Pacquiao vs Mayweather

[Teseo]

The rip off of the year

[finch1750]

Great defense and counter punching is boring. It wins and I can respect it, but it sucks to watch. I hate Mayweather but that would have been more enjoyable if Mayqeather beat his ass. It barely looked like either of them had been in the ring. But i pretty much expected that as its par for the course for a Mayweather fight. Pac did nothing to try and press the issue after Rd 4 so there was literally no energy in the ring.

[53Driver]

Boxing has been irrelevant to me now for over a decade. To get me to pay the PPV money they were asking for would have required either a) someone holding a gun to my head, b) someone slipping an illegal substance in my drink or c) identity theft. At least with MMA, when there's been a hyped fight that goes flat, they have the self-smarts to have rematch for free (at least one example I can think of anyway). Who won again?

[MokSpeed]

Superb defensive matchups are the most fun to watch in basketball for me.

[fang_gt86]

Watching Mayweather running around is probably what I like the best about this match.

[Special_K]

I'm going to step in again and say that defensive boxing is actually incredible to watch... unless it's Mayweather.

[fang_gt86]

Originally Posted by Special_K

... unless it's Mayweather.

Well..
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[sprintertrueno86]

Can't fault Mayweather for fighting his type of fight. Casual fans don't know anything about how he fights.

I was disappointed in Pacquiao for not delivering what everyone was expecting. I've seen lesser known boxers deliver a closer fight with Mayweather.

[echo419]

Originally Posted by tahdizzle

The ONLY way people would say this was a exciting fight, is if Mayweather lost.
Everyone feels let down because they wanted Mayweather to lose.

Get over it. If ANY one thought Pacquiao was going to win, you were just living a pipe dream.

Honestly if you thought Manny would win a decision against Mayweather, you were high.
If you thought Manny could knock-out Mayweather you were high.

I'm not a Mayweather fan, but you have to face the facts.

-Manny doesn't have the KO power to knock-out a seasoned fighter like Mayweather.
-Mayweather threw 6 MORE punches than Manny, and landed at a higher connect %. Kind of hard to claim that Manny won a decision with those kinds of numbers to back-up the decision.

90% of you don't even follow boxing, thats why you don't understand the sport. Its called the sweet science for a reason.

Sure Manny had some great rounds and I feel that Mayweather should have had a couple point deductions for holding (holding is leagal, excessive holding is lack of activity and is subjective), BUT in boxing you win on points or Knock-Out.

Mayweather plays the point game Always has; Always will. He's 48-0 in almost 2 DECADES of professional prize fighting. If it aint broke, don't fix it.

And I laugh, you all scream "He just runs around!". IF we all know it, why do people let him do it? You don't have to chase Mayweather around.

Manny and Freddy Roach thought just like the majority of people: "Mayweather, has not fought any quality fighters. He has never fought an opponent like Pacquiao."

You are parially right, He has never fought an opponent like Pacquiao, but to think he hasn't fought quality fighters?

Anyway, the point of this rant is: You have to be un-biased when looking at boxing. It doesn't matter if someone gets dazed in round 4, it doesn't matter how hard someone got hit in round 8.
If in round 12 both fighters are still standing, round 4 and round 8 is only 2 points out of 12.
Use your head and not your heart.

No it was boring. that ish was like a 0-0 soccer game.

if people didn't chase him around it would be 2 people standing at opposite ends of the ring for 36mins.
boxing is down. that's a fact and it's because fighters(if you want to call it that) like him fight not to lose. UFC ppv's are up compared to boxing over recent years because people actually fight.

neither guy had so much as a bruise. the only marks on anyone were probably from the strings of the gloves on their wrists. which looked like giant wack-a-mole mallets on these puny guys.

I am being unbias. in a contest of hitting punching each other they both failed miserably. it was like watching a gay version of Dancing With the Stars. which they should both do now as they are well practiced.

I guess you have to be a woman to get Mayweather to hit you.

[tahdizzle]

@Special_K

Didn't say all of you, I said 90% of you. And by "You" I mean the people who watched Saturdays fight.

[MokSpeed]

The real winners here were both of their bank accounts. In a couple weeks nobody will care anymore about this fight and they will both be substantially richer.

[echo419]

Originally Posted by Special_K

I'm going to step in again and say that defensive boxing is actually incredible to watch... unless it's Mayweather.

he actually hit people back and finished fights instead of hugging and dancing all night.

[echo419]

Originally Posted by MokSpeed

The real winners here were both of their bank accounts. In a couple weeks nobody will care anymore about this fight and they will both be substantially richer.

they didn't care about it during the dance off. Floyd said to him before the start of the final round, "we just made a lot of money".

[tahdizzle]

Originally Posted by echo419

No it was boring. that ish was like a 0-0 soccer game.

if people didn't chase him around it would be 2 people standing at opposite ends of the ring for 36mins.
boxing is down. that's a fact and it's because fighters(if you want to call it that) like him fight not to lose. UFC ppv's are up compared to boxing over recent years because people actually fight.

neither guy had so much as a bruise. the only marks on anyone were probably from the strings of the gloves on their wrists. which looked like giant wack-a-mole mallets on these puny guys.

I am being unbias. in a contest of hitting punching each other they both failed miserably. it was like watching a gay version of Dancing With the Stars. which they should both do now as they are well practiced.

I guess you have to be a woman to get Mayweather to hit you.

Thats EXACTLY what should be done. Mayweather fights for Money. He said it many times.
If every Mayweather fight was 2 guys just standing in a ring for 36 minutes, NO ONE would watch him and Money Mayweather would not get his money.

So force him to fight outside his comfort zone by hurting his wallet.

Problem with most of the fighters that get in the ring with Mayweather is: They think they are a better boxer than he is. Know yourself and Know your enemy.


In a contest of Hitting and punching eachother they both failed?
Mayweather threw more punches and Landed at a incredible percentage. Landing 50% of the punches you threw is "failing at hitting someone"?