RE: Mayweather Vs Pacquiao
March 11, 2015 at 9:45 pm
(This post was last modified: March 11, 2015 at 10:03 pm by Rayaan.)
I'm really excited about this fight too. This has been a long time coming!
Yeah, it's a tough one to call though. Both are undoubtedly great fighters, each with certain advantages over the other.
But, if I had to bet, then it would be Mayweather. He's one of the greatest technicians in boxing history. Within four or five rounds he's already adjusted himself in the most efficient manner possible. One reason for this is because his patience and more defensive style allows him to better calculate his opponent's moves and then (in the latter rounds) enables him to exploit the guy no matter how fast and hard he might be punching. This might look a little "boring" to others, but I think that is what makes his performance so smart and tactical.
That being said, it's definitely not going to be easy for Mayweather to earn points against a boxer like Pacquiao, because Pacquiao is a very fast, accurate, and a hard puncher as well, in addition to having superior footwork and combination attacks than Mayweather. But still, I think Mayweather has a slight advantage over him given the combination of amazing defensive skills and his speedy counter-punches. Furthermore, his punches and the timing of executions are brutally accurate, even more so than Pacquiao's, in my opinion. Like SteelCurtain said, Mayweather doesn't miss. Fighting against Pacquiao, I think the most crucial adjustment on his part is that he's gonna have to fight a little more (or maybe a lot more) aggressively than he usually does, while still maintaining his skillful defensiveness as much as possible. But most likely he's already working on that.
As for the idea that Mayweather was scared to fight Pacquiao, and that that's the reason he's been avoiding him for the last five years or so, that's something quite possible. But, even if that is true, at least that suggests that he is not overconfident of himself, which is a good thing. He understands his opponents well and thus more likely to put enough care and effort in preparing for the upcoming fight. He's also been mocked and taunted by a lot of people and even by his fans for repeatedly refusing to fight against Pacquiao (until now). However, all those previous insults might just serve as a fuel for him to train harder and eventually fight even better.
Just recently, too, Pacquiao proudly expressed to two sports columnists that he actually thinks that Mayweather is afraid of losing to him (and their reactions gave me lolz):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3QkJ0um4KM
All judgements aside, at the end of day, we're just gonna have to watch them duke it out on May 2nd. There's always the likelihood of surprises, like any other sport.
Yeah, it's a tough one to call though. Both are undoubtedly great fighters, each with certain advantages over the other.
But, if I had to bet, then it would be Mayweather. He's one of the greatest technicians in boxing history. Within four or five rounds he's already adjusted himself in the most efficient manner possible. One reason for this is because his patience and more defensive style allows him to better calculate his opponent's moves and then (in the latter rounds) enables him to exploit the guy no matter how fast and hard he might be punching. This might look a little "boring" to others, but I think that is what makes his performance so smart and tactical.
That being said, it's definitely not going to be easy for Mayweather to earn points against a boxer like Pacquiao, because Pacquiao is a very fast, accurate, and a hard puncher as well, in addition to having superior footwork and combination attacks than Mayweather. But still, I think Mayweather has a slight advantage over him given the combination of amazing defensive skills and his speedy counter-punches. Furthermore, his punches and the timing of executions are brutally accurate, even more so than Pacquiao's, in my opinion. Like SteelCurtain said, Mayweather doesn't miss. Fighting against Pacquiao, I think the most crucial adjustment on his part is that he's gonna have to fight a little more (or maybe a lot more) aggressively than he usually does, while still maintaining his skillful defensiveness as much as possible. But most likely he's already working on that.
As for the idea that Mayweather was scared to fight Pacquiao, and that that's the reason he's been avoiding him for the last five years or so, that's something quite possible. But, even if that is true, at least that suggests that he is not overconfident of himself, which is a good thing. He understands his opponents well and thus more likely to put enough care and effort in preparing for the upcoming fight. He's also been mocked and taunted by a lot of people and even by his fans for repeatedly refusing to fight against Pacquiao (until now). However, all those previous insults might just serve as a fuel for him to train harder and eventually fight even better.
Just recently, too, Pacquiao proudly expressed to two sports columnists that he actually thinks that Mayweather is afraid of losing to him (and their reactions gave me lolz):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3QkJ0um4KM
All judgements aside, at the end of day, we're just gonna have to watch them duke it out on May 2nd. There's always the likelihood of surprises, like any other sport.
