Floyd vs Pacquiao

[GrimCoconut]

Skip bayless is having a nightmare on twitter. Absolutely embarrassing himself.

Yeah...He certainly is. Mayweather won that fight. Plain and simple. I'm a Pacquiao fan, too.

[52520Andrew]

Figured it would be a Mayweather decision, didn't see the fight although I followed the ESPN updates, is it worth it?

[codizzle]

People pay for that absolute crap

[codizzle]

I would rather drive 12 hours to a jaguars/browns game in January in Cleveland with a foot of snow

then watch that fight again and I didn't even pay for it

[Militant X 1]

Yeah...He certainly is. Mayweather won that fight. Plain and simple. I'm a Pacquiao fan, too.

 

Floyd outclasses (boxing wise) his opponents no matter how much the public builds them up or favors them to beat him.  The man just wins.  48-0.  Deal with it haters!  One question for the haters....

 

Now that Floyd has FINALLY silenced the noise by clearly beating Pacquaio...who is your "next" ready made champion to try to dethrone him?  LOL!

[codizzle]

Floyd outclasses (boxing wise) his opponents no matter how much the public builds them up or favors them to beat him. The man just wins. 48-0. Deal with it haters! One question for the haters....

Now that Floyd has FINALLY silenced the noise by clearly beating Pacquaio...who is your "next" ready made champion to try to dethrone him? LOL!

Lol how is it possible to get hype for that.... Seriously it makes zero sense...Literally nothing happened the entire time

I'm pretty sure rousey would absolutely destroy floyd and send him home crying

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[allblackraven]

Man, I was keen for this fight but then I saw the price. $89, or $99 in HD. *starts looking for pirate streams*

I just came back from downtown Auckland - all the bars/pubs on the waterfront were full, people spilled onto roads, everybody watching. Caught 10th and 11th but had to move on.

 

Glad Floyd remains undefeated.

[Militant X 1]

Lol how is it possible to get hype for that.... Seriously it makes zero sense...Literally nothing happened the entire time

I'm pretty sure rousey would absolutely destroy floyd and send him home crying

 

Dude, I love "boxing" that is why I can get hype for that fight.  Smh!  Everyone wants to see a brawl.  I believe that is because of this MMA society that we are presently in.  Case and point your mention of Rousey.  I don't follow MMA whatsoever.  Can't stand it!  Floyd isn't nor ever has been a brawler.  But let's keep it real; only those rooting for Pac-Man are mad!  Be mad at Pacquiao for not being what you all thought he was not because Floyd was typically being Floyd.

[Pats]

Dude, I love "boxing" that is why I can get hype for that fight.  Smh!  Everyone wants to see a brawl.  I believe that is because of this MMA society that we are presently in.  Case and point your mention of Rousey.  I don't follow MMA whatsoever.  Can't stand it!  Floyd isn't nor ever has been a brawler.  But let's keep it real; only those rooting for Pac-Man are mad!  Be mad at Pacquiao for not being what you all thought he was not because Floyd was typically being Floyd.

I love mma and boxing, but really its pacmans stupid fans who created the wanna see a brawl crowd for boxing. This was such an easy fight to predict and I streamed it online for free. Mayweather is such a defensive and speedy master big fan of him and his skills. His next fight is his last he said so I imagine it will be a big fight with someone from an upper weight class. I can hope its golovkin but thats too unfair to floyd.

[Militant X 1]

I love mma and boxing, but really its pacmans stupid fans who created the wanna see a brawl crowd for boxing. This was such an easy fight to predict and I streamed it online for free. Mayweather is such a defensive and speedy master big fan of him and his skills. His next fight is his last he said so I imagine it will be a big fight with someone from an upper weight class. I can hope its golovkin but thats too unfair to floyd.

 

I agree. 

 

I never thought Pacman would or could beat Mayweather.  Especially, after those roid allegations and his dropping significant muscle size afterwards.  The reality is that he just didn't live up to the media and public opinion and hype in this fight against Mayweather.....just like all of the other opponents (i.e. De La Hoya, Mosley, Cotto, Alvarez, Hatton, Guerrero, Oritz and Maidana etc.) that got built up as "the one" to finally beat Floyd!  48 have tried and 48 have failed!  I look forward to his last fight in September.

Edited May 3, 2015 by Militant X 1

[codizzle]

Dude, I love "boxing" that is why I can get hype for that fight. Smh! Everyone wants to see a brawl. I believe that is because of this MMA society that we are presently in. Case and point your mention of Rousey. I don't follow MMA whatsoever. Can't stand it! Floyd isn't nor ever has been a brawler. But let's keep it real; only those rooting for Pac-Man are mad! Be mad at Pacquiao for not being what you all thought he was not because Floyd was typically being Floyd.

Fair enough but that's not my approach.. Had no favorite going in and I don't watch UFC at all..

I just feel being a fan of floyd and his style is like being a fan of a nba team that held the ball the entire game if there wasn't a shot clock so to speak

I haven't watched boxing in years so I'm no expert at all but that was pathetic. There was absolutely zero intensity

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Boxing just hurt itself even more after a fight like that

[Militant X 1]

Fair enough but that's not my approach.. Had no favorite going in and I don't watch UFC at all..

I just feel being a fan of floyd and his style is like being a fan of a nba team that held the ball the entire game if there wasn't a shot clock so to speak

I haven't watched boxing in years so I'm no expert at all but that was pathetic. There was absolutely zero intensity

 

Lol.  I like that. 

 

I for one am a fan of pure "boxing"...the "sweet science".  You know, the art of hitting without being hit.  I love fighters like Ali, Leonard, Jones, Jr. and Mayweather.  Floyd fans like myself know exactly who Floyd is and what he does.  He takes you deep into the rounds and then distances himself from his opponents (points wise) in the late rounds.  His fights are boring and drawn out but he gets the job done!  I can appreciate that!

[Pats]

I agree. 

 

I never thought Pacman would or could beat Mayweather.  Especially, after those roid allegations and his dropping significant muscle size afterwards.  The reality is that he just didn't live up to the media and public opinion and hype in this fight against Mayweather.....just like all of the other opponents (i.e. De La Hoya, Mosley, Cotto, Alvarez, Hatton, Guerrero, Oritz and Maidana etc.) that got built up as "the one" to finally beat Floyd!  48 have tried and 48 have failed!  I look forward to his last fight in September.

I think de la hoya gave floyd the best fight out of them all, and even he was a little too outclassed but that was a much better fight. If he fights golvokin I would be beyond hyped but i wont hold my breath on that one, most likely it will be amir khan in an england stadium big money fight. Also the casual fan and boxing fan fool doesn't realise how hard it is to avoid getting hit in a  fight with another professional fighter. I train MMA and boxing and kickboxing and it's damn tough to read your opponents moves and time his actions and reactions well. Floyd's defense is a masterpiece and is beyond admirable in a fighter, if I could get even half that kind of defense in my life I would be stoked.

[52520Andrew]

Yeah Floyd isn't the easiest fighter to watch as a casual fan but if you can appreciate his quickness and ability to avoid punches, he can be quite fun to watch

[HomeoftheBRAVENS]

I think it's time for people to start putting Floyd up there with legends like Ali.This was the fight everyone pointed to whenever someone brings up Floyd's record and his dominance and Floyd went out there and made that animal look average.I'm a huge Mayweather fan and I was a little bit afraid that he wouldn't be able to do his usual ducking and dodging because of Pacs hand speed and aggressiveness.Last night he did what he does to every opponent and he made it look easy.I've seen every Pac fight dating back to 07 or 08 and nobody in that time frame dominated him statistically the way Floyd did.He just might be the greatest boxer to ever live.

[Pats]

I think it's time for people to start putting Floyd up there with legends like Ali.This was the fight everyone pointed to whenever someone brings up Floyd's record and his dominance and Floyd went out there and made that animal look average.I'm a huge Mayweather fan and I was a little bit afraid that he wouldn't be able to do his usual ducking and dodging because of Pacs hand speed and aggressiveness.Last night he did what he does to every opponent and he made it look easy.I've seen every Pac fight dating back to 07 or 08 and nobody in that time frame dominated him statistically the way Floyd did.He just might be the greatest boxer to ever live.

I wouldn't go that far but he is no doubt spectacular, sugar ray robinson is one fighter that is pretty tough to top and there's been some great heavyweights back in the day. The day I knew mayweather would never be troubled by pacquiao was pacman vs marquez 3 which I felt pac was outboxed pretty cleanly by marquez yet got an unjust decision.

[HomeoftheBRAVENS]

I wouldn't go that far but he is no doubt spectacular, sugar ray robinson is one fighter that is pretty tough to top and there's been some great heavyweights back in the day. The day I knew mayweather would never be troubled by pacquiao was pacman vs marquez 3 which I felt pac was outboxed pretty cleanly by marquez yet got an unjust decision.

 

Sugar Ray was before my time(he died a couple years before I was born) and I haven't seen any of his fights replayed on tv so I can't speak on him.I'm only comparing Floyd to other boxers skill wise.I know that a heavyweight would take his head off lol.Skill wise the only guy I can really think of that I've seen do some of the things Floyd do is Ali.I don't think it's a reach to go that far.He's 48-0,has never officially been knocked down and beats almost everyone effortlessly.What else does the guy have to do to reach that mythical status???

Edited May 3, 2015 by HomeoftheBRAVENS

[Pats]

Sugar Ray was before my time(he died a couple years before I was born) and I haven't seen any of his fights replayed on tv so I can't speak on him.I'm only comparing Floyd to other boxers skill wise.I know that a heavyweight would take his head off lol.Skill wise the only guy I can really think of that I've seen do some of the things Floyd do is Ali.I don't think it's a reach to go that far.He's 48-0,has never officially been knocked down and beats almost everyone effortlessly.What else does the guy have to do to reach that mythical status???

The reason I brought up skillful heavyweights is that the margin for error is so damn slim in that division, one punch can ruin your night, whereas floyds weight you have a lot more leeway. Floyd will go down as one of the best defensive boxers of all time for sure

[Geving]

Expected boring. Got boring.

[NebraskaRavensFan44]

People were expecting a Rocky movie, but that's now how boxing is nowadays.

[Militant X 1]

I think de la hoya gave floyd the best fight out of them all, and even he was a little too outclassed but that was a much better fight. If he fights golvokin I would be beyond hyped but i wont hold my breath on that one, most likely it will be amir khan in an england stadium big money fight. Also the casual fan and boxing fan fool doesn't realise how hard it is to avoid getting hit in a  fight with another professional fighter. I train MMA and boxing and kickboxing and it's damn tough to read your opponents moves and time his actions and reactions well. Floyd's defense is a masterpiece and is beyond admirable in a fighter, if I could get even half that kind of defense in my life I would be stoked.

 

I definitely agree with you.  De La Hoya was a tougher fight for Floyd.  Here's my thing though Pats, as soon as Floyd beats the  "pubbed up" champion of the masses; Floyd is NEVER given his props for the victory but people immediately start tossing out other names like now...Golvokin and Khan.  Lol!  After every fight this happens.  Not you personally, but people quickly start searching for the "next" guy that could possibly beat Mayweather and when they get in the ring with him...we see the results.  So at this point...it really doesn't matter!

 

Yeah Floyd isn't the easiest fighter to watch as a casual fan but if you can appreciate his quickness and ability to avoid punches, he can be quite fun to watch

 

Absolutely!

 

I think it's time for people to start putting Floyd up there with legends like Ali.This was the fight everyone pointed to whenever someone brings up Floyd's record and his dominance and Floyd went out there and made that animal look average.I'm a huge Mayweather fan and I was a little bit afraid that he wouldn't be able to do his usual ducking and dodging because of Pacs hand speed and aggressiveness.Last night he did what he does to every opponent and he made it look easy.I've seen every Pac fight dating back to 07 or 08 and nobody in that time frame dominated him statistically the way Floyd did.He just might be the greatest boxer to ever live.

 

Hold up and pump the brakes BRavens.  Lol!  Floyd is arguably (to me anyways) the best boxer of this generation.  However, he is nowhere near the level of an Ali.  Not even close.  Sure, the times in which they fought are different and boxing now, is completely different than during Ali's time.  On one hand, Ali had no choice but to go through a tough Heavyweight division because of the likes of Joe Frazier (fought 3 xs), Ken Norton (fought 2xs) and George Foreman to name a few.  And on the other hand, Floyd hasn't fought any "Frazier, Norton or Foreman-like" fighters.  He outclasses them all!  So, while I love his 48-0 record which is very impressive in this era of boxing, he just doesn't have main rivals like Ali had in Frazier or like Leonard had with Duran, Hearns and Hagler.  To win those types of battles get you put up there with the legends of the sport imho.

 

Sugar Ray was before my time(he died a couple years before I was born) and I haven't seen any of his fights replayed on tv so I can't speak on him.I'm only comparing Floyd to other boxers skill wise.I know that a heavyweight would take his head off lol.Skill wise the only guy I can really think of that I've seen do some of the things Floyd do is Ali.I don't think it's a reach to go that far.He's 48-0,has never officially been knocked down and beats almost everyone effortlessly.What else does the guy have to do to reach that mythical status???

 

Sugar Ray Robinson is boxing perfection personified.  Enough said!  Lol.

Edited May 3, 2015 by Militant X 1

[Inqui]

I love mma and boxing, but really its pacmans stupid fans who created the wanna see a brawl crowd for boxing. This was such an easy fight to predict and I streamed it online for free. Mayweather is such a defensive and speedy master big fan of him and his skills. His next fight is his last he said so I imagine it will be a big fight with someone from an upper weight class. I can hope its golovkin but thats too unfair to floyd.

I agree with this. I hate Mayweather because he's a wife-beating [use your imagination because the word I want to use would get deleted] and wanted to see him get hammered, but I couldn't see it happening. I'm not a boxing expert at all, but in my experience of watching sports, a clash of styles between free-flowing and attacking vs controlled and defensive doesn't usually end well for the aggressive side/player unless they're head and shoulders above their opponent.

 

As for Mayweather's style, it's the same as with any other sport. If you're a huge fan of either him or the sport (and love to watch a master at work) then I can see how he'd be a lot of fun to watch. But for the casuals, or those who just don't like him, it comes off as negative and tedious. Same as with the Sea Eagles in the NRL (give me a minute while I enjoy how much they suck right now), Chelsea in football/soccer, pretty much every Rugby World Cup winner except for 1987 and 1991, the majority of the Stanley Cup winners, and I could name examples all day but you get the idea. At least, that's my impression from the perspective of one who doesn't know much about the finer points of boxing beyond the basic dynamics of attacking/defensive moves and counter-moves.

 

And I agree the Pacquaio fans need to stop embarrassing themselves (looking at you Skip Bayless). I really wanted him to win, but he got beaten fair and square.

[arnie_uk]

I agree with this. I hate Mayweather because he's a wife-beating [use your imagination because the word I want to use would get deleted] and wanted to see him get hammered, but I couldn't see it happening. I'm not a boxing expert at all, but in my experience of watching sports, a clash of styles between free-flowing and attacking vs controlled and defensive doesn't usually end well for the aggressive side/player unless they're head and shoulders above their opponent.

 

As for Mayweather's style, it's the same as with any other sport. If you're a huge fan of either him or the sport (and love to watch a master at work) then I can see how he'd be a lot of fun to watch. But for the casuals, or those who just don't like him, it comes off as negative and tedious. Same as with the Sea Eagles in the NRL (give me a minute while I enjoy how much they suck right now), Chelsea in football/soccer, pretty much every Rugby World Cup winner except for 1987 and 1991, the majority of the Stanley Cup winners, and I could name examples all day but you get the idea. At least, that's my impression from the perspective of one who doesn't know much about the finer points of boxing beyond the basic dynamics of attacking/defensive moves and counter-moves.

 

And I agree the Pacquaio fans need to stop embarrassing themselves (looking at you Skip Bayless). I really wanted him to win, but he got beaten fair and square.

mayweather is Jose mourinho. Not exciting but they just win and at the end of the day that's the goal.

Ravens fans should understand that. We haven't played pretty football much if at all until we got flacco, yet we won. We don't care how, just get that win.

[allblackraven]

Floyd's record speaks for itself, he is definitely in the consideration as one of the greatest of all time. Very hard to single out one guy. 

 

He isn't the best of all but of all the pros I ever watched I liked Marvin Hagler the most.

[Inqui]

mayweather is Jose mourinho. Not exciting but they just win and at the end of the day that's the goal.

Ravens fans should understand that. We haven't played pretty football much if at all until we got flacco, yet we won. We don't care how, just get that win.

He's Joe Mourinho, Jake White, Des Hasler, Nick Saban, Bill Belichick (no coincidence that his Lombardis came from his strongest defensive sides) or anyone else you can name in that kind of mould.

 

That kind of mentality is a big part of why we're consistently so good in the postseason. I'd rather be controlled than exciting.

[Pats]

I definitely agree with you.  De La Hoya was a tougher fight for Floyd.  Here's my thing though Pats, as soon as Floyd beats the  "pubbed up" champion of the masses; Floyd is NEVER given his props for the victory but people immediately start tossing out other names like now...Golvokin and Khan.  Lol!  After every fight this happens.  Not you personally, but people quickly start searching for the "next" guy that could possibly beat Mayweather and when they get in the ring with him...we see the results.  So at this point...it really doesn't matter!

 

 

Absolutely!

 

 

Hold up and pump the brakes BRavens.  Lol!  Floyd is arguably (to me anyways) the best boxer of this generation.  However, he is nowhere near the level of an Ali.  Not even close.  Sure, the times in which they fought are different and boxing now, is completely different than during Ali's time.  On one hand, Ali had no choice but to go through a tough Heavyweight division because of the likes of Joe Frazier (fought 3 xs), Ken Norton (fought 2xs) and George Foreman to name a few.  And on the other hand, Floyd hasn't fought any "Frazier, Norton or Foreman-like" fighters.  He outclasses them all!  So, while I love his 48-0 record which is very impressive in this era of boxing, he just doesn't have main rivals like Ali had in Frazier or like Leonard had with Duran, Hearns and Hagler.  To win those types of battles get you put up there with the legends of the sport imho.

 

 

Sugar Ray Robinson is boxing perfection personified.  Enough said!  Lol.

Man you're lucky you are not a ufc fan like me because that stuff happens at least 3 times a year when a dominant fighter wins that fans don't like or whatever they always call the next guy up who's meant to beat them instead of giving credit. Sugar ray has had over 180 pro fights and won most of them and over 100 kos, thats never being repeated. He has 4 wins over jake lamotta alone he was a legend. Ironically him and floyd are both detroit boys.

 

I agree with this. I hate Mayweather because he's a wife-beating [use your imagination because the word I want to use would get deleted] and wanted to see him get hammered, but I couldn't see it happening. I'm not a boxing expert at all, but in my experience of watching sports, a clash of styles between free-flowing and attacking vs controlled and defensive doesn't usually end well for the aggressive side/player unless they're head and shoulders above their opponent.

 

As for Mayweather's style, it's the same as with any other sport. If you're a huge fan of either him or the sport (and love to watch a master at work) then I can see how he'd be a lot of fun to watch. But for the casuals, or those who just don't like him, it comes off as negative and tedious. Same as with the Sea Eagles in the NRL (give me a minute while I enjoy how much they suck right now), Chelsea in football/soccer, pretty much every Rugby World Cup winner except for 1987 and 1991, the majority of the Stanley Cup winners, and I could name examples all day but you get the idea. At least, that's my impression from the perspective of one who doesn't know much about the finer points of boxing beyond the basic dynamics of attacking/defensive moves and counter-moves.

 

And I agree the Pacquaio fans need to stop embarrassing themselves (looking at you Skip Bayless). I really wanted him to win, but he got beaten fair and square.

Yeah skip bayless is that one cheerleader you don't want, he almost makes me want to rescind my pats loyalty and fanship... almost dammit skip.

[Inqui]

Yeah skip bayless is that one cheerleader you don't want, he almost makes me want to rescind my pats loyalty and fanship... almost dammit skip.

It's not just Skip, but he's the worst of a bad bunch atm. All the comments on Twitter and Facebook are just embarrassing. Why is it so difficult for people to just realise he lost to a better fighter?

[Pats]

It's not just Skip, but he's the worst of a bad bunch atm. All the comments on Twitter and Facebook are just embarrassing. Why is it so difficult for people to just realise he lost to a better fighter?

I dont know man, its the same for all sports like fans think they ar eliterally part of the team and the reason why they win or lose.