Comments Thread For: The Rewatch, 10 years later: Was Mayweather-Pacquiao really that bad?

[SouthpawRight]

I have seen plenty of worse fights. What it was bad for was for the casual fan who plunked down a lot of money for it. They had this idea it woulld be a fight or a war between two superstars and it did not live up to their expectations so it soured a lot of them on boxing for a long time.

I think the blame for that is on both the fighters. Neither tried to take any risks in there to satisfy the fan's craving for action.
A lot of people I know that paid for it felt they got taken for a ride. Expected something that never did happen.

Floyd won it fairly easy and I personally didn't mind the fight. Not great. Not as bad as people make it out to be.

buyer beware

need research before putting money down lol

they would have known manny never had the footwork to bring it to Floyd

[anonymous2.0]

Kieran how can you say that? You have to watch the fight upside down in black and white on a CRT tv with Portuguese commentary in a sensory depravation chamber.

[Century Tuna]

Pacquiao looked completely lost in there, swinging at air while Mayweather turned the ring into his playground, effortlessly dodging and landing sharp counters like it was a sparring session.

[djtmal]

Yeh, its unlikely Floyd would go for a ko, when he knows the judges are in the bag ready to give him his gift win.

Well going for a ko means taking risk and even a shopworn Manny is gonna hit you if your chin is there.

Why go for a ko when you can get a decision on the scorecards for running and clutching

That's a style only a Floyd boy could appreciate