In the latest supposed Fight of the Century, Floyd Maywether defeated Manny Pacquiao by a unanimous decision to retain his welterweight titles. Was it a great fight? Not by a longshot.
Mayweather improved to 48-0 with 26 wins by knockout, while Pacquiao dropped to 57-6-2 with 38 knockouts. One judge scored the fight 118-110, and the other 2 had it 116-112. By scoring the fight 118-110, that means that judge only had Pacquiao winning 2 rounds, which is ridiculous. I thought Mayweather won the fight, but Pacquiao won 4 or 5 of the 12 rounds.
Mayweather is a boring fighter. He is a counter puncher, which means he waits to react when the opponent pushes the action, then he attempts to avoid punches, and throw a few of his own, usually in retreat. He’s very good at it, but it’s still boring.
Pacquiao tried to make a fight out of this bout, especially in the first 6 rounds, but he didn’t really push the action as much in the last half of the fight. Fighters used to get credit for forcing the action, but I guess they don’t anymore. No wonder boxing has lost so much of it’s popularity, before this match, which should have occurred at least 5 years ago.
Mayweather avoided this fight for several years, before finally agreeing to fight Pacquiao, now that both are in their late 30s. Pacquiao is 36 and Mayweather is 38. I sure hope there is no rematch for this fight. Anyone who would pay to see these 2 fight again, needs their head examined.
What was with the Burger King guy in Mayweather’s entourage? I’m sure he made a lot of money allowing that, but what a freakshow. Also, was that Jimmy Kimmel with the black hat following Pacquiao into the ring?
After all the pre-fight hype, it still started an hour later than it was supposed to. All of this reminds me why I lost interest in boxing. I wasn’t even planning on watching this fight, but my friend had the fight at his birthday party.
Apparently, long gone are the good fights, involving Muhammad Ali, George Frazier, George Foreman, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler, and others from a long time ago. Mike Tyson raised interest in boxing of course, but his fights usually didn’t last through the first round, so they were disappointing as well.
If this was the Fight of the Century, then I guess I don’t need to watch another boxing match for the next 85 years.
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