By Jaime Ortega: I want to thank Les Moonves from CBS for pressuring Floyd to finally take this fight. I also want to thank Golden Boy president Oscar De La Hoya for making Floyd uncomfortable by means of setting James Kirkland V. Saul Canelo on May 2nd in case Floyd didn’t fight Manny Pacquiao.
Oscar’s move would have dramatically tampered Floyd’s PPV’s numbers, splitting two separate fights the same night, if Floyd had picked Miguel Cotto, or Amir Khan over Pacquiao. And finally I would like to thank Mayweather, for finally taking on his arch-nemesis after five years awaiting what is consider the best fight in our era.
When you look at recent opinions online, after officially finalizing the mega deal most, boxing fans and analyst don’t seem to be inclined for Floyd to convincingly beat Pacquiao as most Floyd fans propose.
It’s a close match, and you have to know nothing about boxing if you believe Pacquiao is going to succumb to Floyd’s skills without Pacquaio inflicting any harm in response. Floyd won’t beat Pacquiao, he will ’survive’ Pacquiao who unlike Floyd’s past opponents will be loyal to his style for twelve rounds to in the case of victory what could possibly open doors and elevate his status to a better boxing legacy than Floyd himself.
Just because Juan Marquez beat Pacquiao it doesn’t mean Floyd will too. It took Marquez 42 rounds to beat Pacquiao, Floyd only has 12 to achieve that goal. I also want to remind some skeptics that Jose Luis Castillo beat the invincible Floyd the first time they fought, and Castillo was deprived from his win. Floyd’s record should be 47-1. That is the true, take it or leave it.
If Pacquiao were to lose the bout on May 2nd— Well the Cinderella story would be over. Floyd and his fans would rightly secure their integrity and support, that proved Pacquiao had never been close to Floyd’s level, confirming the obvious should Pacquiao lose.
However, if Mayweather loses to Pacquiao, Floyd and would be forever embarrassed. Floyd would not only tarnish his invincible legacy as a boxer, but his career would be diminished, ridiculed, and vexed to a corner without escape bestowing all he worked for. It would not only finish Floyd’s the best ever [TBE] propaganda, but also it would materialize into other questions. Questions like, would Floyd have truly beaten Erik Morales? Would he beaten Paul Williams, Sergio Martinez? It would potentially ruin Floyd’s untouchable reputation.
Both fighters, both fan bases are heavily under scrutiny also if one of these boxers were to fail to win on May 2nd. The consequences of losing would be astronomically adverse for either camp destroying the relentless blind support shown by Floyd and Pacquiao fans.
During the fight, Mayweather has to keep Pacquiao at bay. He needs to control the middle of the ring and bullfight Pacquiao, like “toreros in Spain” using precise counters to Pacquiao’s constant onslaughts. He needs to use his basics and not get behind the ropes.
They say “you can’t hit what you can’t see,” true statement. but would like to add that, “You can’t defend what you can’t stop.”
Something most Pacquiao haters seem to forget is that he is not Canelo, Maidana, or Guerrero. Pacquiao is the king of angular punch combinations and master of step movement. Mayweather needs to be absolutely at his greatest craft to stop Pacquiao’s intensity — And Pacquiao, yes Pacquiao is coming hard!
You see, Floyd is the master of basics, lord of traditional boxing and master of order. Floyd masters all traditional boxing techniques, but when someone like Pacquiao comes with a lawless style of boxing that is unpredictable and masters that style to perfection its hard to predict how Floyd will adapt. Pacquiao will undoubtedly land shots and transform them into erratic stings of poison.
I am convinced that in the day of the fight, the minute the bout starts, Floyd is going to be stupefied with Pacquiao’s ability and intensity. Nothing gets you prepared for Pacquiao, that is something most boxing experts agree. Coaches Joel Diaz, and Nacho Beristain know that facing and training for Pacquiao composes two separate realms that don’t pair reality from inside preparation.
Nacho, Juan Manuel Marquez’s coach believes Pacquiao will steamroll Floyd, and even called this fight a waste of time.
Pacquiao’s power will make Floyd very uncomfortable early on the first rounds. Once Floyd gets hit, he is going to rethink his strategy as Joel Diaz has said on different online interviews.
Floyd is a ring sniper, and he will catch Pacquiao of guard, f the Filipino ventures too closely with his guard down. But will Pacquiao adventure himself knowing Floyd possess a good right jab, as he mistakenly did when he got caught by Marquez’s deadly cross? Don’t bet on it!
Pacquiao has crafted a new style that Freddy Roach his trainer believes to be of great advantage given his physical ability and footwork. “Hit, back-off, hit back-off and overwhelm your opponents,” that will be exactly what you should expect on May 2nd from Pacquiao.
Luckily for Floyd, he holds an inside weapon that could prove fatal for Pacquiao. Conditioning coach Alex Ariza, Pacquiao’s former conditioning coach, the man that trained Pacquiao in such manner that even some skeptics believed had to be the result of witchcraft, meddling, heavy juicing and PED’s.
Even Floyd lately admitted that, “After Alex Ariza departed the camp, Pacquiao slowed down. “ Testifying that Pacquiao was never on PED’s, acknowledging that Ariza was vital to his ring performance nullifying Pacquiao’s critics to his alleged use of steroids in the past.
Floyd certainly is a great boxer but does not hold the blue print of invincibility, he is not ‘The Best Ever.” TBE is a preposterous claim that not even his most avid fans claim to recognize.
Styles make fights, and one thing that can be said regarding Floyd is that he has limited himself selecting certain fighters over others. I can positively conclude no brawler will ever beat Floyd. He has proven it, and it is unquestionable at this point in his career that brawlers don‘t propose any threat to Floyd’s record. But without hesitating, one point that can be clearly stated is that Floyd has avoided fighters that posses other boxing characteristics other than tussling and brawling.
When he fights Pacquiao, he will pair up with another legend. And as he said recently declared in a radio show that “Pacquiao, is on another league.”
Don’t think for a moment Pacquiao is going to be a walk in the park for Floyd as you might be surprised by the outcome and the foolishness of such prediction.
Floyd will not only be exposed this time, but he will have to give it all to a fighter that always beats you on points unless he knocks him out, or gets robbed like Bradley-Pacquiao first fight, which is the twin ghost of Castillo-Floyd.
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