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? asked in SportsBoxing · 6 years ago

reasons why some think Floyd Mayweather will beat Manny Pacquiao?

Top reasons why some believe floyd mayweather will beat manny pacquiao,,

1. Floyd Mayweather is undefeated, Pac has lost 5 times

2. Floyd Mayweather is a defensive boxer

3. Money beat Juan Manuel Marquez easily

4. Floyd is bigger,, taller,, has longer reach,,

5. Floyd owns vegas

These are the reasons i see why some people favor Mayweather, ill give 5 reasons why pacquiao has a chance of beating Floyd,,

1. Pacman is the greatest boxer floyd will face

2. Southpaw stance with blinding speed who throws punches from ALL angles

3. Relentless agression and power

4. Ability and willingness to take some to dish some

5. Pac has the better footwork and lateral movement at this point of their careers

Let's deal with reasons why floyd will beat Manny. Yup he is undefeated and manny lost 5 times, thing is, just which great boxer in his prime did floyd beat? Manny lost 5 sure, 2 losses he was dehydrated and 1 was a highway robbery,, Now as id always say, Floyd is top 5 greatest defensive master all time but he has never met a fighting machine as explosive as pacquiao and we cant use the marquez fight as a barometer, it took jmm 4 fights and jmm was willing to take some, money's always safety first. Also if we use this logic well manny had better wins against hoya, mosley, cotto and hatton right? I complety agree floyd is bigger and taller however time has proven manny knows disntance pretty well. Hopefully number 5 aint true otherwise, we waited 6 years for boxing biggest's scam,,

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  • 6 years ago

    My reasons;

    1. Floyd Mayweather is undefeated, Pac has lost 5 times

    There's always a first time

    2. Floyd Mayweather is a defensive boxer

    And Pac is an offensive fighter

    3. Money beat Juan Manuel Marquez easily

    Marques ain't no Pacquiao

    4. Floyd is bigger,, taller,, has longer reach,,

    Pac & Roach studied 6 years on how to address these advantages

    5. Floyd owns vegas

    Floyd can own all of Vegas but not Pacquiao's hardest punch. The ref and the judges can only pick their jaws back in place to see Floyd out of the ring in stretcher.

  • 6 years ago

    My reasons on why i believe Manny will win:

    1. While Floyd is bigger, he does not fight big, in that he fights backpedalling ALL the time. That's where Manny is deadliest. He'll let Floyd run away so that he can deliver that straight left with perfection. The momentum is there, and Floyd being too bent on not to get hit will strip on his own and Pac touching him- now dont tell me that aint a knockdown. FMJ will taste his first knockdown in this fight. He's alien to that. After that Floyd wont just know what to do anymore

    2. Floyd, post Chico, fought NOT to lose. While Manny all his life fought to bring victory to his beloved country. There's that big difference.

    3. Fear will a big factor. I believe like many other fighters that FMJ feared Manny. Im goona coin the word and its Pacmanphobia - irrational fear of the Pacman. Fighters do still feel that as Big George admitted he was trembling when he fought Frazier the first time.

    4.Pac likes undefeated guys.

    5.MP is undefeated as underdog

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Which defeat was "highway robbery"? Bradley won the second half of their first fight.

    You say "some" think Mayweather Jr will beat Pacquiao and that's true in the sense that some people on the forums and on here will say that but if you asked them to put their money where their mouth is no one would put up.

    Whereas those saying Mayweather Jr will put money on it. I'd put thousands on a Mayweather Jr victory here, there's no question in my mind that we're going to witness another boxing masterclass from the undefeated world champion, and an extension of that unbeaten record.

    Floyd Mayweather Jr, UD

  • Leo
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Mayweather is the safer bet.

    1. Boxer beats puncher 65%-75%

    2. Height n reach advantage

    3. Fight is in Vegas, Mayweather's new home n legalizes his pain killer injections. He don't feel pain anywhere like he should.

    4. Is a superb defensive n counter puncher

    5. Opponents who fought both May n Pac said May will win.

    6. Mayweather could probably adjust and out think Pac through 12 rounds.

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  • 6 years ago

    This fight is 5-6 years to late. I see Floyd Mayweather winning a boring one sided 12 round decision. He will use his speed superior boxing skills and jab to outpoint Manny. There will be no knockdowns or knockout. This will be a boring sleeper of a fight. I will still watch

  • 6 years ago

    Because Mayweather has beat EVERYONE including the one that knocked out Pacquiao.

  • 6 years ago

    Floyd tilts the tables in his favor because he can. He got the judges, the referee, the Nevada crowd, longer reach, taller, the choice of gloves, the ring size, etc. Pacquiao would have to KO him like he did Hatton in the early rounds or else Floyd will be the winner by UD.

  • 6 years ago

    he wont. Pac also has 10 more wins and 10+ more knock outs.

  • 6 years ago

    He is more ACCURATE

    UNDEFEATED

    One of the best defensive fighters of all time.

    Has not been knockout.

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