Miscellaneous NHL Talk XXVIII - You Talkin' about PLAYOFFS!?

[UKFlyers]

Pacquiao is definitely on the slide, but I think to say he's just a name is a bit harsh. He's still a quality, world-class fighter and showed that in his previous few fights.

I'll confess I'm not a boxing expert, I try to watch the big name fighters, but I wonder if Mayweather at the very, very back of his mind is thinking "why didn't I take this guy 5 years ago?" Obviously, he's got his money and will go down as the best of his generation, but I think last night showed that Pacquiao just isn't the sort of boxer who could beat him. In his prime, I guess there was the risk that Pacquiao could cause him more problems and maybe catch him with a great show, but Mayweather was younger and quicker too.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Pac is saying he fought with the "same injury as Kobe Bryant", a torn rotator cuff. Cue the rematch talks to make more money.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Unless he was playing with a broken foot, it wouldn't have mattered.

 

[Sombastate]

First time i've watched a Floyd fight. The guy is unbelievably fast. There is absolutely no way any of ex wives saw those punches coming.

I can't believe all the people on the internet saying that Manny won. It wasn't even close.

 

[klutch]

Mayweather is a defensive expert fighter, no doubt about that. He's quick and lands his punches with a high percentage and conserves his energy throughout the fight (what southpaws usually do).

However, he is absolutely one of the most boring fighters to even watch anymore. He says how he there to "sell" tickets, well I know i'd buy a Pac ticket way before buying a Mayweather one. At least Pac goes out on the offensive and trys to drop bombs while dancing around. More or less I just wanted Pac to win because he is a morally better athlete to watch win. Someone who is about the love of the sport and not just his millions upon millions of dollars. That's a guy I'd rather have the younger crowd to look up to, instead of doing everything upon money. Its going to take a Mayweather to beat Mayweather. I would of loved to see Jones Jr. take a stab at him back in both their primes. I just think boxing is dead, and Mayweather hasn't seen the competition in boxing like there was 20 years ago or more.

Lesson learned, If you want to watch a fight on excitement save a little money and spend it on UFC. That's where its at anymore. Rousey

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Mayweather is a defensive expert fighter, no doubt about that. He's quick and lands his punches with a high percentage and conserves his energy throughout the fight (what southpaws usually do).

However, he is absolutely one of the most boring fighters to even watch anymore. He says how he there to "sell" tickets, well I know i'd buy a Pac ticket way before buying a Mayweather one. At least Pac goes out on the offensive and trys to drop bombs while dancing around. More or less I just wanted Pac to win because he is a morally better athlete to watch win. Someone who is about the love of the sport and not just his millions upon millions of dollars. That's a guy I'd rather have the younger crowd to look up to, instead of doing everything upon money. Its going to take a Mayweather to beat Mayweather. I would of loved to see Jones Jr. take a stab at him back in both their primes. I just think boxing is dead, and Mayweather hasn't seen the competition in boxing like there was 20 years ago or more.

Lesson learned, If you want to watch a fight on excitement save a little money and spend it on UFC. That's where its at anymore. Rousey

You could just watch other fighters like GGG who basically beats the hell out everybody he goes up against. His last fight it was a big accomplishment that the guy went 11 rounds (longest anybody has lasted against him) while taking a beating against him.

If you have HBO it's free too.

 

[klutch]

You could just watch other fighters like GGG who basically beats the hell out everybody he goes up against. His last fight it was a big accomplishment that the guy went 11 rounds (longest anybody has lasted against him) while taking a beating against him.

If you have HBO it's free too.

That's true as well, I shouldn't say just UFC. I just think mainstream hype in Mayweather is not worth the money. Its great to watch hungry boxers come up and give a hell of a performance

 

[Beef Invictus]

There are far more entertaining boxers than Mayweather out there. They need to be marketed.

 

[sobrien]

There are far more entertaining boxers than Mayweather out there. They need to be marketed.

Not that anything could have been done about this, but if Canelo was 5 years older and Floyd was 5 years younger when they fought, it'd be another "fight of the century" and I wouldn't shy away from taking Canelo to win.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Mayweather would've found a way to dodge the fight.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Am I the only one who enjoyed it?

 

[Jtown]

i enjoyed it. But had i made a big deal of it and had a party at my house and gotten ppv, or had travelled to vegas with friends to watch it i would be disappointed. But i was able to watch it on my laptop on a free stream so it was great for me.

 

[Striiker]

I watched it on a free stream and I still want my money back.

That's how boring it was.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Dale Weise is playing with Max Pacioretty & Tomas Plekanec.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Hedman's movement for such a big guy is pretty damn impressive.

 

[TCTC]

Tampa can't create anything on the powerplay. Was their problem in game 1, too.
They need Stamkos to show up.

And there's the PP goal.

 

[Jtown]

Hedman's movement for such a big guy is pretty damn impressive.

are you talking about that PP move? If morin becomes a better puckhandler i could see him being to pull off that move.

 

[orangecrush8]

Well if it was ever in doubt that Cherry has lost his mind, it no longer is

He compares Coburn to a Sedin when drawing the Prust penalty.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

are you talking about that PP move? If morin becomes a better puckhandler i could see him being to pull off that move.

In general but yeah that play made me think of it.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Well if it was ever in doubt that Cherry has lost his mind, it no longer is

He compares Coburn to a Sedin when drawing the Prust penalty.

I fail to see the correlation there. Coburn took maybe a glove punch or two after a call was already on the way. Sedin took a handful with no call on the way nor was a call ever even made.

 

[Chinatown88]

Stamkos finally scores.

 

[Jtown]

Montreal and the rangers are just two teams that can't score.

 

[TCTC]

Montreal just can't beat the Lightning anymore after they swept them last year.

 

[Jtown]

drw choking game 4 is really going to cost us in draft position.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

This has the makings of a quick series.

It sounds like a funeral service is taking place in the Bell Centre.