Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao Match Predictions
With the mega fight between Filipino boxing icon Manny
Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. a done deal, here's a look back at some of
the predictions made by analysts and former boxing champions.
Mayweather, 37, will carry a 47-0 record into the bout,
while the 36-year-old Pacquiao is 57-5-2.
Mayweather opened as an
almost 3-to-1 favorite in the earliest lines in Las Vegas, where the fight will
take place on May 2.
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Boxing legends Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran have
different views on another pair of boxing greats, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd
Mayweather, and the much-discussed "mega fight" between the two
pound-for-pound kings.
That fight will break all records. It's gonna be a fight
that is so highly anticipated, that in itself, it would break records," he
said. "I can't wait to witness that.
"I think Pacquiao will win," he said. "I've
studied Pacquiao's fights as I have also Mayweather's. Mayweather has had
trouble defeating some fighters, and those fighters, who then fought the
Filipino afterwards, the Filipino knocked them out quick and beat them
quick."
UFC legend Chuck Liddell, who was feared for his deadly
striking skills, said he liked both fighters but admitted that he’s not a fan
of the American’s defensive fighting style.
Juan Manuel Marquez’s legendary boxing trainer Ignacio
Beristain cautions Floyd Mayweather Jr. against accepting a bout with Manny
Pacquiao. Beristain, more familiar to boxing fans as 'Nacho,' said Pacquiao is
bound to shatter Mayweather’s perfect boxing record
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