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J Tourettes said:
No I didn't. :lol
I was saying in relation to Hopkins breaking Monzon's middleweight title defenses at his age during that time.
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Boxing-age: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs Shane Mosley - Saturday, May 1
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No I didn't. :lol
I was saying in relation to Hopkins breaking Monzon's middleweight title defenses at his age during that time.
J Tourettes
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Fair enough, I was being facetious anyway.huacst21 said:
What you said about Mosley is undeniably true but I still have this victory as one of Mayweather's best. Just a shame it couldn't have happened a few years back.
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Respect to Floyd, he put on a god tier performance and dominated a belt holder and dangerous opponent. He just looked untouchable.
I can't see how manny beats him, he won't be able to connect with anything of note. It sounds like the fight won't happen anyway. I guess mayweather vs berto in the fall???
I can't see how manny beats him, he won't be able to connect with anything of note. It sounds like the fight won't happen anyway. I guess mayweather vs berto in the fall???
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agreed.charsace said:
PacMan or nobody at this point.
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"you virtually begged for this fight..how do you feel now after losing so decisively"
Larry Merchant, interviewing Shane Mosley after the fight.
Larry Merchant, interviewing Shane Mosley after the fight.
I think Pacquiao deserves more credit. We've seen the guy go twelve rounds and continue to keep up the pressure with punches. It's just a matter of how much Floyd can slow him down. If Floyd can take him completely off his gameplan with the counter punching like he's been doing to pretty much everybody in the past few years, then yeah it'll be an easy bout. It's always interesting how much the style of Floyd just seems to shut people down offensively. Can he do it the Pacman as well? I wouldn't put my money against Floyd, but who really knows?x Power Pad Death Stomp x said:
Fuck Larry. He was downright disrespectful pre-fight, commentating, and post-fight.gluv65 said:
J Tourettes
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My favourite moment in the fight (besides Mayweather almost getting knocked down) has to be PBF popping Mosley in the mouth when he was whining about the ref. I love it when a fighter has a spiteful streak.
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If Manny refuses the fight because of blood testing, I hope Floyd fights 3 more times this year and cleans out the division to force his hand.
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Esperado said:
Pac does deserve more credit. The man keeps on coming with pressure like no else does.
He threw 1,231 punches in his last fight and 682 of those punches were power punches.
If people think it will be easy for Floyd to shut that down than they are not giving Pac no credit at all.
The guy is a machine when it comes to punches.
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Another brilliant performance from Mayweather. Great job, staying on his feet, and surviving the 2nd rd, and winning the next 8. He was put in a position that no one's ever seen, before, and handled it, perfectly. Though, Shane should've pressed him harder, with so much time left in the rd. Floyd was obviously hurt, until the bell. Maybe Mosley was gassed, himself.
Mosley was way too tight, from the opening bell. His big punch in the 2nd was really his only chance in the fight. Not only was Mayweather the better boxer, as expected, but I was surprised at how much bigger and stronger than Mosley, Mayweather looked. Also, I think it caught everyone by surprise, how Mayweather was the aggressor for most of the fight.
As for Pacquiao ... I love the guy, but he should just keep refusing to take the blood test, and duck Mayweather, because the only thing that's gonna beat Mayweather, is age. In Pac's last fight, Clottey was a defensive wall that hardly punched back, yet Pac looked more beat-up than Clottey, after the fight. Pac threw a shitload of punches, but had a hard time landing them. It's only going to be harder, against Mayweather.
Mosley was way too tight, from the opening bell. His big punch in the 2nd was really his only chance in the fight. Not only was Mayweather the better boxer, as expected, but I was surprised at how much bigger and stronger than Mosley, Mayweather looked. Also, I think it caught everyone by surprise, how Mayweather was the aggressor for most of the fight.
As for Pacquiao ... I love the guy, but he should just keep refusing to take the blood test, and duck Mayweather, because the only thing that's gonna beat Mayweather, is age. In Pac's last fight, Clottey was a defensive wall that hardly punched back, yet Pac looked more beat-up than Clottey, after the fight. Pac threw a shitload of punches, but had a hard time landing them. It's only going to be harder, against Mayweather.
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harSon said:
Floyd has never faced an opponent like Pac when it comes to volumes of punches.
You can only avoid so many punches before you get tagged eventually.
The 2nd round in tonight's fight proved it and was hoping it humbled Floyd as well as his fans but that's too much to ask apparently. :lol
Really, if Pac hurt Floyd like what Shane did in the 2nd round with two minutes to spare, you think Pac would have backed off and not finished it?
If you say yes, than your delusional.
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eggandI said:
No way, Merchant is straight to the point and and doesn't pull punches. I love it. and pbf vs. pac-man is the only real option now. Like someone else said, pac-man has to be the one to step up now and prove it
J Tourettes
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I'm a Brit and I love Merchant. He certainly pisses all over Kellerman and Lampley, that's for sure.
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Pac - PBF has a stoppage written all over it for me. PBF won't be able to miss Pac's h(gh)uge noggin and this is coming from a PBF critic.
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Dexvex said:
Where in the hell are you fans getting this shit? Cotto outpointed and beat Mosley, Pac put Cotto on his ass 3 times and won by TKO in the twelve round.
Apparently Shane's punches didn't do jack shit against Cotto. Do you watch boxing at all or just fights with your favorite boxer?
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wait, people hate Larry Merchant? the 2nd best part of a fight is waiting for Larry to ask a hilariously insulting question to the fighters!
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It's funny how fans really are. I mentioned Floyd ducked Cotto when he was a threat. Someone replies and calls Cotto a scrub.
Cotto fought Mosley in 2007 and beat him easily.
Floyd beats Shane tonight just as easily and his fans go crazy over it.
Like I said, you guys don't watch boxing. You're just fans of certain fighters.
Cotto fought Mosley in 2007 and beat him easily.
Floyd beats Shane tonight just as easily and his fans go crazy over it.
Like I said, you guys don't watch boxing. You're just fans of certain fighters.
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The 2nd rd didn't prove that, at all. Shane wasn't throwing a barrage of punches. He just happened to land one big cross. That one punch is probably harder than anything that Manny will even throw at Floyd, and it still didn't knock Floyd down. Although, Floyd did grab onto Shane's arm, for dear life.huacst21 said:
And as far as humbling Floyd's fans, after this fight, I am even more impressed with Floyd's abilities. Besides the first two rds, Floyd absolutely dominated a world-class fighter, in Shane Mosley. Personally, I'm a bigger fan of Pacquiao, and can't wait to see the day that Floyd gets KTFO. But, objectively, Floyd is the best boxer on the planet, and if I had to put money on it, it would be on Floyd.
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eggandI said:
It's a well known fact that Larry is a drunk and the alcohol has taking its toll.
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George Claw M.D. said:
That's what saved Floyd but I don't fault him for that. He did what every smart boxer would do, which is to clinch for dear life.
Did you see the bomb that Pac landed on Hatton?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JxaN-ilJ-Q&feature=related
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eggandI said:
Have you ever seen Larry when he does PPV fights while drunk? Holy shit at the things he says.
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I agree with you, and nowhere, in my post, did I make that comparison. I was responding to a post that suggested that the 2nd rd showed that Mayweather would eventually get tagged, after dodging so many punches. But, Shane didn't even throw that many punches, before that punch landed. So the statement didn't support itself.EschatonDX said:
edit: Yeah. I watched that, brief, Pacquiao/Hatton fight. I didn't say Pacquiao didn't have power, but I don't think that punch was any harder than the one Shane landed on Floyd, tonight. Pacquiao had Hatton's head spun around, triggering the body's natural "go-limp" response. Shane's punch was a hard right cross, that, although solid, didn't hit the same way as Manny's left hook on Hatton. The question is, "Can Manny land that shot on Floyd?" If Floyd fought as sloppily as Hatton, there wouldn't even be a debate.
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Mayweather's dad said in 24/7 that Mosley would be all jittery n shit. He was completely rite. Looked like Mosley was trembling out there:lol
That wasn't the first time Floyd has been hurt, Chop Chop Corley rocked him, and Zab Judah caught him and knocked him down, but the ref didn't see Floyds glove touch the mat so it wasn't ruled a knockdown.
I don't think Pac really has a chance against Mayweather, too big and too skilled, with nearly the same handspeed. It would take 2-3 rounds for Floyd to figure out Manny's in/out style and he'd just make him eat leather for the rest of the fight.
I don't think Pac really has a chance against Mayweather, too big and too skilled, with nearly the same handspeed. It would take 2-3 rounds for Floyd to figure out Manny's in/out style and he'd just make him eat leather for the rest of the fight.
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