Pacquiao vs. Mayweather: The greatest promoted mismatch in history

By Boxing News - 07/08/2010 - Comments

By Christian Ramos: One has to agree we might be into a treat. The event will be the biggest event in the history of boxing. It will be one of the biggest sporting events in recent time. It’s already the greatest promoted fight without it being officially signed.

Luckily for us, everybody is so focused on the event, that nobody realizes how big of a mismatch the fight really is.

On one side of the ring you have Manny Pacquiao, a fighter that possesses powerful and fast punches from either hand. He has the ability to lay out small men that have mediocre or bad defense. He jumps with every punch and seems to have the ability to find himself off-balanced most of his fights. Everybody talks about the angles he throws from as if it was a beautiful science, and the truth is that he just found something good out of a weakness.

He does though have great stamina. He has an incredible way of throwing so many punches that his opponents do not know when it’s their turn. They haven’t even been able to hit him lately.

Unfortunately, when he does get hit, he looks awful. Not even judging his ability to take the punches, but literally looks awful. The man has high cheek bones and lumps up and cuts too easily when opponents actually do hit him.

On the other side of the ring stands Pretty Boy Floyd. He is easily one of the greatest fighters in the history of the sport. He somehow successfully remains the villain of the sport. The funny thing is that he likes it.

His defense, hand-speed, amazing conditioning, and DECEPTIVE power have allowed him to maintain a perfect record with defeats over a couple Hall-of-Famers and the position to make it cool to turn down a title opportunity.

All over the web people debate on this long-awaited fight. It actually seems people believe it’s going to be competitive.

Well what happens when you have a southpaw with little defense against a lightning-fast counter-puncher with a sharp right as his main weapon?

What happens when you have a wide puncher against the sharpest defense in the game?

What happens when you get hit a by jabs and rights all night and you have high cheek bones?

What happens when that fast, defensive counter-puncher is bigger than you and can keep it up for more than 12 rounds without taking a deep breath?

Very easy. Floyd wins. It’s not as competitive as people make it. Therefore why does it make sense for them to fight?

Money and legacy. Both men are all-time greats, and certainly both have lots of money.

But remember, the sport’s boxing. Boxing is what they do. Both do it greatly. One does it better.

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