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Wearing Lions gear when it wasn't cool
how do u see the fight going ?
Honestly, I think it will be anticlimactic. Styles makes fights, it's always said. Just because we've been wanting this fight to happen for 6 years does not mean that fact is now null and void. No bones about it, I'm a Floyd fan, favorite athlete ever but I don't think that Manny is equipped with the tools to beat Floyd. Floyd can fight this from distance due to longer reach and immaculate timing or fight up close, because his inside game is stellar as well. Manny best bet is to try to stick and move. I was just reading a transcript of an interview of Roach and he mentioned that he talked to Cotto and asked him what was the most difficult thing about Floyd and he said his footwork. For years, Roach has been screaming from the rooftops that Floyd has lost his legs. Taking that to say, he's hoping that Floyd is a plodding tank in the ring when they fight. That is simply not going to be the case. Is he fleet of foot as he used to be? Of course not, but whatever the limits a 38 year old man could reach, he's there physically. Roger and Floyd Sr, in candid moments, have mentioned that Vernon Forrest and Oscar, respectively, had the tools to beat Floyd. Why? Great jab and bigger than Floyd for starters. Manny isn't either. Floyd is in the ring with a smaller man, there is going to be a visual when you see them in the ring together. There is going to be a stark contrast. Floyd is a solid 147 pounder while I'm sure Manny can still get down to 140. Floyd fights tall, Floyd fights smart, Floyd does have flaws but they won't be exploited here. Ultimately, Floyd can be Floyd and win the fight going away, Manny is going to have to be something he isn't to do it. That is how I can sum this up.