The Fight of the Century will not even be the Fight of the Year.
Neither
Floyd Mayweather nor Manny Pacquiao came close to the knockout which
the Money Man desired so desperately and the PacMan ended up needing so
badly.
The
bright start ebbed into a game of cat and mouse, Mayweather dodging and
countering, Pacquiao charging and probably missing too often.
The
richest fight of all time will be remembered for the mega-millions, the
gigantic hype, the hordes on the Strip, the most manic media coverage
of all time… and a physical chess match between two old masters.
Mayweather
proved himself once again the grand master of the noble art of self
defence. It was enough to settle the argument as to which of them is the
greatest boxer of his generation. The man who is unbeaten in his 48
fights as a professional.
The
judges may have done Pacquiao less than justice with scores of 118-110
and 116-112 twice. But although I had it a draw there can be no
complaint.
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