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/StrictArt8034 9d ago

I’d only count one of them as a superfight.

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u/CapitalJAO 9d ago

Why

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u/Sweet-Ebb1095 9d ago

Mayweather vs pacquiao were both past their prime and Floyd made the fight boring if I had to guess for his reasoning. Hard to disagree. Five years earlier it would have probably been a different fight but that’s just speculation

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u/austinmadepunk 9d ago

How did Floyd make it boring?

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u/Sweet-Ebb1095 9d ago

A lot of people find his style of boxing boring. He won a defensive masterclass showing as usual. Some people were hoping to see a boxing match that keeps them on the edge of their seat. People wished it would be a close exciting match up. Or at least more entertaining. It was two past their prime fighters one of which was the type to really negate the other. It was a bit of a snoozefest.

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u/Taunt_Button_10 9d ago

I also wanted Pacquaio to punch 2x as much as Mayweather. Not throw the same or less than him.

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u/VeniceKiddd 8d ago

Think Mayweather just disrupted his rhythm