Journal 11: Mayweather vs Pacquiao Summary - Portfolio

   May 2nd, 2015. The biggest boxing fight of our generation took place. WBC and WBA Welterweight Champion Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. Took on the WBO Challenger Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao. A fight 10 years in the making. When finally the dust settled, Mayweather stood atop the throne in dominating fashion.
    The dismantling of Pacquiao was beautiful to watch if you knew what to watch for. The first opening minutes it was very clear who was in control of the fight. Mayweather used his stiffling jab to keep Pacquiao at bay for the first couple of rounds using his speed and stellar defence to negate most of the damage. That's the story for the entire fight. Mayweather was near sublime in his approach to the fight. On offence he would pump lighting fast jabs at Pacman. When Pacman would corner the undefeated fighter. Mayweather would either angle cut out to Manny's lead leg or slip underneath the left straight and angle cut back out to Manny's lead side. When Manny was able to land on Mayweather. Mayweather's defensive shell would cushion many of the blows. Pacquiao was completely outclassed. Pacquiao was the much slower fighter contrary to popular belief that Pacquiao would be nearly as fast as Mayweather. Mayweather won close to 10 rounds on the majority of the scorecards. Mayweather also noted that he will be returning in September for another fight before retiring. Possible opponents include Amir Khan or Gennedy Golovkin.