I'll reiterate what I said before...
Congratulations Mayweather, you got what you wanted; a Manny Pacquiao that clearly is far past his prime and is a shell of his former self. You just got paid 200 million dollars to run and go backwards, and cherry pick a fight that should have happened 5 years ago, because you knew you would have lost. What a fukking travesty for boxing fans. We were robbed of a fight we deserved, because you're so scared of that undefeated record being broken. I'll admit, Mayweather did win this fight on the score cards, but I can't respect you at all. I can't put you with the greats. Anyone who thinks this is "defense" or being a "technician" is a fukking idiot. Sure, dancing around and running will win you decisions, but you're still a bytch. How can anyone root for this man or think he's great? He's a p*ssy. Congrats on ducking Manny until you knew you would win. That's not boxing to me, there's more than just winning and a great record when it comes to being a great, you have to go toe to toe and actually fight other greats to solidify yourself as better thant hat man. And I watched it, Flloyd was his same old self. He is scared to go toe to toe. Sure, what he did is smart to win on score cards and keep that undefeated record, and logically the objective is to win; but I can't respect that strategy or put him up there with the greats. Anyone who thinks that was a good fight or Mayweather was great is fooling themselves. I won't lie, Manny looked awful also, his former self had fury in his punches and was just as fast as Mayweather. Pacquiao used to be active and move his feet. It's sad to see such a great look so bad, but Flloyd knew this would happen and ducked all these years. It's no secret that he avoided him when they were in their prime, that's well documented. I'm just pissed for myself and all boxing fans, we were robbed of a great fight.
Edit- for spelling and formatting because I'm tipsy as hell and very upset.
Edit 2- Look, to all you "Flloyds defense is great, he controlled the fight, etc" you're not wrong, I want you to understand that. But what I'm saying and in MY OPINION, there is more to being an all-time great than record, being undefeated, and dancing around. Sure, you can call it defense and fight control, but even Ali stood toe to toe with guys and fought them. I completely understand people rebutting with "What? Should he just let him hit him in the face?", but you have to understand; as a grown man, the implications of becoming one of the best ever have a lot of force behind that being declared. Sure, if you want to be "smart" and win on the score cards, you will dance, go backwards and not really fight. But that's not what being a GOAT or all-time great is about. If Nolan Ryan could pitch to Babe Ruth, he would not throw balls in the dirt--he would throw fukking fastballs and challenge that man to prove he is better and show his dominance. Jim Brown would not try to dance around Ray Lewis and juke him, he would fukking lower his shoulder and fukking go at him. Hell, Ali did dancing and such as well, but even went toe to toe with Frazier, Foreman, and all of the guys that were imposing. I'm not saying Mayweather has a terrible strategy vs your average joe, but when you fight someone that you ducked for years and someone that is considered another all-time great it's a little different. This was supposed to be the fight of the century, you ducked him for 5 years and then proceeded to duck him for 12 rounds. You have to fukking fight that man, go at it with him, go to war and show you are a more dominant force. Or you can play "defense" and run around, but that won't leave a dominating impression nor show you are a better fighter, and you'll keep your undefeated record and get a W in the record books, but respect is something you will not get from a LOT of people. You're quite insane if you don't think there's a reason this fight didn't happen 5 years ago. Why do you think it didn't happen? Honestly? Flloyd looks the same as he did 5 years ago, and Pacquiao looks nothing close to his former self, it's not hard to figure out. Also, sure, my choice of language in my initial post is poor, calling him names, but fukk it.
Final edit- Mayweather is a brilliant business man though, he just got a lot of people to spend a lot of money on "The fight of the century". But in all honesty I'm the fool, why I thought Mayweather would actually fight and not do what he's done for 18 years is my fault.