Pacquiao vs. Mayweather: Manny will get his ear’s boxed off

By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao won’t be facing a weight drained fighter if the bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr. is made nor will Pacquiao be fighting an opponent that had the living daylights beaten out of him in a recent fight like Miguel Cotto did in his bout with tough Mexican brawler Antonio Margarito last year. Pacquiao might as well retire now and go into politics or something because when he faces Mayweather, Manny will be taking the beating of his life and losing badly.


Pacquiao defeated Cotto on November 14th, but he took an enormous amount of punishment from Cotto in the fight. It was a win alright, but Pacquiao was hit flush all night long to the head and his right ear was swollen up, looking like a wrestler’s ear. Pacquiao didn’t get of the Cotto fight without taking a lot of punishment. It’s going to take it’s toll. Cotto gave Pacquiao enough punishment to last a long time.
I think he probably gave Pacquiao a dozen fights or more worth of punishment with the hard shots that he hit him with. Pacquiao didn’t duck anything that Cotto threw and was like a sitting duck for every shot that Cotto threw at him. Cotto had problems of his own, but that doesn’t cover up the fact that Pacquiao showed no head movement, basically no defense at all as he plodded into every shot that Cotto threw.

Late in the fight, Cotto looked like Muhammad Ali, punching Pacquiao on the move and making Pacquiao look slow and limited. The way that Cotto boxed Pacquiao late in the fight was like a mini highlight of how Floyd Mayweather will box circles around Pacquiao in their fight. Didn’t Manny used to be able to defend himself? I remember seeing a couple of Pacquiao’s early fights in his career when he ducked shots and moved his head to avoid getting clobbered by fighters. Not anymore.

Pacquiao’s somewhat large head is like a big hit me sign on it, inviting punches from his opponents. Pacquiao may have escaped fights against a weight drained Oscar De La Hoya and Cotto, and a Ricky Hatton, who is looking more and more like he’s totally shot, but Pacquiao won’t beat Mayweather. I like Pacquiao and would like for him to do well against Mayweather, but I think he’s going to get the tar knocked out of him if he fights Mayweather.

Pacquiao looks like he’s gotten lazy in recent fights and is now all about throwing power shots. He thinks he can just run over people with his speed and power. It may be working right now, but Pacquiao is taking a lot of punishment, unlike before. If Pacquiao chooses to fight in a primitive caveman manner against Mayweather, he’s going to get his head knocked into the stratosphere. Mayweather is superior to Pacquiao, that’s just the way it is.

Mayweather is well schooled in every part of his game and taught by his father Floyd Mayweather Sr. and his father’s brother, both of which were excellent fighters in their prime. Pacquiao is just a fighter who was born with a lot of crude physical tools but who has only recently started to learn the craft the right way. But from what I saw of his fight with Cotto, Pacquiao doesn’t stand a chance against Mayweather. He might as well retire and save himself a beating.

Source: boxingnews24.com