Originally Posted by
hockey216
Floyd is also great at fighting from the ropes. we saw it in the Cotto fight. I dont think anyone can sit there and nitpick BS reasons why floyd dominated marquez. Even if he wasnt "bulked", the man got DESTROYED. He did not win 1 round all fight. Marquez got absolutely destroyed. I think the 3rd marquez/pac fight, along with almost everyone, was a draw. i dont think marquez was robbed of a win, but he was robbed of a tie. and in the 2nd fight, i definitely think Marquez won the fight. Pacquiao should be 0-1-2 against Marquez. Mayweather absolutely destroyed him. its not like mayweather fight was a close match and you can sit there and say only reason he beat marquez was because didnt bulk, etc. The fight was totally lopsided.
Regarding Pacquiao, he has trouble against counter punchers. Marquez' counter punching ability gave him big problems. We saw it in all 3 fights. Floyd is a much better counter puncher than Marquez, probably the best in the game. If you think a lightweight like Marquez' counter punching is problematic for Pacquiao.... just imagine what Floyd Mayweathers counter-punching will do.
But pacquiao and floyd will never fight because Bob Arum will never let it happen. He squaked at the idea of guaranteeing pacquiao 40-50 million dollars. Arum is greedy and likes to make as much money as the fighters. He also hates mayweather. He also hates richard schaeffer of Golden Boy promotions. The fight will never happen. Mayweather could agree to take 40% of purse and give pacquiao 60%, and the fight still wouldnt happen. Bob Arum doesn't want to take the chance that his Cash Cow gets defeated by his enemy.
Bob Arum won't make the fight. He gave a list of 15 excuses when the may 5th fight negotiations were going on.
pacquiao excuses:
"i'm afraid of needles, even though i have tattoos."
"if my blood is drawn too close to fight night, it drains my strength."
"i've never failed a drug test, so i shouldn't have to take one."
"the fight needs a longer promotional time frame."
"6 months not long enough for small cut to heal."
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"Mayweather may not be able to get a boxing license in Nevada."
"Manny going to fight in May. What? Floyd's sentence got pushed back to June 1st?..umm, Manny is best served fighting later in June."
"We won't be pressured into a fight with Floyd."
"The arena is too small. We want to maximize on the revenue."
“I’ll let bob arum handle it”
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