Floyd's an extremely difficult guy to gameplan for. Just like you mentioned, fighters seem to never adjust after a few rounds. Floyd takes them out of their gamplan, and they look lost. Look at Judah, with the exception of Castillo in their first fight, nobody has had a more impressive stretch of rounds against Floyd. One could argue that Zab took 3 of the first 4 (I had it 2-2 but it was close). Then Floyd adjusted and Zab was done.

It's good talking boxing with another knowledgable fan.