Pacquiao vs Mayweather

[Writehooks]

Pac Man wins by TKO in Round 11.

[Exhibitman]

My heart says Pacman by KO; if I had to put money on it, I'd say Mayweather by decision. I think he is going to try and sting Pacman in the first round or two to generate just a touch of hesitation in Manny, then play his usual run and hide game for the rest of the way and win it 9-3 or 8-4 in a mostly dull technical fight.

[pawpawdiv9]

I heard today, that someone put half-mill on Pac-man.
With the weigh-in only by 1 pound, thought MW was a bigger dude, but is a bit taller. I dont watch boxing, but know the names here, I'll leave it at 50% chance MW wins.

[FourStrikes]

was pulling for Pac Man to win, but...

thoughts from the experts ???


thanks.

[Exhibitman]

Went just as I expected. Mayweather figured out that he was too quick for Pacquiao and spent the last half of the fight boxing him easily.

[Writehooks]

Manny and Freddie had a dumb fight plan. Nobody who moves forward in a straight line is going to beat Mayweather. Pac's best weapon is his feet -- and he didn't use 'em. He should have slipped laterally (like he did against Rios and Algeri), thereby forcing Mayweather to punch at uncomfortable angles and leave himself open to follow up rights. Also, Manny's vaunted volume punching never materialized. In the three rounds he won, Pac held nearly a 3-1 ratio in landed power punches ... but he couldn't sustain the output. Give Mayweather credit, though -- he stuck to his fight plan, never panicked, and won it going away. It was reasonably entertaining and the richest fight in history for sure ... but way, way down the list of the 'biggest' or 'most significant.'

[th38larg]

As others have said, the fight went just about how I thought it would. However, there were some minor surprises. I was a little shocked when I heard Manny say he thought he had won. It's common in the sport for fighters to say such things during the post-fight-in-the-ring interviews, but I didn't expect it from Manny. That was a little disappointing. The judges came through with sound scoring. I wonder if he genuinely thought he won or not.

Also, what the heck was up with the entourages? Kimmel with Manny and the Burger King with Floyd. Promotion? Publicity? I know that Kimmel had joked about it with Manny, but c'mon. No wonder less and less people take the sport seriously.

Overall, I thought it was a nice, technical, fun to watch fight. Yet judging from my coworkers reactions, I don't think it is going to bring many new fans to the sport. Oh well.