Pacquiao vs Mayweather Official Thread...May 2nd!!!
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Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao ripped into two sparring partners going four rounds with each at the Wild Card Gym of celebrated trainer Freddie Roach.
Pacquiao sparred four rounds with 21 year old Kenneth “Bossman” Simms Jr, the undefeated Chicago lightweight with a record of 5-0 with 2 knockouts and went another four rounds with 25 year old undefeated welterweight Keandre Gibson who has a record of 12-0 with 5 knockouts and is believed to be a fighter from the Floyd Mayweather Gym in Las Vegas.
According to publicist Fred Sternberg, Pacquiao went eight “vigorous rounds” and “looked tremendous.”
He said Roach had to hold him back because Pacquiao wanted to do more even after a full schedule of punching the heavy bag, working on the speed ball and the punch-mitts.
A report by Anson Wainwright on New Faces said that Gibson had fought current professional standouts like Sadam Ali, Jessie Vargas and Terence Crawford during his amateur career and has enjoyed training and sparring with the likes of Shane Mosley, Pacquiao and Ruslan Provodnikov.
Wainright reported that Gibson was the chief sparring partner for “Canelo” Alvarez and worked with him for two months prior to Canelo’s liss to Mayweather Jr.
Veteran trainer Kenny Adams said Gibson has “very good strength, good flexibility.”
Meantime, longtime pound for pound king and four division world champin Ron Jones Jr has dismissed claims by trainer Freddie Roach that age has taken its toll on Mayweather and that his legs are gone.
According to featured columnist Matt Jones in a piece on Bleacher Report, Jones warned Pacquiao that Floyd Mayweather “is capable of doing things now that he wasn’t doing a decade ago and that Pac-Man should be careful of underestimating the American's power.”
From Jones’ point of view the fact that Floyd “can't do things at 38 that he did at 28 makes him more dangerous.”
As Roy Jones pointed out, Mayweather has “always been a great puncher, but he's never had to use it because he was so much better than everyone skillfully, and he had so much athleticism that he hasn't had to depend on his punching power.”
From what we have seen so far in some training videos, Mayweather appears hell-bent on focusing on his punching power and as Roy Jones Jr notes, Pacquiao “may think he'll be able to outwork him and not worry about (Mayweather's) power because he hasn't had to use it. Now that he's gotten older he will use his power, and that's going to be a bigger problem for Pacquiao. Because, to me, the only way for him to beat Pacquiao is to get him out of there.”
Both fighters are in the midst of their respective preparations for this showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and it’s going to be hugely intriguing to see how this fight pans out. Some detractors claim the pair are arguably past their very best, it may not live up to the hype, but as noted by Jones Jr. the experience of both could offset any deterioration in sharpness.
Indeed, Bob Canobbio of Compubox told Bleacher Report that statistics show the upcoming bout will actually be more entertaining for the scrapped fight five years ago.
Mayweather is certainly a canny operator and a fighter revered for his immaculate defensive work. His counter-punching is forensically accurate, his movement is slick and his in-ring nous makes him extremely difficult to catch with any kind of combination.
Although Jones Jr. refers to it, Floyd’s power is not typically an area that many assess as a major strength. After all, he hasn’t won a fight by knockout or a stoppage since beating Victor Ortiz with a potshot in 2011.
Pacquiao sparred four rounds with 21 year old Kenneth “Bossman” Simms Jr, the undefeated Chicago lightweight with a record of 5-0 with 2 knockouts and went another four rounds with 25 year old undefeated welterweight Keandre Gibson who has a record of 12-0 with 5 knockouts and is believed to be a fighter from the Floyd Mayweather Gym in Las Vegas.
According to publicist Fred Sternberg, Pacquiao went eight “vigorous rounds” and “looked tremendous.”
He said Roach had to hold him back because Pacquiao wanted to do more even after a full schedule of punching the heavy bag, working on the speed ball and the punch-mitts.
A report by Anson Wainwright on New Faces said that Gibson had fought current professional standouts like Sadam Ali, Jessie Vargas and Terence Crawford during his amateur career and has enjoyed training and sparring with the likes of Shane Mosley, Pacquiao and Ruslan Provodnikov.
Wainright reported that Gibson was the chief sparring partner for “Canelo” Alvarez and worked with him for two months prior to Canelo’s liss to Mayweather Jr.
Veteran trainer Kenny Adams said Gibson has “very good strength, good flexibility.”
Meantime, longtime pound for pound king and four division world champin Ron Jones Jr has dismissed claims by trainer Freddie Roach that age has taken its toll on Mayweather and that his legs are gone.
According to featured columnist Matt Jones in a piece on Bleacher Report, Jones warned Pacquiao that Floyd Mayweather “is capable of doing things now that he wasn’t doing a decade ago and that Pac-Man should be careful of underestimating the American's power.”
From Jones’ point of view the fact that Floyd “can't do things at 38 that he did at 28 makes him more dangerous.”
As Roy Jones pointed out, Mayweather has “always been a great puncher, but he's never had to use it because he was so much better than everyone skillfully, and he had so much athleticism that he hasn't had to depend on his punching power.”
From what we have seen so far in some training videos, Mayweather appears hell-bent on focusing on his punching power and as Roy Jones Jr notes, Pacquiao “may think he'll be able to outwork him and not worry about (Mayweather's) power because he hasn't had to use it. Now that he's gotten older he will use his power, and that's going to be a bigger problem for Pacquiao. Because, to me, the only way for him to beat Pacquiao is to get him out of there.”
Both fighters are in the midst of their respective preparations for this showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and it’s going to be hugely intriguing to see how this fight pans out. Some detractors claim the pair are arguably past their very best, it may not live up to the hype, but as noted by Jones Jr. the experience of both could offset any deterioration in sharpness.
Indeed, Bob Canobbio of Compubox told Bleacher Report that statistics show the upcoming bout will actually be more entertaining for the scrapped fight five years ago.
Mayweather is certainly a canny operator and a fighter revered for his immaculate defensive work. His counter-punching is forensically accurate, his movement is slick and his in-ring nous makes him extremely difficult to catch with any kind of combination.
Although Jones Jr. refers to it, Floyd’s power is not typically an area that many assess as a major strength. After all, he hasn’t won a fight by knockout or a stoppage since beating Victor Ortiz with a potshot in 2011.
Black_Jesus
Superstar
Im a PBF stan breh... I miss that c00nyou want PBF back?
you got him
Mac Casper
@adonnis - pull up, there's refreshments
Roach: Mayweather Tasted Defeat, He'll Taste It Again!
Posted by: Edward Chaykovsky on 3/26/2015 .
By Edward Chaykovsky
Trainer Freddie Roach is not focusing on the obvious fact that Floyd Mayweather Jr. (47-0, 26KOs) is undefeated. Roach is training Manny Pacquiao for his WBC/WBO/WBA welterweight unification bout with Mayweather. The pay-per-view fight takes place on May 2nd from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao is the underdog in the contest, but there is a lot of money coming down on the Filipino star. Mayweather suffered several defeats as an amateur. As a professional, he's lost very few rounds in the last couple of years. Styles make fights and Roach is confident his fighter has the style to win.
"I am very confident that I have the guy who's going to beat this guy. Everybody keeps saying that he's undefeated but you have to remember that he lost in the Olympics, he lost in the amateurs. He wasn't the best amateur in the world. I don't think he ever won the nationals. He tasted defeat before and he'll taste it again," Roach said.
The last time Mayweather had a very rough time in the ring was when he moved up to junior middleweight for the very first time, in 2007, to win a split decision over Oscar De La Hoya. Roach worked De La Hoya's corner for that fight.
"I think we won the first six rounds. I thought it should have been a draw. Oscar got away from the jab and Mayweather started setting up traps and Oscar walked into them. We're ready for that. We have a game plan and Manny will avoid those traps," Roach said.
http://www.boxingscene.com/roach-mayweather-tasted-defeat-hell-taste-it-again--88949
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Man, Floyd aint "tasted defeat" since he was 19. Please dont go use an Olympic amateur loss as your gameplan
I'm not caping but that loss was so controversial that one of the judges quit and spoke out. Also the referee accidentally raised Floyd's hand at the end of the fight
I think his amateur record is 89-6 (fact check that before quoting it) and he won two golden gloves
I bet that Olympic loss secretly haunts him to to this day. Prolly wakes up with nightmares and perhaps it was the reason he was offended when that one female judge gave him a split decision a few years ago, he prolly has scorecard anxiety
Black_Jesus
Superstar
Are you comparing Pacquiao to Gatti?we get him this could turn out worse than gatti fight
I doubt it.
He's 47-0 as a Professional and almost half his victories have come from over Current/Future/Former Champions............plus he's the richest athlete in the world with access to all the best clothes/food/jets/vehicles/shoes/watches/jewelry/bytches that money can buy
I doubt a loss at 19 is even on his mind at this time. That was literally half of his life span ago
hell no pac is better
what I'm saying is that may will come out with the most motivation he ever has cuz of the naysayers the doubters and his legacy on the line
pac is better than gatti i dont doubt that its just the hunger the motivation too all this has a feeling he going PBF style in this one on another level we haven't seen yet
iceberg_is_on_fire
Wearing Lions gear when it wasn't cool
You know how, for years, we wanted another Reasonable Doubt from Hov and he came the closest with American Gangster, that is my thinking here. We probably won't be getting 100% PBF, but he's going to appear at many points in May.
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krackdagawd
Inspire.
Oh please, Manny will just stand there like
I was expected dude's hair to turn blonde halfway through that
HARLEM AL
Your broad loves me.....
And Bradley JMM isn't a style similar to floyd?
HARLEM AL
Your broad loves me.....
Also Algeri was let out his cage and manny didn't knock him out. Last Ko he had was hatton. Which is the same with floyd.
HARLEM AL
Your broad loves me.....
Also Algeri was let out his cage and manny didn't knock him out. Last Ko he had was hatton. Which is the same with floyd.