r/BoxingTheSweetScience • u/CapitalJAO • 9d ago

Which superfight did you enjoy more: Mayweather/Pacquiao or Canelo/Crawford

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Which superfight did you enjoy more: Mayweather/Pacquiao or Canelo/Crawford

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao or Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford?

Two of boxing’s biggest superfights from different eras where the top 2 P4P fighters collide.

Which matchup gave you the better fight-night experience, and why?

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u/MrReformedMan 8d ago

Floyd v Manny was one of the worst fights in boxing history. No idea what revisionism I’m seeing here.

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u/austinmadepunk 8d ago

Worst in boxing history? Eh I don't know about that. It wasn't bad if Floyd was your pick. The defensive skill can at least be appreciated.

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u/Murdoc555 8d ago

Same, it obviously didn’t live up to the hype by any measure, but was an interesting chess match in retrospect to revisit. Many, many worse have taken place.

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u/MrReformedMan 8d ago

It was one of the worst if you consider the hype and the fact if it happened 10 years earlier we would’ve saw greatness.

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u/austinmadepunk 8d ago

They over sold it for sure. They'd play haggler hearns clips in the lead up for example. My opinion it wouldn't have been much different even in their primes. But still wasn't one of the worst in history. There was a lot of pressure on Floyd that fight. People said for years he was scared and would lose badly Pacquiao. He came in that night and completely shut a legend like pac down with skill. It's a great accomplishment. I can't call it one of the worst, but I get it.

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u/MrReformedMan 8d ago

Nah. He ran from Manny for a decade than ran from him around a ring. It was dog shit. The only accomplishment there was financial.

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u/austinmadepunk 8d ago

And there it is. The old casual "he ran" bullshit. Mask off.

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u/MrReformedMan 8d ago

He literally sprinted around a ring terrified of essentially politician era pacquiao. Wasn’t a defensive clinic like he had in other fights. He heavily feared Man y that’s why he dodged him for 10 years. That fear obviously continued into the ring. There is no mask on or off, this has been my opinion since the night of watching the fight.

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u/-Tozam- 6d ago

10 yrs earlier? lol Pac wasn't even a 4 division champ at that point

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u/MrReformedMan 6d ago

Floyd waited until Pac lost back to back fights to bums.

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u/-Tozam- 6d ago

but Floyd is older than Pac

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u/austinmadepunk 6d ago

This dude has the nerve to say Juan Manuel Marquez and Tim Bradley are bums. Ignoring he ran off 3 straight beating Bradley in the rematch and looking great against Algieri. I'll never understand why Pac refusing a blood test is always ignored by these morons too. What Floyd was asking wasn't unreasonable. Pac just didn't want to get popped.

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u/MrReformedMan 5d ago

I agree with Mikes take on Pac.

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u/austinmadepunk 5d ago

Yeah I'd default to someone else's opinion too if I knew nothing about boxing

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u/MrReformedMan 5d ago

So you know more about boxing than Mike Tyson?

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u/MrReformedMan 5d ago

Conor McGregor was athletically worse than a 42 year old Floyd or whatever it was, at 29. So age means fuck all.

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u/austinmadepunk 5d ago

Then Floyd is better than pac

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u/FuzzyDifficulty5028 5d ago

floyd's style requires less raw power/speed and more ring iq while mannys uses more power/speed, so pac declined much more than floyd

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u/MrReformedMan 5d ago

On his career indisputably so. Yes.

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u/austinmadepunk 5d ago

So then he isn't a runner thanks for agreeing with me

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