How Floyd Mayweather Jr Can Beat Manny Pacquiao, According To Bernard Hopkins

{The article below is written by Rachel Corpuz of International Business Times.}

Bernard Hopkins is the latest to weigh in on the much-talked about fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao. The 50-year-old former light heavyweight titlist recently shared his thoughts about what Mayweather needs to do to beat the Filipino eight-division world champion.

In an article by CBS Sports, Hopkins claimed that if Mayweather gets past the first few rounds, the undefeated American fighter can certainly beat the Filipino. Hopkins sees that Pacquiao will try to devastate Mayweather with his trademark boxing style in the first six rounds or less.

Mayweather has proven in some of his past fights that he can easily make adjustments. Mayweather had made adjustments when he fought Shane Mosley, Oscar De La Hoya and Victor Ortiz. Hopkins reckons that Mayweather must be able to do the same thing and must learn how to adjust to the Filipino in their mega-buck showdown in Las Vegas on Cinco de Mayo weekend.

According to Hopkins, it is going to be an easy fight for Mayweather if he can adjust as far as distance is concerned. Mayweather will not only have to adjust his striking distance but he should also be able to prevent a threat when Pacquiao rushes at him. Hopkins also believes Mayweather should trade more punches with Pacquiao to win.

“Floyd has to produce more than he has before, in terms of punching,” Hopkins said. “He’s not fighting Hatton - Pacquiao can bring it all night so Floyd’s jab and counterpunching will be the key.”

Like many, Hopkins puts his money on Mayweather against the underdog Pacquiao. However, Hopkins said that winning the bout would not be a ludicrously easy task for Mayweather. He said that Mayweather can win as well as be beaten up and lose his 47-fight winning streak. As for his last words, Hopkins said Mayweather will beat Pacquiao by controversial decision.

Pacquiao has lost twice in his last five fights including his dramatic knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012. He has not scored a knockout since he let go of Alex Ariza, who is now with Mayweather’s camp. With less than a couple of months until fight date, both camps are shifting to high gears in their training camps as they continue their preparations for the superfight.

As the bout draws closer, ESPN reported that the superfight is projected to break all revenue records in the history of boxing. With ticket prices ranging from $1500 to $10,000, the fight will reportedly pull in an estimated $74 million at the gate. It will break the gate record from Mayweather’s fight with Canelo Alvarez, which amounted to $20 million.

Manny Pacquiao's speed you've never thought as fast as this one

Here's a speed of Manny Pacquiao you've never thought as fast as this one.

If you see his speed five years ago, it is exactly the same as it is now. Watch the video below.



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Mayweather declines $5-million fine for failed drug test

{The following article is written by Dan Rafael of ESPN.com}

Manny Pacquiao adviser Michael Koncz told ESPN.com on Thursday that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has declined to agree to terms for a penalty that would cost either man $5 million in the event of a failed drug test before or after their May 2 megafight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

"Today we were informed that Mayweather turned down the request," Koncz said. "Manny had requested that there would be a reciprocal fine of $5 million for a failed drug test."

Koncz said even though the agreements for the fight are signed, as is a separate agreement for the United States Anti-Doping Agency to oversee random blood and urine testing for the fight, they were still discussing terms for a substantial fine in the event of a dirty test. But Koncz said Mayweather attorney Jeremiah Reynolds sent a letter to Pacquiao attorney David Moroso on Thursday declining to enter into any agreements on a financial penalty for a failed drug test.

Manny Pacquiao's adviser says Floyd Mayweather Jr. has declined a $5 million penalty for either fighter in the event of a failed drug test before or after their May 2 megafight in Las Vegas.
Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions and Mayweather's close adviser, said Koncz should have had those terms negotiated into the main contract.

"Michael Koncz is an idiot, and Manny Pacquiao should be ashamed to have him as his representative, in my opinion," Ellerbe told ESPN.com. "It's obvious he didn't read the contract. Why would he have his fighter sign something he was not happy with? The deal was negotiated up and down by his promoter [Bob Arum of Top Rank] on behalf of Manny with Floyd and Mayweather Promotions, and it's been well documented in the media for quite some time.

"If this moron didn't convey his fighter's wishes when the negotiation was going on, that's their problem. This is a lame-ass attempt to generate publicity."

Drug testing, of course, has been front and center throughout the five-plus-year saga to get boxing's most anticipated fight signed. When the sides first negotiated the bout in late 2009 and early 2010, they had agreed to all aspects of the deal except for the drug-testing protocol. Mayweather insisted on random, Olympic-style blood and urine testing, Pacquiao declined to agree to the specific form of drug testing and the deal fell apart.

Not long after that, Pacquiao sued Mayweather for defamation and slander for saying that he had used performance-enhancing drugs, which Pacquiao has always denied. The case was ultimately settled out of court with Mayweather paying Pacquiao an undisclosed seven-figure sum.

"They have made derogatory statements for years about Manny [supposedly using PEDs], and now we challenged them by asking for the $5 million fine, and they refused to do it. It's disheartening," Koncz said.

Mayweather has required himself and his opponents to be tested by USADA for all of his bouts since 2010, while Pacquiao has sometimes used the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association to randomly test him and his opponent in recent years.

For the May 2 welterweight unification bout, expected to be the richest fight in boxing history, Pacquiao agreed to Mayweather's demand for USADA testing, and they signed contracts with the agency about three weeks ago.

When asked why Pacquiao didn't negotiate the fine into the master fight agreement, Koncz said he was concerned with getting the fight signed and did not want to do anything to jeopardize very delicate negotiations. Besides, he said, both camps knew they would have to sign a separate agreement with USADA to outline the specific terms of the testing.

"We were still discussing the penalty. We've been going back and forth about it for the past three or four weeks. We hoped that we could sign that agreement around the same time as the agreement with USADA," Koncz said. "[The Mayweather camp] is saying, 'Why wasn't it brought up for the main contract?' Why does it have to be brought up for the main contract? Everything in the main contract pertains to the co-promotion and the promoters. You can argue all day if [a penalty agreement] should be with the USADA contract or the main contract. What do you have to lose or gain in that argument? It's a simple thing -- if you fail, you pay the other guy $5 million. The issue is simple -- are you willing to agree to a penalty of $5 million? The drug-testing terms and any penalty, that's between the fighters not the promoters.

"We have no recourse. We can't force Floyd into something. But we gave them an opportunity to put their money where their mouth is and they wouldn't. I won't speculate why. To me there is no legitimate argument. We know we're clean. That's why Manny said he would pay $5 million if he tested dirty. Manny was surprised [Mayweather refused]. He can't figure out why they wouldn't agree to it when Floyd is always talking about cleaning up the sport of boxing."

Added Ellerbe: "If Manny Pacquiao tested positive it is going to cost him a whole lot more than $5 million. All parties signed a contract agreeing to every term. Where has this idiot Koncz been? It sounds like he didn't read the documents they signed. No wonder why his fighter is always confused. It sounds like that idiot is suggesting there's a $5 million price tag if Manny comes up positive. That sounds suspicious. All I know is we welcome random testing as we always have."

Koncz said Pacquiao, who is training at trainer Freddie Roach's Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California, has so far submitted to two random tests by USADA.

Ellerbe said he was unsure how many times Mayweather has been tested but said he has seen the specimen collectors around Mayweather's Las Vegas gym "three or four times" since he began training for the fight.

Mayweather Sr: Pacquiao vulnerable to getting knocked out

{The following article is written by Chris Williams: of BoxingNews24}

Trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr thinks that WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will be vulnerable to getting knocked out when he gets inside the ring with WBA/WBC 147 pound champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (47-0, 26 KOs) in their fight on 5/2.

Floyd Sr points out correctly that Pacquiao was knocked unconscious by Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012, and because of that, Pacquiao could be vulnerable to getting knocked out again if he gets caught with a big shot by Mayweather Jr on May 2nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“Of course, any time somebody’s been knocked ice cold like that, man, of course they can get knocked out again – quick, fast and in a hurry,” Floyd Sr said via Mlive.com.

The question is will Pacquiao be able to take the big shots that Mayweather nails him with on May 2nd? While Mayweather isn’t as big a puncher as someone like Marquez, he hits with close enough power to knockout someone who may not have the same punch resistance that he once had. What makes Mayweather even more dangerous is that he’s got a lot of hand speed, so he’s going to be catching Pacquiao with punches that he doesn’t see coming.

When you combine Pacquiao’s sloppy, overly aggressive style of fighting with that of Mayweather’s fast hands, it could lead to Pacquiao getting hit on the button by a shot that he doesn’t see coming. It doesn’t matter that Mayweather isn’t the most furious puncher in the welterweight division; if he catches Pacquiao with a good shot, he’s going to knock him out.

“I heard about what Freddie said about Roger’s better,” Floyd Sr said. “He can say that all he wants to say it. You want me to tell you what Freddie wants? He wants Roger in there because he knows I’m the man.”

I believe that that Roach wants Roger in there as the No.1 trainer for Mayweather mainly because Mayweather is a lot more aggressive as a fighter with Roger training him than he is with Floyd Sr. Roger has always been a guy who has encouraged Mayweather to mix it up with his opponents.

This could be due to Roger having been a dangerous knockout artist during his own pro career, so he wants to see a lot of offense. But with Floyd Sr, he’s focused more on the defensive side of the game. He doesn’t want to see his son Mayweather Jr take punishment in his fights. He wants him to win without getting hit.

What’s interesting about this is that Floyd Sr was a very aggressive fighter during his own pro career, and he wasn’t afraid to mix it up with his opposition, which led to him getting hit a lot, and taking losses when he stepped it up against better opposition during his career. But as a trainer, Floyd Sr is a completely different type of guy. He doesn’t want his fighters to get hit.

Roach obviously knows that Pacquiao stands a better chance if Mayweather is fighting aggressively compared to when he’s fighting defensively; hence we’re seeing Roach bad mouthing Floyd Sr while building up Roger Mayweather. It appears that Roach is trying to implant an idea into the head of Mayweather Jr that Roger is the better fighter in order for Mayweather to replace Floyd Sr before the May 2nd fight.

I don’t think it’s going to work, because it’s so transparent. There’s no way that Mayweather is going to replace his father with Roger at this point, because Floyd Sr has done a great job of bringing back Mayweather’s old style of fighting in which he was a more defensive fighter. Mayweather didn’t quite follow the scrip for his first fight against Marcos Maidana last year, but in his second fight, he was back on board with what his father wanted him to do in fighting defensively and winning without getting hit a lot.

“He [Mayweather] doesn’t care about the fans at all,” Roach said. He has to exchange more because his legs won’t take him out of the way. When he has to exchange with Pacquiao, I think that’s good for us. That’s why I think we’re going to win this fight.”

There it is. Roach is giving away what he’s really after in trying to create turbulence between Floyd Sr and Roger. Roach needs Mayweather to exchange with Pacquiao in order for him to have a chance of beating Mayweather. That’s just the way it is. The 36-year-old Pacquiao is too short, and his reach too limited for him to be able to fight Mayweather if he fights defensively and moves around the ring.

Roach is smart enough to realize this on his own. That’s why he’s hoping and praying that Mayweather fights Pacquiao in a toe-to-toe manner by standing perfectly still like Pacquiao’s last three opponents have done. That’s the only way Pacquiao can win, because he doesn’t have the reach to connect against a moving target.

How many punches can Manny throw in one minute while shadowboxing?

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A very interesting question. I had always thought about it. I've imagined it, but never have actually counted or estimated it. Never researched about it.

There is no count as exactly how many punches Manny Pacquiao can throw while shadowboxing. Nobody ever tried to count.

So let's try to count, even though shadowboxing is faster than punching the opponent in the ring in a real fight. Even faster than punching a heavy bag. It depends how much a boxer will throw punches. So the stamina will determine the amount of punches a boxer can throw, whether in shadowboxing, punching a bag, or in a real fight.

I tried my best. I counted it based on this video below.



Take note that this video is his recent training video as of this date, his preparation for the May 2 fight. Imagine the speed he had 5 or 6 years ago. So, lets just try to base his speed now, his speed today.

I did my best, for maybe ten to 12 times repeating the video on the part where he's shadowboxing.

From the video I started at :16 seconds until :23 seconds, where he stopped. What I have come up was 50. 50 punches in 7 seconds. Could be a little less or a little more than 50. But that's the closest I can get.

It is really hard to count the punches since his hand speed is so fast you can't see the punches throwing. Even if you base it on his yell or the kiai (used in martial arts for short yell when attacking an opponent), it is very difficult to count. I wish I had the video on slow motion, but I can only play it in YouTube since it's not downloadable.

So that's I've come up. Manny Pacquiao can punch 50 in 7 seconds.

Considering Manny's gas is so tremendous, let us assume he can shadowbox in a minute. That will be 450 punches in one minute if he can maintain the phase. I've divided 60 seconds by 7 is equal to 8.5714. Let's round off to 8. 8 x 7 is 56. So let's cut off the 4 seconds that could have been 60 seconds, to make it a minute. Let's assume he stopped at 56 seconds.

So, for 50 punches in every 7 seconds, that would be 450 punches in 56 seconds.

What about you? Have you counted it? How much you've got?

{The article above is written by Nonoy Avellanosa, a Manny PAcquiao fanatic and a professional blogger. Follow him on Twitter.}

Guillermo Rigondeaux to spar Manny Pacquiao for Mayweather fight!

Latest report says that Gold Medalist Cuban boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz is going to spar with Manny PAcquiao in the upcoming fight on May 2 against FLoyd Mayweather Jr. Watch the video bleow.

Latest Manny Pacquiao Sparring Videos for Mayweather Fight on May 2

Here is one latest sparring video of Manny Pacquiao in preparation for the upcoming fight on May 2 against FLoyd Mayweather Jr.

Enjoy!

Manny Pacquiao Sparring Videos

Here's a collection of Manny Pacquiao videos in the past. No new videos yet have been uploaded showing him sparring with partners for preparation for the upcoming May 2 fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

It's just so fun to watch these past videos, and see what would be the outcome come May 2. Here are the videos:

Kimmel asks Pacquiao: Will you beat up Justin Bieber, too?

Check out this video of the Jimmy Kimmel Show where Manny Pacquiao were invited to become guest.

So funny Jimmy asked Manny if he'll beat up Justin Beiber too since Floyd always bring the pop star out in the ring.

Jimmy asked Manny:

"Will you beat Justin Bieber up, too?"

Floyd Mayweather lands first psychological blow on Manny Pacquiao

{The article below is written by Gareth A Davies of TeleGraph. You can read the previously published article here.}


Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao made their one public appearance together at a press conference in Los Angeles last night to set the ball rolling on the richest fight in history, with a purse of $250 million (£170 million), in Las Vegas on May 2.

The two men, both dressed in suits, faced off, calm and serious. There were no smiles, but a little tension. No pushing and shoving either. There appeared to be great respect between the two fighters.

But it was Mayweather, cannily, who proved he remains a master of psychology.

"It's been a long road. But we are here now," said Mayweather. Thanking his entire team, and even appearing a little emotional, the unbeaten American added: "May 2, the fight of the century, the best against the best. And Pacquiao is one of the best of this era.”

“Our plan is to be smart and take every fight as they come like all 47 fights. I'm in the gym pushing myself to the limit, because I want to win this more than any other fight. But I know one thing about sport, and if you lose, it's in your mind. I have always been a winner."

Mayweather has never lost; Pacquiao has lost five times.

"I just want the fans to be satisfied," said Pacquiao, who spoke first. "I'm so happy we could make the fight happen. Thanks to the Mayweather Team and to Showtime and HBO. The fans of boxing were waiting for this for five years. We are both going to train hard and we will do our best on May 2 to make you happy."

Manny Pacquiao Tweets: "The fight is on and we are happy to bring this fight to the fans."

Manny Tweets in his Twitter Deck:

"The fight is on and we are happy to bring this fight to the fans."