Manny Pacquiao + Floyd Mayweather agree in principle to $250 million fight

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MarkXIX

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Why is everyone saying Manny is past his prime when he's actually younger than Mayweather?

Also, maybe I'm taking it personal since I'm older than both...
 
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Howard

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MarkXIX said:
Why is everyone saying Manny is past his prime when he's actually younger than Mayweather?

Also, maybe I'm taking it personal since I'm older than both...
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Might have something to do with the fact that Manny gets hit in the head more often?
 
QueBert

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MarkXIX said:
Why is everyone saying Manny is past his prime when he's actually younger than Mayweather?

Also, maybe I'm taking it personal since I'm older than both...
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Most fighters Mayweather's age fight like a fighter past his age. Mayweather looks a hair slower but he's not showing much if any signs of not still being in his prime. Pac's getting put to sleep KTFO and struggled and lose a decision. Pac has took all sorts of damage because he's a brawler, Floyd hardly gets hit so fight wise he's the fresher fighter.


rudeguy said:
Floyd has been ignoring any real fighters his whole career. Manny has wanted to fight him forever but Floyd is too much of a pussy to fight anyone worth fighting.

Unfortunately Floyd is from my city. He grew up close to where I grew up and he's been an annoying twat since he got his first big fight. His family is just as bad if not worse.

I have no respect for him and I hope he gets knocked out. In the parking lot.
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Floyd fought champ after champ after champ. Oscar & Mosley both ducked him until they just cared about a pay day. He had wanted to fight both for years. Meanwhile Pacman and his camp were ducking the fuck out of Mosley until he went on his decline. Canelo was suppose to smash Floyd, same with Marquez, Hatton & Maidana. Both fighters have ducked each other, but Floyd did it for money reasons, where Pac did it because he didn't want to get tested for roids. His excuse was super lame, after he said no the next 3 dudes Floyd all agreed to the testing. Pac also refused to fight because he said the money wasn't right. That's fair, except his next 4 fights combined he didn't make what Mayweather was offering him for a single fight.


There wouldn't have been a time in Vegas where Pacman would have been the betting odds favorite. Regardless of who perceived who was ducking who, Mayweather would have been the favorite at any point in his career against Pac, because he's the better fighter.
 
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AznAnarchy99

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QueBert said:
Most fighters Mayweather's age fight like a fighter past his age. Mayweather looks a hair slower but he's not showing much if any signs of not still being in his prime. Pac's getting put to sleep KTFO and struggled and lose a decision. Pac has took all sorts of damage because he's a brawler, Floyd hardly gets hit so fight wise he's the fresher fighter.





Floyd fought champ after champ after champ. Oscar & Mosley both ducked him until they just cared about a pay day. He had wanted to fight both for years. Meanwhile Pacman and his camp were ducking the fuck out of Mosley until he went on his decline. Canelo was suppose to smash Floyd, same with Marquez, Hatton & Maidana. Both fighters have ducked each other, but Floyd did it for money reasons, where Pac did it because he didn't want to get tested for roids. His excuse was super lame, after he said no the next 3 dudes Floyd all agreed to the testing. Pac also refused to fight because he said the money wasn't right. That's fair, except his next 4 fights combined he didn't make what Mayweather was offering him for a single fight.


There wouldn't have been a time in Vegas where Pacman would have been the betting odds favorite. Regardless of who perceived who was ducking who, Mayweather would have been the favorite at any point in his career against Pac, because he's the better fighter.
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Everyone said Canelo was going to knock Mayweather out and he was going to take the throne. Then when he was dominated, people started saying he was too young and not ready.
 
Puppies04

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I love watching a good boxing match but I just can't get into the "sport" because it is such BS.

Fighters shouldn't decide who and when they fight, if you have a belt you should fight the number 2 at a time and place decided by the governing body of the sport.
 
QueBert

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AznAnarchy99 said:
Everyone said Canelo was going to knock Mayweather out and he was going to take the throne. Then when he was dominated, people started saying he was too young and not ready.
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This happens every Floyd fight since Gatti. Gatti was going to expose him, his corner ended up throwing in the towel half way into the fight. Hatton was undefeated and was going to dominate him too. Mayweather made him look silly and like he didn't even deserve to be there. Marquez was going to dominate and out box him. In an interview JMM said he felt like one of Floyd's sparing partners in there. Every fight is the one he's going to lose, and when he outclasses the fighter without hardly getting hit there are a million excuses made. You mentioned Canelo, before the fight "Canelo's a young, hungrier and much stronger fighter, Floyd's going to get exposed because he's a BUM!" After the fight "oh Canelo's too young, Floyd's a bum for fighting such an inexperienced fighter!"
 
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Tsavo

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Puppies04 said:
I love watching a good boxing match but I just can't get into the "sport" because it is such BS.

Fighters shouldn't decide who and when they fight, if you have a belt you should fight the number 2 at a time and place decided by the governing body of the sport.
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This. Fights should be compulsory in an elimination style bracket. Otherwise, it's all just a sham.
 
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