May 2nd 2015 - MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao fought in what was promoted as the fight of the century, the battle for greatness. All throughout the build up I wanted Pacquiao to tear 'The Money' a new one because I always considered Floyd to be a fraud and didn't fight a style which deserved to be preserved in boxing history alongside the Alis, Robinson's and Marciano's. Every time I watched his fights I was amazed that he was aloud to pretty much hug his way through every round. Never taking punishment from hay-makers because he never let his opponent within a large enough distance to be able to attack him as once he was on the back foot he'd just hug and hug and hug. Everyone knew he was scared of the little Filipino, why else would he find a different excuse to avoid the bout every time.
'Llllllllets get ready to rumblllllllle' bellowed Micheal Buffer, boxing aside, that man’s voice wow any man or woman into bed with just one word. Anyways back on topic, as the opening bell was heard in front of millions of viewers around the world I knew that in 12 rounds time 'Pacman' would take his rightful place on top of the boxing world.
One..two...three rounds passed and shockingly I found myself aesthetically appreciating Mayweathers style, the man was dodging right hooks like pop stars avoid tax! Weaving and bobbing his way left and right, forwards and backwards, altering his stance from southpaw to orthodox every couple of combinations leaving Manny clueless and even when Manny did get Floyd on the back foot he would bring him close and squeeze him like a boa constrictor to avoid getting jabbed in the face, and whilst he was close he would strike him several times like a python with speed and vigour. This was some kind of wizardry, he must've built some kind of force field around him because this was inhumane the way he was controlling this fight.
As the fight ended I couldn't help but feel annoyed and disappointed that I hadn't experienced the Mayweather era with more detail, oh well, at least I have youtube to watch his highlights.
