Mayweather vs Pacquiao Official!!!! Who you got??

[Solidus]

Erm... I'm totally oblivious to boxing, didn't watch the fight, and only saw about it in this thread . But, is this article accurate about Floyd Mayweather? Seems to be a lot of hate for him.

Floyd Mayweather Is A Coward

 

[WWEJedi]

For those who didn't see it, a summary of the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight.

Bought the fight, first fight I bought, probably only like the tenth fight I ever seen... Floyd fights to win, a newbie to sport like me can see it I don't know why any others can't. To all of you complaining.... what did you expect? I watched Floyds old fights before this one... its his style. Defense wins, all the time. He picks his spots and makes them count. Smartest fighter always wins. Its not for your entertainment.... its for Floyd to win. Its not suppose to be trading of blows, not a bare knuckle back room bar fight, its boxing.

Manny should have came out attacking, he fought scared at the ends of the rounds. The great Pac-Man.... described from what I understand as a power puncher risk taker? Never saw it. He fought scared. 12th round, it was over. I expected him to go all out attack attack attack pushing Floyd around... he never did. Floyd did enough to win, Manny did not do enough to win.

If you want entertainment watch WWE.

 

[wavestuff]

the highlights of the fight were

3 batmans present at the fight
tom brady jawing drugged out of his mind
jamie fox trying to sing
denzel
burger king
jimmy kimmel
pariz hilton

look forward to seeing brawlers fight the next couple of weeks, canelo first then GGG

 

[Kibagami]

For those who didn't see it, a summary of the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight.

 

[Spartan Rex]

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Edit: just noticed Solidus posted a link to this article

Floyd Mayweather Is A Coward

Drew Magary

I should have known better. I should have known that the fight would suck. I have lived long enough to know that the whole point of spending $100 on a pay-per-view boxing match is so you can complain about spending $100 on a pay-per-view boxing match. There were people back in the day who used to ***** about Mike Tyson knocking out people too quickly, which seems like a groundless complaint now after watching Mayweather bore the world to death. Mike Tyson either knocked you out, or got knocked out trying. Floyd Mayweather is his diametric opposite.

Yes, he won the fight. He threw more punches and he landed more of them and he was the superior boxer, I guess. He won in the same way some neutral zone trap hockey team bleeds out another team. He clearly built his fighting style around with a calculated strategy of gaming the compubox system so that he gets credit for even the most cursory of punches. And he gets away with it because he always looks as if he can do more. It always feels like there’s some grand fusillade of punches in him that he never ends up having to deploy. He looks like he could unload if he ever felt like it, and so he gets an awful lot of credit for all the things he could do but is too shrewd to risk doing. The only time he ever goes on the offensive is when he’s fighting a woman.

To watch Floyd Mayweather box is to witness an elaborate exercise in self-preservation. There’s not much passion. There’s certainly not much flair. There’s just Floyd moving around, doing his best to preserve a rote decision, and preserve the potential rematch, and preserve an unbeaten record that holds more historic value to him that it does anyone else. And yes, his style works, if only in the most cynical sense. Really, it’s the perfect boxing strategy for a man who is a documented wife-beater and ****bag: always doing just enough to get away with it.

The bedrock principle of this little site is that sports and morality have no connection at all. And I believe in that. But Floyd Mayweather is a near universally agreed-upon villain, and so it was hard to watch him **** around in the ring last night—turning what should have been a big fight into an extended sparring exercise—and not think, “Hey, that guy beats up women and fights like a ....ing coward.” The art, in this case, is nearly impossible to separate from its creator. I know Floyd is a coward, and so I can’t help but thinking he fights the same way. Always ducking. Always running. The man will never pick a fight he knows he might lose.

 

[pturtle]

Erm... I'm totally oblivious to boxing, didn't watch the fight, and only saw about it in this thread . But, is this article accurate about Floyd Mayweather? Seems to be a lot of hate for him.

Floyd Mayweather Is A Coward

Looks like a big hate article to me. Boxing is called the sweet science for a reason, people want to see action packed blood filled fights but the point of boxing is to hit and not get hit, Floyd ran the last two rounds but the for a majority of the fight he fought beautifully, used he defense, countered and at times he even back Pacquiao up. I don't think he gets enough credit being 38 years old, he has to pace himself. Bernard Hopkins, arguably the most "boring" boxer of the last twenty years is 50 years old and has been able to fight for so long because he paces himself, the public has no issue with him doing it though.

Funny thing is, I'm not even a real fan of his, if Pac would have won I wouldn't have been upset at all.

I think once Mayweather retires people will start to appreciate him more, it happened with Ali, Tyson, Roy Jones Jr etc.... People hate you when you're on top, and once you fall they start rooting for you.

 

[ebor]

I'd love to see the writer of that article have the balls to get in any boxing ring, let alone one with mayweather in the other corner. He'd be pissing blood for a week from one liver punch! I boxed in the amatuers: 16 oz gloves for sparring, 12 oz for competition. Just for fun me and some guys used 8oz gloves just to see what would happen- pain was the result for any clean punch landed-both in the hands and face and body. Casual fans are just that, move along and watch something else if you can't appreciate what went down last night.

 

[pturtle]

the highlights of the fight were

3 batmans present at the fight
tom brady jawing drugged out of his mind
jamie fox trying to sing
denzel
burger king
jimmy kimmel
pariz hilton

look forward to seeing brawlers fight the next couple of weeks, canelo first then GGG

Canelo vs Kirkland is going to be action packed.

 

[pixletwin]

I'd love to see the writer of that article have the balls to get in any boxing ring, let alone one with mayweather in the other corner. He'd be pissing blood for a week from one liver punch! I boxed in the amatuers: 16 oz gloves for sparring, 12 oz for competition. Just for fun me and some guys used 8oz gloves just to see what would happen- pain was the result for any clean punch landed-both in the hands and face and body. Casual fans are just that, move along and watch something else if you can't appreciate what went down last night.

Strange that seasoned veterans, sports analysts, and reporters mostly agree with what that writer had to say.

 

[pturtle]

90% of the seasoned veterans that spoke negative about him after the fight are fighters he beat

Even Mike Tyson changed his tune after watching the fight.

Most the media seem hell bent on tearing down his accolades because he beat a woman. There's obviously a not so hidden agenda there.

 

[pixletwin]

I don't think Mayweather ever fought Holyfield. Unless you know something I don't. Was "90%" a figure you pulled out of nowhere or based on something concrete?

 

[Solidus]

Looks like a big hate article to me. Boxing is called the sweet science for a reason, people want to see action packed blood filled fights but the point of boxing is to hit and not get hit, Floyd ran the last two rounds but the for a majority of the fight he fought beautifully, used he defense, countered and at times he even back Pacquiao up. I don't think he gets enough credit being 38 years old, he has to pace himself. Bernard Hopkins, arguably the most "boring" boxer of the last twenty years is 50 years old and has been able to fight for so long because he paces himself, the public has no issue with him doing it though.

Funny thing is, I'm not even a real fan of his, if Pac would have won I wouldn't have been upset at all.

I think once Mayweather retires people will start to appreciate him more, it happened with Ali, Tyson, Roy Jones Jr etc.... People hate you when you're on top, and once you fall they start rooting for you.

Ah okay, thanks for the explanation, man. I wasn't really sure what was going on. I just noticed that there are so many hate articles about Mayweather in the news today. But, that last sentence makes a whole lot of sense - it's really easy to hate someone when they're on top.

 

[pturtle]

I don't think Mayweather ever fought Holyfield. Unless you know something I don't. Was "90%" a figure you pulled out of nowhere or based on something concrete?

De La Hoya, Mosley, Hatton, and Cotto have all said something negative after the fight about Floyd. 90% figure I totally exaggerated though

I’ve also seen a ton of legends praising Mayweather after the fight.

 

[Mr. Green]

Looks like a big hate article to me. Boxing is called the sweet science for a reason, people want to see action packed blood filled fights but the point of boxing is to hit and not get hit, Floyd ran the last two rounds but the for a majority of the fight he fought beautifully, used he defense, countered and at times he even back Pacquiao up. I don't think he gets enough credit being 38 years old, he has to pace himself. Bernard Hopkins, arguably the most "boring" boxer of the last twenty years is 50 years old and has been able to fight for so long because he paces himself, the public has no issue with him doing it though.

Funny thing is, I'm not even a real fan of his, if Pac would have won I wouldn't have been upset at all.

I think once Mayweather retires people will start to appreciate him more, it happened with Ali, Tyson, Roy Jones Jr etc.... People hate you when you're on top, and once you fall they start rooting for you.

yea nothing wrong with strategy but he's no Ali. if we get too much people like him then it wouldn't be much of boxing. we'll have peep running around in circles until someone just drop. feel sorry for those who paid to see this fight.

 

[pturtle]

As a boxing fan I enjoyed the fight quite a bit. Anyone that wanted to see mindless brawls should have just gone to see AOU this weekend.

 

[Lejuan]

90% of the seasoned veterans that spoke negative about him after the fight are fighters he beat

Even Mike Tyson changed his tune after watching the fight.

Most the media seem hell bent on tearing down his accolades because he beat a woman. There's obviously a not so hidden agenda there.

beats

women

I don't have a hidden agenda. Boxing - and its fans - have a problem if a lowlife like this can be celebrated in any way, shape or form.

 

[ebor]

Lots of sports build up participants, giving them seemingly 'god-like auras, only to see them exposed for what humans are, full of flaws and shortcomings, poor decision makers etc. Lumping in supporters and fans of a sport with these less than savory participants does not mean that said fans and supporters of said sports condone what they have done, will do, or might do in the future. And criticism coming from De La Hoya- et al is just sour grapes- if you follow these fighters with more than a passing interest, you will find they have a less than stellar personal resume...

 

[fosing]

manny should have trained like rocky, catching chickens

its hard to catch a chicken, let alone knock it out.

lolz

 

[pturtle]

I don't care if Mayweather beat one woman or seven women, he did his time and none of us actually know what really happened. The man can box and that's all I care about.

What's funny though, while everyone is complaining about not purchasing the fight because he's a woman beater, the woman he beat was sitting front row wearing a diamond ring the size of my head

manny should have trained like rocky, catching chickens

its hard to catch a chicken, let alone knock it out.

lolz

 

[Irvy]

He has an unbroken record of being a p ussy. No spirit or heart, just boring defensive tactics.