The “fight” is finally over
For those of you who wasted your money and your time watching the Mayweather-Pacquiao match last night, too bad.
The lovely and taletned Elizabeth Banks said it best: “I was bored out of $100”.
I had no faith whatsoever that Pacquiao could win, especially by decision. I figured that the only way the Filipino could win is if he knocked out the woman beater. The judges, all of whom live in Las Vegas and were receiving $20,000 plus expenses (at least three nights in a MGM Grand luxury suite, five-course dinners) were clearly for Mayweather.
The fighters combined to land 229 punches. That sounds like a lot, but most championship boxers can land more than twice that in a 12-round championship bout. Pacquiao connected on just 19 percent of his punches and landed a miniscule 81.
Pacquiao was depressingly underagressive. He probably knew going in he would have to KO Mayweather, but he kept clutching and grabbing. That’s a great strategy in hockey, not so much in boxing.
Mayweather is now 48-0, one win short of Rocky Marciano’s record for an unbeaten career. However, to call Mayweather the greatest fighter of all time is a joke. He has cherry picked each and every opponent he has faced in recent years. He does not fight on a regular basis like Marciano and the other great fighters of the past. Mayweather is the greatest of all time in his own mind.
Also, I would like to see Mayweather or any of the other fighters who have been in their prime since the mid-1980s to fight 15 rounds. The first Ali-Frazier fight in 1971? The full 15. The Thrilla in Manila, Ali-Frazier III in 1975? 14 rounds. Heck, even Chuck Wepner, the inspiration for Rocky, took Ali to 14.
I would watch boxing before tennis, the Summer Olympics and the X-games, but that’s it.
Tonight, it’s just as bad. ESPN is treating us to yet another Yankees-Red Sox game. Ho hum.
Posted on 2015-05-03, in Boxing and tagged Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.
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