Boxing isn't dead. Alive and very healthy as per ratings. GGG is the best p4p fighter in the sport. Manny wins a wide UD as Floyd will be on his bicycle all night.
(04-14-2015 05:32 AM)eagleskins Wrote: Boxing isn't dead. Alive and very healthy as per ratings. GGG is the best p4p fighter in the sport. Manny wins a wide UD as Floyd will be on his bicycle all night.
(04-14-2015 05:32 AM)eagleskins Wrote: Boxing isn't dead. Alive and very healthy as per ratings. GGG is the best p4p fighter in the sport. Manny wins a wide UD as Floyd will be on his bicycle all night.
most overhyped fight in history, Pacquiao is past his prime and Mayweather isn't far behind, predict it will be a boring fight, with two guys who really don't want to mix it up, goes the distance, split decision, both fighters laugh all the way to the bank, while fans feel they got ripped off wasting their time watching the fight.
(05-01-2015 07:51 PM)moehler Wrote: most overhyped fight in history, Pacquiao is past his prime and Mayweather isn't far behind, predict it will be a boring fight, with two guys who really don't want to mix it up, goes the distance, split decision, both fighters laugh all the way to the bank, while fans feel they got ripped off wasting their time watching the fight.
I don't think so. Manny has nothing to lose and had a sever hatred for mayweather after mayweather made some racist comments about Manny. I think he will come out slugging and ends up knocking out mayweather. I could definitely see mayweather dancing around and avoiding taking chances.
I agree about Mayweather dancing around, that's been his MO for his entire career, he is a defensive boxer, who lets you wear yourself out, make a mistake in the later rounds, and then he capitalizes. Manny use to be a knockout artist, but last 3 or 4 fights age has caught up to him and he has lost his power, no longer a real threat to knock Mayweather out.
I admit I still get a certain thrill watching two fools knock their brains out.
IMO, the players union have not a leg to stand on, we have known what repeated blows to the head does for many decades. Punch drunk fighters that can barley put two words together. Nobody cares about them, thus hundreds of millions to promote the very thing the NFL is spending hundreds of millions on to avoid.
Point is we as a society think NFL concessions bad even though they are a by product, and fighting is a shame but they are the exact point of the fight.
(05-02-2015 12:26 PM)moehler Wrote: agree, Mayweather is going to try and stay away from Paquiao, win on points, if he gets his way, this will be a really boring fight
Sounds like yourself, and others, pretty much nailed this. Glad I didn't pay for it.
honestly, I don't know jack about boxing, but all the old timers who had devoted their lives to boxing were all making a strong case that this fight would go the distance and it would not even come close to living up to the hype. Thought it was really funny that after the fight, during an interview, Mayweather showed his 100 million dollar check to the camera, started laughing, and acted like he had no problem with the how the fight played out, talking about pouring salt in the wound to all the thousands of people who paid $100.00 for that garbage, what a waste of time and money!!
(This post was last modified: 05-04-2015 12:00 PM by moehler.)