Pacquiao-Mayweather

[cmp]

I feel like I'm the only one wanting Mayweather to win.

[CU Tiger]

given his most recent arrest for beating the shit out of his GF after spending jail time for the same...yeah hes not a popular character at this point.

My wallet is hoping he wins though

[Buccaneer]

Wonder why this is not live until midnight EST? I thought this would be long over with by now.

[Ironhead]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Wonder why this is not live until midnight EST? I thought this would be long over with by now.

Think they were holding out to allow PPV sales.

[Bigsmooth]

Wow, thanks for that link!

[CU Tiger]

Fairly active first round.
Id give it to Mayweather, but more of a coin flip

[cmp]

I think I'd give the first two to Mayweather.

[cmp]

1st three go to Mayweather for me and the 4th to Pac.

[CU Tiger]

I'd say first 3 rounds to Maayweather.
4th Clearly to Pacquio

[sabotai]

My scorecard so far: 1: Floyd, 2: Manny, 3: Draw, 4: Manny

[sabotai]

5: Floyd

[CU Tiger]

agree 5 Floyd
6 Manny

[sabotai]

6: Manny

[CU Tiger]

lost the stream mid way through the 7th

[sabotai]

7: Floyd

But Floyd clearly won the first 2 minutes while Manny clearly won the 3rd minute. A lot of times, judges score that for the 3rd minute winner.

[cmp]

Yeah I have Mayweather winning 5 of 7 rounds but the judges could see it any way. It's been close.

[sabotai]

8: Manny

I think Manny's doing a lot better than people expected, including me.

[cmp]

Mayweather should have the slight edge. Worst scorecard I've seen for him has it even after 8.

[sabotai]

9: Flyod

4-4-1 even (and I'll admit to having a bias for the aggressor)

Still, Manny needs to really bring it in the last 3 rounds. In Manny fights, close rounds tend to go to his opponent. If I were him, I wouldn't count on a decision at all.

[CU Tiger]

Ive got a stream back but its in Russian...lol

[sabotai]

10: Manny, but that was a close round.

[cmp]

I'd have it 7-3 Mayweather, maybe 6-4.

[cmp]

11 to Mayweather

[sabotai]

11: Floyd

[CU Tiger]

Manny gotta swing for the homer here

[Edward64]

Sounds like a good fight.

Worth the $?

[sabotai]

12: Floyd

My final score 6-5-1 for Floyd.

[CU Tiger]

no way was it worth $100...if I didnt have to travel tomorrow and could have watched it at a bar or got together with friends maybe...

[cmp]

Mayweather landed 67 more punches in the fight.

[CU Tiger]

Ive got it
6 Floyd
4 Manny
2 I didnt see enough to have an opinion.,

[sabotai]

If anything, this fight confirmed my thoughts on what would have happened 5 years ago. Rounds 4 and 6 were what Manny used to do to opponents in the majority of rounds. Had this fight happened 5 years ago, round 4 would have been half the fight........oh well....

[CU Tiger]

118-110
116-112
116-112


Unanimous Decision Mayweather

[sabotai]

118-110. LOL

[sabotai]

Like I said, the judges give all close rounds in Manny fights to his opponent. It's how his first fight vs. JMM ended up a draw, it's how he lost to Bradley the first time. And he doesn't have it anymore to overwhelm the best fighters for 7 or more rounds.

[sabotai]

Oh, and you can't say my opinion was swayed in any way by commentators because the guy I was listening to a was a very uninterested sounding Russian dude, and I don't know Russian.

[RainMaker]

See a lot of people on Twitter complaining about it being boring. That's just how Floyd fights go. Won't let you hit him.

[cmp]

Those complaining about this fight being boring have definitely never seen Floyd fight. His fights are always pretty boring.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

See a lot of people on Twitter complaining about it being boring. That's just how Floyd fights go. Won't let you hit him.

For a Floyd Mayweather fight, this was exciting!

But I didn't find it a boring fight at all, so... (not that I would say it was exciting. Just around the moderate level. It was a good fight.)

[Izulde]

While it wasn't an exciting fight, I found it very interesting to watch. Makes me want to watch more boxing, actually.

And just to throw some nerdery in the thread: Mayweather reminds me of a control deck in Magic.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by Izulde

While it wasn't an exciting fight, I found it very interesting to watch. Makes me want to watch more boxing, actually.

YouTube has a whole bunch of fights just waiting for you, going back all the way to the silent era. If you do find the defensive-counter puncher style interesting, look up videos of Willie Pep. That dude was the absolute master of it.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by Izulde

And just to throw some nerdery in the thread: Mayweather reminds me of a control deck in Magic.

LOL, that's actually a pretty fucking good analogy. Frustrating and often boring as hell, but extremely effective.

I had it 117-111 (116-112 if I am generous with the 9th) but Mayweather was never really in danger.

I too have to chuckle at folks that were expecting anything different, he was not going to engage in a slugfest for Pac. As usual, not exciting, but you can't help but appreciate the subtle things PBF does to control a fight.

I think a lot of people bitching really don't understand boxing.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by Izulde

While it wasn't an exciting fight, I found it very interesting to watch. Makes me want to watch more boxing, actually.

Originally Posted by sabotai

YouTube has a whole bunch of fights just waiting for you, going back all the way to the silent era. If you do find the defensive-counter puncher style interesting, look up videos of Willie Pep. That dude was the absolute master of it.

Yeah watch Pep's bouts with Sandy Saddler. Henry Armstrong, Danny 'Little Red' Lopez and Jeff Chandler are some others you need to youtube as well. And for quick gratification, the 3 round war that was Hagler/Hearns.

[RainMaker]

And while this was expected, it was boring as shit.

[Izulde]

Thanks, guys. I'll definitely check some out.

[BYU 14]

Just talking about it, I had to go watch it again. If you have never seen it, take the 10 minutes to watch, 1st round alone has more action than the 12 we just watched from Vegas.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Wonder why this is not live until midnight EST? I thought this would be long over with by now.

Apparentmy Time Warner Cable was a'll screwed up(I know, a shocker)

[Neon_Chaos]

Abput $80Mil to run around the ring chasing Floyd and knowing that no matter how the fight ends, he's still going to be more popular than Mayweather, Manny is all smiles.

[CU Tiger]

I think most of the boring comments are from guys who have been into MMA recently.

I used to be a big boxing fan, but after watching more and more MMA I find myself going for a drink in the middle of a boxing round.

Last night I was wondering what if...
What if they went 15 Rounds like the old days?
What if there was no round limit and they went until someone was knocked out or quit?
Or what if the payout was changed to $200MM for Floyd $100MM for Manny and a $100MM bounty for a knock out to either?

If its all about the Benjamins then lets put the Benjamins where our interest is.

I think the frustrating part is no one won or lost that fight. They both walked out all smile ready to get a drink. Im not sure either will even have a bruise this morning. That's not the way the fight of the century should be the next day.

They're both extremely well conditioned, no reason they couldnt have gone 3, 5 or even 10 more rounds.

[A-Husker-4-Life]

This was a cash grab for both fighters, it was nothing more than a glorified sparing match. I've watched and boxed/coached for over 30 years and this was disgraceful, fight of the century my ass. I'll never pay for a major fight again, just not worth it anymore.

[Dutch]

Ouch. I've seen some great fights on HBO, it will serve me well to just stick to that caliber of boxing. Read: I wont PPV it. I will.PPV MMA from time to time though.