By Jaime Ortega: As I stated in my previous articles, Floyd Mayweather Jr. will lose to Many Pacquiao for a number of several different reasons. I will briefly highlight my past points.
1. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Has mostly taken on brawlers, rugged fighters and flat footed one dimensional boxers. He barely took on fighters that possessed different styles other than brawling. These include the likes of Erik Morales, Sergio Garcia, Margarito, Kostya Tszyu, Paul Williams, Winky Wright, and other more versatile boxers who didn‘t just throw punches. Since he mostly took on brawlers on his career, he lacks experience on the styles department proving he is accustomed to beating only rugged fighters which will show truth come May 2nd.
2. Floyd has taken on fighters like Emanuel Augustus, Carlos Baldomir, Arturo Gatti who at the time of the fight possessed 9 to 11 losses when they fought Floyd. He should have taken on much tougher opposition to show his worth. In contrast early on his career Pacquiao had taken on much greater opposition by beating world champions such as LedWaba, Barrera, Morales and De La Hoya.
3. Floyd was terrified with Antonio Margarito and Pacquiao so he ultimately took on their leftovers. Floyd clearly expressed in recent interviews he doesn’t take on others leftovers; yet he broke his own rule more than once, specially when he fought Cotto, the leftover of Margarito and Pacquiao. Pacquiao heroically took the fight, despite Margarito’s hand-wrap issue, and defeated Margarito outweighing him by 20 lbs! Instead Floyd suffered defeating Cotto, which Pacquiao beat with ease, professing on Max Kellerman’s face-off with Cotto that he believed “Cotto was still a world champion despite undeservedly losing to Pacauiao and Margarito” as an excuse to run away from Margarito and Pacquiao.
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4. To this day the best case against Pacquiao, that Floyd fans continually instigate as proof of his present decline orbits exclusively on Floyd’s performance V. Marquez and Marquez’s knockout to Pacquiao. That is the main headstone for some Floyd fans to conclude that Pacquiao is overrated.
a). When Marquez fought Floyd, the fight was everything but fair. Marquez at 130 lbs jumped two weight classes to 142 lbs. Floyd surprisingly never made the weight agreed upon at 144 lbs and despite having a long vacation he weighted at 146 lbs surpassing the weight agreement. During the fight Marquez looked slow, bigger and confused. Not a fair fight at all. If Floyd would of come down at 135 lbs, it would have favored Marquez, and naturally affected Floyd’s performance. Just can’t give him credit for that fight, sorry!
b). The only reason Marquez beat Pacquiao (please don’t forget this important point) was because Marquez willingly continued to step on Pacquiao’s shoes, making Pacquiao lose his balance which eventually led to the brutal knockout initiated by this old dirty boxing trick! Some videos online show Marquez stepping over 20 times in his 3rd and 4th fight against Pacquiao concluding that you have to be bonkers to believe that to be a mere accident! Nothing new from Marquez as he also tested positive for PED’s after the Bradley fight. Pacquiao had the fight under control and was winning on points heavily depending on his foot movement while rearranging Marquez‘s face. Floyd Mayweather won’t be able to step on Pacquiao’s shoes like Marquez to impose his game early on, which will ultimately lead to Pacquiao moving freely on the ring which will overwhelm Floyd.
5. Almost all of Floyds opponents that ended facing Pacquiao’s past opponents lost, ultimately demonstrating that Pacquiao‘s opponents were superior to Floyds. Joshua Clottey beat Diego Corrales, Margarito beat Cotto, David Diaz beat Emanuel Augustus, Erik Morales beat Jesus Chavez, just to name a few.
6. People blame Pacquiao for facing easy fights with Brandon Rios, and Algeri, yet I have to laugh because its not rocket science to pinpoint Floyd faced Guerrero, Corrales, Castillo, Ortiz whom were undoubtedly easy fights showing justice to Pacquiao. The hypocrisy of some fans to not give Pacquiao credit on his previous fights, just breaks down like quicksand looking at some of Floyds past opponents which ’if anything’ also lower his boxing standards.
a) Maidana lost all his boxing credibility losing to other top contenders. The only decent opponent he beat to make the Mayweather fight was Adrian Broner, who even Floyd fans ended up calling a hype job and is now about to face John Molina. Other than that, I am not sure he would beat Brandom Rios, who given his new adjustments recently destroyed Mike Alvarado in mighty fashion. Maidana V. Rios is 50/50 fight if you ask me! So if Rios is overrated, who alike Maidana shares similar punching power, Maidana is just as overrated and worst of a coward since a few years back his camp pulled out from the Keith Thurman fight after studying his tape according to Thurman’s own coach Dan Birmingham. That shows he ducks opponents something I can’t say about Rios.
7. Floyd was not sharp against Maidana. Floyd, has lost a lot of the flair he presented in his youth perhaps given his age. Now for his credit, Maidana’s style proved more challenging than Canelo Alvarez, who had a hard time catching Floyd. If Floyd fans assume Maidana to be a harder challenge than Pacquiao, they are about to witness truth when Pacquiao steps on the ring May 2nd given that he will be taken lightly not giving the credit and experience he deserves which will prove fatal for Floyd. We will see if Maidana was truly harder than Pacquiao, considering he lost against Devon Alexander, Amir Khan, and others who are a few standards bellow. I just can’t stop laughing.
8. The notion that Floyd trains harder than Pacquiao. That is the most absurd claim I have ever heard from Mayweather fans. Really? Do you sleep and wake up with Floyd? That’s creepy! Floyd does not train harder than Pacquiao! Floyd has a high IQ on the ring, which makes him succinctly different than the other opponents he beats. All boxers train hard, but some have the edge because they have talents other boxers don’t have. Again, styles make fights! Pacquiao trains equally just as hard as Mayweather, so this puppetry that Floyd works ‘the hardest’ in only propaganda to sell more TMT shirts to the unconventional boxing fans who believe everything they‘re told. All boxers I ever met live, sleep, and potty on their gyms.
9. Who has fought better opponents with better records? Pacquiao hands down, has beat more world champions and has dramatically excelled in the ‘taking risks department’ whereas Mayweather has not. He took on Ledwaba, a feared former world champion 10 days before the fight. He took on Barrera, Margarito, Cotto, Bradley, Erik Morales, Marquez and others who were on their primes, and beat them to a pulp. Pacquiao also took on some of the leftovers that Mayweather beat, but again, the leftover argument falls short when you look at all the left over’s Floyd picked from other opponents they beat. If you say Pacquiao has beat Floyd’s leftovers as an example of Floyd‘s superiority, okay, then I say to you Mayweather has abused the leftover limit his entire career!
10. Pacquiao disbanded the same opponents Floyd‘s fought even quicker. Pacquiao destroyed Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, Cotto, Ricky Hatton in brutal fashion. A few Mayweather fans magically blotted out this important factor like it doesn’t hold presently any ground, but then ironically, point to Pacquiao’s knockout after 4th fights with Marquez to token Floyd’s ring ability over Pacquiao’s. I just can’t get enough, it just baffles me some of the unrealistic criticism Pacquiao gets from some fans, but reversed it holds no ground to them, wow!
11. Pacquiao is not an average boxer. He is not Emanuel Augustus, Carlos Baldomir, Luis Castillo or Canelo Alvarez, and to even compare him to any of those unproven fighters is plain ignorance. Unlike others, mainstream analyst tend to credit Pacquiao in high regards, but some underground analyst like Elie Seckbach just lower Pacquiao’s standards favoring a bias view to protect Floyd by trying to diminish Pacquiao’s ring ability. It amazes me how some people just picture Pacquiao at the same level of Canelo, when Canelo’s best win was undoubtedly against Lara that was ‘after‘ the Floyd fight in what I considered to be a close victory leaning in favor of Lara who Canelo won‘t rematch. At least Bradley had the decency to rematch Pacquiao, after Pacquiao got robbed in his first fight series.
12. Ring mobility. Pacquiao is more explosive, mobile and faster than any other boxer I’ve seen rounding the welterweight division. Floyd does not have Pacquiao’s ring mobility, or his sudden ejection. In the fight, people are going to watch how Pacquiao not only moves faster, but how his unpredictable movement will eventually frustrate Floyd’s counters and confuse him. Floyd looked confused with Maidana’s punching style, so just imagine when he faces Pacaquio.
13. Cardio. Hands down Pacquiao’s intensity and hand speed specially being a south paw will not only prove fatal for Floyd, but Floyd in desperation will step up his tempo causing him to exhaust all his tactics if he gets pushed into the ropes.
Floyds high guard will prove effective only if he steps on Pacquiao’s feet following the steps of Marquez’s defeat with Pacquiao. Otherwise Pacquiao’s ring mobility will be set lose, and is going to cause a lot of trouble for Floyd to handle who alike a cobra, depends heavily in his snipping ability to catch a moving target only this time Pacquiao is the relentless mongoose who survives by keeping his movement at a higher tempo.
I have followed boxing for 15 years, and Floyd has undoubtedly beaten brawlers almost his whole career. He never made that “U-turn”, he became comfortable devouring only rugged fighters with no technique. Shane Mosley maybe was the exception to the rule among the puffed-up version of Marquez. Maybe Oscar De La Hoya, but that’s a toss up.
Pacquiao is treated by some fans like he is a hype-job without ring IQ, like he is just an animal without brains leaning forward ready to be eaten alive. No one has ever dominated Pacquiao, and Floyd won’t be an exception.
In fact, some Floyd fans have arrogantly categorized Pacquiao as dumb, shorn of fighting smart, ultimately demising his creativity as a boxer. The man is a congressman in his country, I’m not involved with Filipino politics, but Pacquiao must be smart enough to been able to gain a seat in Parliament; to say else, would be to assume Filipinos lack intelligence compared to American politicians which is a fallacious lie.
Is Floyd a great boxer? He is undoubtedly great beating on brawlers and others rugged fighters who lack in the technical department, but I also believe he is not what others making to be, given all the points I showed on this analysis. I think fans that hold Pacquiao with low esteem would only their minds a little, and wouldn’t just pick Pacquiao based on racial bias, it will not only help them understand the man is a prolific boxer and an outstanding person.
I can’t wait for May 2nd because I believe only one true champion will emerge victorious, after undoubtedly taking on bigger risks his whole career , justice will be done eventually to lead to greatness after experiencing more wars and tougher opposition, and that will be no other than the underestimated 8 world champion Manny Pacquiao. Mark my word, he will win.
This might out to play to be Pacquiao V. Oscar de La Hoya. Wouldn’t be surprised.
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