Mayweather v Pacquiao--anyone getting the fight tonite?

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  1. roger

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    If this is true then he's never going broke.

    The only way you go broke is if you lever yourself up with debt.

    If all of his homes and cars are truly paid for, then he is solvent and has enough assets to last him 50 lifetimes.

    Again, if true, kudos to the man.
     
  2. Poeman

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    To beat Mayweather, you need to pepper him with punches all night. 5 years Pac in his eliteness would have handled Mayweather. This Pac was just a shade of that guy...So yes Floyd is a asshole and he tactically is the smartest boxer of this era winning off basic stats "jab, jab, jab, run away, jab, jab, hold, jab, jab, run away" but Pac was ferocious and he would have been able to land alot more flurries.

    This Pac looked off for the most part. He showed flashes of that boxer everyone loves. The result could have been different back then.
     
  3. Petrozza

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    Don't you think that Mayweather was even faster 5 years ago? You people are talking like only Pacquiao got older but Mayweather is 2 years older than him. The sheer fact that even at the age of 38 Mayweather still can dodge punches like he does is quite astounding considering that speed usually goes first with age.
     
  4. Poeman

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    The point is, the real fight should have happened when it needed to have happened. At this point both guys are just doing this for SHOW. Pacquaio is a political figure, a mega personality, his passion for boxing is not the same as it used to be. Back then both guys would have shown hatred and fear.

    I also cannot stand what the sport of Boxing has become. I deal with these boxing promotion companies all the time, I sense these major fights are always filled with something larger hidden behind the scenes that involve umpires, promoters, refs, and even the boxers.

    I heard something like $179 million to Mayweather and $119 million to Pacquiao for this fight. lol
     
  5. Barry the Baptist

    Barry the Baptist Hello son, would you like a lolly?
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    Mayweather's game was always built on defense and speed, sure he's slowed down a bit but Manny had speed and power and was never known for his great defense, only his ability to attack and his aggressiveness. The 5 years probably took a much greater toll on Manny than it did on Floyd.

    Floyd knows how to use the compubox system to his advantage, maybe that makes him a genius or maybe it makes him a great boxer but that doesn't make him a great fighter. I don't know if 5 years ago Manny beats him but it absolutely would have been a much better match.
     
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  6. Yisman

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    if manny wasn't injured, floyd probably would've found a way to pull out of the fight
     
  7. GordonGecko

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    Great "fighters" from the 80s would have destroyed him.

    He's a great tactician, a great boxer, not a great fighter.

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  9. Petrozza

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    Wish he had asked those questions to someone who actually speaks and understand english properly. Dude was being such a dick, like someone vomited in his cheerios in the morning.
     
  11. tank75

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    I like how you speak as if from experience. But i hate to break it to you; nobody has beaten mayweather. There is no blueprint or strategy to beat the guy cause so far they have all failed. Do you really think mannys camp is the first to ever think of throwing more punches than he can handle?

    The problem is floyd. Hes too good to be hit apparently and this frustrates the shit out of his opponents. Eventually he breaks their will to fight and the later rounds are uneventful.

    And once again; if anybody here thinks its just so easy to "run away" from the guys he has fought; you clearly dont know anything about what happens in the ring during a fight.
     
  12. Poeman

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    Who should be Mayweather's last opponent?

    Amir Khan?
     
  13. Yisman

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  14. Barry the Baptist

    Barry the Baptist Hello son, would you like a lolly?
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    I doubt it's Khan, Mayweather's next fight will be September and I'm guessing Ramadan would create an issue for Khan. I'd like to see him fight Keith Thurman or Danny Garcia.
     
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    http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story/floyd-mayweather-purchases-4-8m-koenigsegg-082315
    Floyd Mayweather purchases $4.8M Koenigsegg
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    Because sometimes $3 million isn’t enough.

    Nicknamed ‘Money,’ boxer Floyd Mayweather is the highest-paid sportsman on the planet, and now he’s just spent $4.8 million of it on a superca… eh, we mean, hypercar.

    This V8-powered car is a Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita, a vehicle that can go from 0-60 mph in 2.9 seconds and that can reach speeds of above 250 mph.

    More specs on the car can be found on Koenigsegg’s website and, needless to say, you may feel a bit worse about your own car next time you take it out for a spin:

     
  16. Barry the Baptist

    Barry the Baptist Hello son, would you like a lolly?
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    There is a lot of fucking money in Vegas but I can all but guarantee you he'll be the only person driving one of these. Of course Floyd doesn't drive so one of his boys will actually be driving him around in this.
     

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