Money Mayweather

I had to wait to write this post until I knew for sure 48-0 was an actuality. It is, and it happened in dominant fashion. Floyd Mayweather completely dominated his opponent, Manny Pacquiao for just about the entire fight. 

Leading up to the fight last night, i noticed some things and brought them to my friends attention. The media coverage prior to the fight was so lopsided to paint the good guy, bad guy fight that was obvious. When showing pre fight clips, they would show Floyd throwing money around and talking about his cars. Then, they would show Manny holding a baby or walking around the Phillipines. The media needs that good versus bad to have a good storyline. 

Now let's get back to the fight, I never quite understood why anyone thought this would be an enjoyable fight. It pitted a defensive fighter against the "best puncher of this era," something had to give. Plus, the majority of Floyds fights have been defensive, so when at the end of the night Floyd doubled the punches landed and Manny was frustrated because he couldn't hit him, I knew what had happened. Floyd had discombobulated the best puncher of the era by not letting him get punched. It was a systematical dismantling of a great fighter. It was such a showing that people didn't know what to think, until the stats came out that showed Floyd dominated the entire fight. 

In the end, did this fight prove Mayweather is the best ever? No, but it proved that no one can touch him in this era, and it's not even close