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Repeating myself here but...Manny can win if he fights the right fight. This consists of- first and foremost- working the body and not falling into Floyd's trap of tricking guys into headhunting. He shows opponents enough openings so they think, "I can box with this guy!" Once you do that, he's got you. Most fighters take the bait. Pacman may be disciplined enough not to. Floyd gets hit more now. Castillo, Ortiz (until he f***ed up), Mosley (OK, for one round, but he almost KO'd him in that one round), Cotto, a used-up Oscar, and even the totally unskilled Maidana were all able to put varying degrees of pressure on him. Manny is a better pressure fighter than any of those guys. He can do it if he sticks to Roach's fight plan. Hard to pick against an undefeated, future first-ballot hall of famer, but as I told my nephew, do you know how many "unbeatable" fighters I've seen get beat?Sounds good but flawed against Mayweather, Manny is very susceptible to straight rights, focus on Mayweathers body and he will roll with the body shots. Focusing on the body sounds good but it opens Manny up to his weakness the straight right. Mayweather has a stronger chin then many people realize, review the shot Mosely hit him with, a straight right flush from a pretty good puncher, he was shaken but did not go down and recovered quickly. Manny has to use the tactic Duran used against Leonard in the first fight sucker him in to a brawl, which Maiden tried unsuccessfully or hope to catch him early. What worries me about Manny is his fights against Marquez, which I thought he lost all but one, Marquez is smart and can box just like May. Mayweather is practicing that straight right so much I am afraid his brittle hands may cause a delay in this fight...ps- jimdgoulding, there is no rematch clause in the contract.
dB- love your take. I'm amazed, however, there isn't a rematch clause (???)
Didn't feel "dissed". I can understand picking Floyd. Hell, he probably will win. I just dislike the guy- he's a woman batterer- and even if he wins, I hope that after the fight, he looks like he didn't.My fervent hope is that on May 2, we'll see the reason he's been ducking Pacquiao for almost six years.
I don't think Floyd is going to have big trouble hitting Manny, but he might have trouble hurting him. And you gotta hurt Manny to deter him. This isn't the inexperienced Alvarez, the used-up Oscar/Shane, or the utterly unskilled Maidana. Floyd is in for the fight of his life. Freddie Roach says they have been training for this fight for years. If Manny can successfully stick to the plan (bang the body early, mix in the head shots more and more as he slows down), a late TKO for Manny.Hey, a guy can dream, can't he? I could use some good news right about now...
As much as I'd love to see Manny take the fight, the night will belong to Mayweather. Can't stop a train.
Just don't see it that way. Floyd doesn't win fights, he wins rounds. He isn't impressive, and doesn't hurt anybody. And go back and watch the Mosely fight, when he gets hurt, his shoulder roll goes away and he forgets his whole defensive posture. Manny is just as much of a train as Floyd is. Except for 1 blind counter punch, Manny is undefeated too. He whooped Bradley, bad. And was whooping Marquez too, until he got caught. Manny is on a different skill level than anybody Floyd has ever fought, he can overwhelm defense like nobody Floyd has fought. Floyd's only punch that's worth anything is the straight right counter, and he starts getting that in after opponents get frustrated and start wild headhunting. That won't happen with Manny. And Floyd only has an average chin too. Manny in 5Whew Glad you're a better speaker builder than fight handicapper Manny's been knocked out three times, Torrecampo, Singsurat and Marquez, additional losses to Morales and Bradley. Also review the previous fights with Marquez, he may have lost two of those the same way he was jobbed in the Bradley fight Marquez may have been robbed... Also the few knockouts Mayweather has had were with left hooks watch the Hatton fight. A couple additional facts Mayweather fought Mosley in 2010 Pacquiao fought him in 2011. Also Pacquiao fought DeLa Hoya after Mayweather, at a lower catch weight where he was weakened by weight loss. Really look at Mayweathers record while folks keep saying he hand picks opponents, he is always smaller and has fought more world champions than any current fighter. Still doesn't mean he'll win just some facts. It will be interesting, I know most of you guys are rooting for the Pacman I just hope it's a good fight and not a dud with either man walking through the other. No prediction just hope it's good
