Mayweather VS Pacquiao Round By Round As It Happens

[Papa Zook]

Round 1

Mayweather in black and gold trunks, Pacquiao in yellow trunks with red trim. Floyd tags Manny with two rights early. Looks very quick. Mayweather gets inside and clips Pacquiao with a hard right hand and gets out before Pacquiao knows what’s happened. Mayweather looking very quick and sharp early. Pacquiao hasn’t found hs range. Pacquiao doesn’t know how to get inside without exposing himself to Floyd’s accurate and punishing right hand. Floyd making Pacquiao think twice about going inside. Manny getting frustrated already.

Guardian’s unofficial score: Mayweather 10-9 Pacquiao (Mayweather 10-9 Pacquiao)

 

[Papa Zook]

[h=2]Round 2[/h]Manny lunges forward pell-mell but Mayweather sidesteps it easily. Pacquiao starts to corner him but Mayweather bites back wtih two quick chopping left hands. Mayweather wraps Manny up to loud boos from the crowd. Floyd is just so quick. Pacquiao doing a better job of cutting off the ring, marginally. Pacquiao’s feet too slow right now. Now more loud chants of Manny! Manny! as Mayweather moves backward into a corner and Manny follows him in. Mayweather doing damage with that right hand. Pacquiao connects with a hard left at the end of the round, his best punch yet.

Guardian’s unofficial score: Mayweather 10-9 Pacquiao (Mayweather 20-18 Pacquiao)

 

[Papa Zook]

[h=2]Round 3[/h]Floyd’s right hand is the story. He’s controlling the fight with it. Fighting brilliantly. Pacquiao rushed Mayweather into a corner but Floyd wraps him up again, looking stronger when he does it. Pacquiao not throwing enough punches. Referee Kenny Bayless warns Mayweather for holding Pacquiao’s head down. Manny doing better work here, winning an exchange near the end of the round. But not enough.

Guardian’s unofficial score: Mayweather 10-9 Pacquiao (Mayweather 30-27 Pacquiao)

 

[Papa Zook]

[h=2]Round 4[/h]Can Manny Pacquiao get past Floyd Mayweather’s right hand is the fight within the fight. Floyd misses with a vicious right cross thrown with bad intentions. Pacquiao connects with a straight left that knocks Mayweather back! Mayweather might be hurt! Pacquiao unloads a lightning-fast combination on Mayweather reeling against the ropes, a few of which connect through his turtle shell defense. Mayweather nods his head when he emerges, but he looks like he was hurt. Pacquiao getting to Floyd this round! When Mayweather gets too defensive, it opens up opportunities for Pacquiao. And just when it looked like we were settling into another Floyd Mayweather clinic, we’ve got ourselves a fight.
Guardian’s unofficial score: Mayweather 9-10 Pacquiao (Mayweather 39-37 Pacquiao)

 

[Papa Zook]

[h=2]Round 5[/h]Mayweather looking noticeably slower than he did in the opening rounds but still connecting with right hands and doing a much better job of staying off the ropes. Mayweather holds Manny behind the head again. No warning from Bayless. Jabbing, defending, keeping away from Pacquiao. After a very active fourth round, Pacquiao has been quiet this round. And it thusly goes to Floyd.

Guardian’s unofficial score: Mayweather 10-9 Pacquiao (Mayweather 49-46 Pacquiao)

 

[Papa Zook]

[h=2]Round 6[/h]Pacquiao tries to pick up the pace immediately after the bell but isn’t cutting off the ring very well and his swings at air. Mayweather hurt with a left cross! He’s backed against the ropes and Pacquiao throws more two-handed combinations to the head and body at lightning speed. Mayweather nods his head as if it say he’s not hurt, but no question Manny touched him there. An easy round to score for Pacquiao.

Guardian’s unofficial score: Mayweather 9-10 Pacquiao (Mayweather 58-56 Pacquiao)

 

[Papa Zook]

[h=2]Round 7[/h]Mayweather touching up Manny here, showing against he’s having his best moments when acting as the aggressor. Mayweather holds again, no warning. Floyd connects with a right hook. Another left from Pacquiao opens a cut on Mayweather’s lip. That’s blood. Floyd dictating with his jab and boxing beautifully but Manny taking the fight when he sees an opportunity. Very close round, maybe an even round but I’ll give to Pacquiao.
Guardian’s unofficial score: Mayweather 9-10 Pacquiao (Mayweather 67-66 Pacquiao)

 

[Papa Zook]

[h=2]Round 8[/h]A two-punch combo for Manny connects but he can’t follow up. Pacquiao starting to counter Mayweather’s right, but then he walks into a straight right. Mayweather’s reach increasingly becoming the defining trait of the fight. Floyd rebounds nicely, mixing up playing the aggressor and counterpunching. Lot of close rounds here. Scorecards will be interesting. I’ll give it to Floyd.

Guardian’s unofficial score: Mayweather 10-9 Pacquiao (Mayweather 77-75 Pacquiao)

 

[Papa Zook]

 

[Papa Zook]

Round 9

Pacquiao’s head movement has slowed and that could be a problem. Mayweather on his bicycle and Manny chasing him around the ring. Not much has happeend in first 90 seconds. Chants of Manny! Manny! as Mayweather lands a right counter. Pacquiao gets Floyd up against the ropes and squares him up but Mayweather escapes out the back door before Manny can open fire. “Walk him down champ!” screams a Money Team member in crowd. Pacquiao gets Mayweather up against the ropes near the end of the round and throws a combination that might not have hurt Floyd but looked good enough to score. Still, Floyd doing just enough to win the rounds.

Guardian’s unofficial score: Mayweather 10-9 Pacquiao (Mayweather 87-84 Pacquiao)

 

[Papa Zook]

 

[Papa Zook]

Round 10

Pacquiao walks Mayweather into a corner and opens fire but the punches disappear into Mayweather’s artful defense. Manny just can’t get away from that right hand. A hard left lands for Manny but it seems like he’s tiring here. Floyd throwing some heavy punches here but missing. Manny coming straight in, a very linear attack. Tailor-made for Floyd. I have it seven rounds to three for Pacquiao which means a draw is out of the cards and it’s time for Pacquiao to go for broke.

Guardian’s unofficial score: Mayweather 10-9 Pacquiao (Mayweather 97-93 Pacquiao)

 

[Papa Zook]

[h=2]Round 11[/h]Floyd strikes very early in the round with a hard two-punch combination upstairs. Mayweather has found a second wind, pot-shotting beautifully here. Pacquiao slowing but doing enough with aggression to make it close. Too much waiting for Manny. A quick left jab in the final seconds snaps Pacquiao’s head back. Manny getting outboxed. How quickly that became the most one-sided round of the fight.

Guardian’s unofficial score: Mayweather 10-9 Pacquiao (Mayweather 107-102 Pacquiao)

 

[Papa Zook]

[h=2]Round 12[/h]Manny not throwing enough because he was afraid of getting caught. When you’re getting hit you don’t throw. Pacquiao not giving up, still going for it. Floyd moving backward. Pacquiao will win the final round on aggression but it won’t be enough. Nervous energy in crowd, who seem to know what’s coming.

Guardian’s unofficial score: Mayweather 9-10 Pacquiao (Mayweather 116-112 Pacquiao)

 

[Papa Zook]

[h=2]Floyd Mayweather UD 12 Manny Pacquiao[/h]Mayweather wins a unanimous decision. Judges turn in scores of 118-110, 116-112 and 116-112.

 

[Papa Zook]

Boos rain on Mayweather
Mayweather’s in-ring interview is completely inaudible as boos rain on the ring. Floyd connected with 148 of 435 punches (34.0%) compared to 81 of 429 for Pacquiao (18.9%).

 

[Veritas44]

Thanks MUCH for that Zook ThumbUp
Great Round by Round Call and Recap :clapping:

Really would have liked Manny to win by KO or clearly dominating the Match but reads like the Awesome Fight it was hoped to be.

 

[Oldmsocko]

Floyd Mayweather UD 12 Manny Pacquiao

Mayweather wins a unanimous decision. Judges turn in scores of 118-110, 116-112 and 116-112.

Heck. I could whoop either one of them.

 

[RcSuD]

.....with one arm tied behind your back too, I suppose??

 

[Sully]

Zook, great job on the ring by ring blows. Too bad it ended by decision call and not by a knock-out. But hey, look at all the money we saved with the fight right here on our form ThumbUp

 

[Papa Zook]

I wasn't calling the fight, I was reading the live play by play on www.theguardian.com and re-posting their recaps as they posted. I would have liked to have watched the fight but I wasn't going to shell out $100 for it.

After watching the video today, it looks like they both played it safe and this fight didn't live up to the hype IMO. The fights I really enjoyed were back in the days of Tommy Herns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya and Roberto Duran. Those guys slugged it out every time. It wasn't show,,,it was go. Same with the heavy weight fights, they were thrilling to watch.

It used to be more about the sport itself, who had the most talent and heart, now its become more about the hype and the money and which celebrities have the best seats in the house.

Its a shame that average folks today cant afford to watch these fights, even on PPV...the industry made a ton of money on this fight, but I feel they are hurting themselves in the long run because the fan base is going away.

"Getting a ticket for the MGM Grand has proven to be a difficult and massively expensive undertaking, with the price of a ringside seat rocketing."

As Mayweather put it: "Tickets are going for between $8,000 and $400,000 to $500,000. You know, we call this the billionaire boys' club."

 

[Sinical]

I'd thought Pacquiao would win, but at the same time, knew that the result could be a huge disappointment and it was. Don't feel bad about not getting the PPV, Zook, it seemed like the 12 rounds were over in about 15 minutes! The 2 fights before the main event had a LOT more action.

Always admired Freddie Roach for his abilities as a trainer and for coming up with the right game plan before any given fight, but he sure blew it on this one. Pacquiao stayed the course due to Roach's advisement and that was a mistake. As Ricky Ricardo would say "Ohh....LUUU-cy! You got some splainin' ta do!" :laugh:

Also followed boxing much more avidly during the era you mentioned, Zook. In spite of his "No mas" blemish, Roberto Duran remains my favorite from his Lightweight days right on thru to his retirement.

 

[Papa Zook]

 

[vw driver]

This fight was just a big payday for a couple of veteran fighters nearing the end of their careers. Manny is well past his prime, not even close to being the fighter he was ten years ago. He is losing fights, getting hit a lot, time for him to retire before he gets hurt in the ring. Mayweather is 38, he can retire undefeated and and have no regrets. I didn't buy into all of the hype surrounding this fight. It wasn't the fight of the century, it wasn't the fight of the year, it probably wasn't even the fight of the week. Both of these fighters have had great careers, it's a shame they had to stink up their legacies with this turkey.

 

[bikerbillone]

Good thread Zook, took me back to the Friday fights, which were free by the way.

 

[DTR 11TG]

I just read an article that said Manny had a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder before the fight, not sure if this changed the outcome

http://boxingjunkie.com/2015/05/04/...-torn-rotator-cuff-floyd-mayweather-top-rank/

 

[Sinical]

hehehe........the Floyd Payweather Punch-out vid is better than the actual fight was on Pay Per Snooze :laugh::laugh::laugh:

Thanx for that link, DTR...........Have been reading about it on-goingly and I honestly don't know if the injury is legit or not. There's enough inconsistencies in the story to where I've got my doubts. What I do know is that 100+ million dollar$ will buy a lot of alibis :laugh:

 

[DTR 11TG]

I haven't seen or read any of the round by round stuff, have only talked to some boxing people and it seems that like almost every fighter that goes in the ring with mayweather, Manny did not fight his normal style fight?!?!?!WHY????

 

[Sinical]

I haven't seen or read any of the round by round stuff, have only talked to some boxing people and it seems that like almost every fighter that goes in the ring with mayweather, Manny did not fight his normal style fight?!?!?!WHY????

You're not the only one asking that same question, DTR. In asking the question, we're naturally assuming that the fight was on the level. Seeing as Manny did not fight in his normal style, maybe we need to rethink the previous assumption

We watched it live on PPV. Immediately after the decision and while still in the ring, Max Kellerman interviewed Pacquiao and asked him why he hadn't put more effort into the fight. Pacquiao responded by saying that he thought he was ahead and that he thought he'd won the fight. He never once mentioned any "injury" as being the reason. That line came up during the post-fight interview later on and after our PPV coverage was over.

(Long day here.......gotta crash. Have a good one ThumbUp)